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DPDPA and GDPR: Bare Acts, Rules and Guidance

The four regimes integrated into PrivacyLawHub. India's DPDPA 2023 and DPDP Rules 2025 as section-by-section readers, the GDPR as an article-by-article reader with commentary, and the EDPB's official guidance as downloadable PDFs.

INDIA

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

Act No. 22 of 2023. Received Presidential assent on 11 August 2023. Provides for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes.

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INDIA

The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

Notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology vide G.S.R. 846(E) dated 13 November 2025, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 40 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

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EUROPEAN UNION

General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

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EUROPEAN UNION

EDPB Guidelines

European Data Protection Board guidelines and recommendations, uploaded as PDFs with preview and download.

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EUROPEAN UNION

GDPR Recitals

All 173 recitals of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, browsable and searchable by number or title, with each recital opening at its own URL.

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