India, Jan. 28 -- India has made a landmark move toward establishing a robust data protection framework with the release of the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025. This follows the passage of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, by Parliament in August 2023. While the Act is yet to be implemented, the draft rules provide a glimpse into the envisioned system for managing and safeguarding personal data in the digital age. The draft rules emphasise transparency, particularly in mandatory notice requirements to ensure individuals, referred to as data principals, are well-informed before consenting to the collection and processing of their data. These notices must be standalone documents, free from being buried in te...