New Delhi, June 9 -- Indian banks must urgently adopt artificial intelligence (AI), privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), and privacy-by-design strategies to effectively comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), according to a report released by Protiviti.

The report, titled "Navigating DPDPA in Banking: Compliance, Impact, and AI-Powered Strategies for Futureproofing", was unveiled at the 4th IBA CISO Summit 2025, hosted by the Indian Banks' Association.

It highlighted that the regulatory and operational impact of DPDPA will be far-reaching, and banks must re-engineer their critical functions to align with privacy-by-design principles in order to meet the requirements of India's most comprehensive data protection l...