IMPACT OF THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT ON COPYRIGHT AND PRIVACY RIGHT
AUTHOR – VARUN LOHIA* & SHUBHAM KUMARI**
STUDENT AT AMITY UNIVERSITY PATNA
BEST CITATION – VARUN LOHIA & SHUBHAM KUMARI, IMPACT OF THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT ON COPYRIGHT AND PRIVACY RIGHT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (14) OF 2025, PG. 278-281, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
I. Introduction: The Legislative Fulcrum of Digital Governance
The enactment of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDP Act)[1] signifies a development in Indias digital regulatory landscape establishing the nations inaugural all-encompassing framework for managing the handling of digital personal data. This legislation, passed by Parliament on August 11 2023 is not merely a regulation—it embodies the constitutional realization of the Supreme Court’s pivotal decision, in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.). Anr.. Union of India and Ors. (2017)[2] Which ruled that privacy is an essential element of the fundamental right to life guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Acknowledging privacy as a right intensified the need for a strong rights-focused framework, for data governance leading to the DPDP Act serving as the legislative tool to fulfill that constitutional requirement.
[1] Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act 22 of 2023).
[2] Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. (2017) 10 SCC 1.