New Delhi, June 10 -- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is planning to do away with the practice of "bundled consent" in India, under the upcoming rules of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act.

This means that digital platforms such as social media companies and online service providers will no longer be allowed to collect a single, blanket approval from users for multiple data uses.

Instead, users must be given the choice to consent separately for each specific purpose, such as personalisation or targeted advertising.

The aim is to bring more transparency to data collection and usage practices and ensure that users have better control over their personal information.

According to sources, the n...