Written by Varad Tiwari of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur Introduction Consent, not contract, defines the legal boundary of processing. - Varad Tiwari The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023  (‘ DPDP Act’ ) is India’s first comprehensive statute governing the collection, use, and sharing of personal data. Enacted to enable Data Principals  (‘ DPs’ ), being individuals to whom personal data relates, to exercise meaningful control over how their data is pro

Written by Princy Sawant & Aakash Atwal (National Law University, Jodhpur) THE EFFECT OF DEEPFAKES ON DIGNITY AND PRIVACY Deepfake technology has turned the fear of online harassment into a daily reality in India. The concern has shifted beyond mere fake news, it now centers on the explicit usage of AI-generated content to produce fake images without consent. The recent deepfake video that went viral, depicting actor Rashmika Mandana is an example of how readily available too

The article is written by Aryan Jha of National Law University, Orissa Introduction The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recently notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 (Rules)  on November 13, 2025. The notified rules have been enacted pursuant to the powers conferred on the Central Government under Section 40 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2025 (Act).  The rules encompass and abridge various procedural aspects of

Written By Chirkankshit Bulani (Rajiv Gandh i National University Of Law) and Shivansh Bajpai Introduction A recent blog piece  published in the Tech law Forum at NALSAR university addressed algorithmic manipulation of political information, and proposed a listener-centric approach to accountability. While the normative concerns raised through the blog are indubitably qualified to warrant serious attention, this critique/response attempts to identify technical deficiencies wh

Introduction Over the past 2 decades Twitter, now X, has been one of the biggest social media platforms with around 27.3 million users from India. X in the past had has many issued regarding freedom of speech and what is and is not allowed on the platform, with Elon Musk himself weighing in numerous times .  In the past X has tried to push back  against India’s tightening grip over what content could or could not be posted on its platform. However, over the years it has seeme

Sunidhi Khabya and Satviki Agnihotri, 3 rd  Year, BA.L.L.B Students, NLU Jodhpur The challenge of AI to Data Protection  The advent of Artificial Intelligence in the contemporary world has led to data accumulation and processing at a substantially larger scale. With the help of predictive models, which continuously learn from patterns of past user behaviour and often extend beyond what is covered under the direct consent of the data subject. AI Systems process not only data d