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DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 12

Exemptions from certain obligations applicable to processing of personal data of child

Status
Not yet in force
Commencement
13 May 2027 · computed date, presented as interpretation until officially confirmed (Publication date 13 November 2025 printed on Gazette issue No. 760, plus eighteen months. The corrigendum wording change does not affect this computation.)
Source
Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) · G.S.R. 846(E) · Gazette page 29
Last verified
17 August 2026
Official requirement · verbatim

Rule 12. Exemptions from certain obligations applicable to processing of personal data of child.(1) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 9 of the Act shall not be applicable to processing of personal data of a child by such class of Data Fiduciaries as are specified in Part A of Fourth Schedule, subject to such conditions as are specified in the said Part. (2) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 9 of the Act shall not be applicable to processing of personal data of a child for such purposes as are specified in Part B of Fourth Schedule, subject to such conditions as are specified in the said Part.

Commencement basis · Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23

“Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23 shall come into force eighteen months after the date of publication in the Official Gazette.”

Wording as corrected by corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E).

Sources cited on this page

  1. [1]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 12, p. 29. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
  2. [2]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 1, (4), p. 24. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 16 August 2026As printed. Corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E) item (i)(b) corrects the closing words to read in the Official Gazette; the computation is unaffected.
  3. [3]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E)), p. 1. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Interpretation, requires judgment · Verified 16 August 2026The calendar date 13 May 2027 is computed from the printed publication date and is presented as interpretation until officially confirmed.