DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 3
Notice given by Data Fiduciary to Data Principal
- 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 24
- Last verified
- 16 August 2026
Rule 3. Notice given by Data Fiduciary to Data Principal.The notice given by the Data Fiduciary to the Data Principal shall — (a) be presented and be understandable independently of any other information that has been, is or may be made available by such Data Fiduciary; (b) give, in clear and plain language, a fair account of the details necessary to enable the Data Principal to give specific and informed consent for the processing of her personal data, which shall include, at the minimum, — (i) an itemised description of such personal data; and (ii) the specified purpose or purposes of, and specific description of the goods or services to be provided or uses to be enabled by, such processing; and (c) give, the particular communication link for accessing the website or app, or both, of such Data Fiduciary, and a description of other means, if any, using which such Data Principal may — (i) withdraw her consent, with the ease of doing so being comparable to that with which such consent was given; (ii) exercise her rights under the Act; and (iii) make a complaint to the Board.
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]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 3, p. 24. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 16 August 2026Rule 3 begins on Gazette page 24 and concludes on page 25.
- [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]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.