Definition
DPDP Act 2023 · s. 2(f)An individual who has not completed eighteen years of age. The threshold is higher than GDPR's 16, which member states may lower to 13, and the CCPA's 13 and 16. For a child you need verifiable parental consent, must not process data in a way likely to harm the child's well-being, and must not track, monitor behaviour or target advertising (s. 9), subject to the exemptions in Rule 12 and the Fourth Schedule of the DPDP Rules 2025 for purposes such as health care and education.
"child" means an individual who has not completed the age of eighteen years.