Describe the context and salient features of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
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Use it to explain the DPDP Act's child-data provisions and the live context in which they are being extended to platform sign-ups.
- The DPDP Act, 2023 defines a child as a person below 18, requires verifiable parental consent before processing a child's data and bars tracking and targeted ads aimed at children.
- Context: in September 2026 Solicitor General Tushar Mehta suggested the Act's parental consent model be adopted in another law so minors need parental consent to hold social media accounts.
- Note the implementation gap: the Act's obligations are yet to fully apply, while the Supreme Court is pressing the Centre for statutory rules barring platforms from enrolling minors.
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The amendment bars platforms from using consumer information without explicit consent, which overlaps with the consent-based design of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.