Rights of Data Principals
- Status
- Upcoming
- Applies from
- 13 May 2027Rule 1(4)
- Penalty
- Up to Rs 50 croreAct, Schedule, item 7
- Binds
- Every Data Fiduciary
In plain English
Sets the mechanics for the rights in ss. 11 to 14 of the Act. Data Fiduciaries and Consent Managers must publish on their website or app how a person makes a rights request and what identifiers (username, customer ID, application number, email, mobile number) they will need. A person exercises rights by asking the Data Fiduciary they gave consent to, using those means. Grievances must be answered within a published period of at most 90 days, backed by technical and organisational measures that make the system work. A person may nominate one or more individuals to exercise their rights for them.
What you must do
Publish the rights-request channel and the identifiers you need, on the website and app.
Publish a grievance response period of 90 days or less and build the tooling to meet it.
Offer a nomination route under your terms of service, for the s. 14 right to nominate.
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Note
Sub-rule (3) as published reads awkwardly; the text above is the notification of 13 Nov 2025 as printed. Corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E) of 10 Dec 2025 made typographical corrections to the Rules and are listed in the sources.
Gazette text · Rule 14For enabling Data Principals to exercise their rights under the Act, the Data Fiduciary and, where applicable, the Consent Manager, shall prominently publish on its website or app, or both, as the case may be, —
- (1)For enabling Data Principals to exercise their rights under the Act, the Data Fiduciary and, where applicable, the Consent Manager, shall prominently publish on its website or app, or both, as the case may be, —
- (a)the details of the means using which a Data Principal may make a request for the exercise of such rights; and
- (b)the particulars, if any, such as the username or other identifier of such a Data Principal, which may be required to identify her under its terms of service.
- (a)
- (2)To exercise the rights of the Data Principal under the Act, she may make a request to the Data Fiduciary to whom she has previously given consent for processing of her personal data, using the means and furnishing the particulars required by such Data Fiduciary for the exercise of such rights.
- (3)Every Data Fiduciary and Consent Manager shall prominently publish on its website or app, or both, as the case may be, within a reasonable period not exceeding ninety days under its grievance redressal system for responding to the grievances of Data Principals and shall, for ensuring the effectiveness of the system in responding within such period, implement appropriate technical and organisational measures.
- (4)To exercise the rights of the Data Principal under the Act, she may, in accordance with the terms of service of the Data Fiduciary and such law as may be applicable, nominate one or more individuals, using the means and furnishing the particulars required by such Data Fiduciary for the exercise of such right.
- (5)In this rule, the expression “identifier” shall mean any sequence of characters issued by the Data Fiduciary to identify the Data Principal and includes a customer identification file number, customer acquisition form number, application reference number, enrolment ID, email address, mobile number or licence number that enables such identification.
Source: Gazette of India, G.S.R. 846(E), 13 Nov 2025 (MeitY copy)
Act sections and tools that apply
Sources: Gazette of India, G.S.R. 846(E), 13 Nov 2025 (MeitY copy); Corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E), 10 Dec 2025 (MeitY copy) · Change log