The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (No. 22 of 2023) · assented 11th August, 2023 · reproduced verbatim from the Act as published by MeitY (PDF). Last checked against that publication on 9 August 2026.
(1) A person may process the personal data of a Data Principal only in accordance with the provisions of this Act and for a lawful purpose,—
(a) for which the Data Principal has given her consent; or
(b) for certain legitimate uses.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the expression “lawful purpose” means any purpose which is not expressly forbidden by law.