With various sections of the DPDP Act placing restrictions on transfer of personal data, concerns have been expressed about its impact on journalistic work.
Journalist bodies and civil rights bodies on Friday raised concerns about certain provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 at an open house. The open house was held to seek inputs for the framing of FAQs that the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has sought. The Ministry is expected to issue FAQs on the same.
The bodies have raised concerns regarding removal of exemptions provided for journalistic purposes in the 2018, 2019 and 2021 versions of the DPDP Bill. The open house was organised by the Press Club of India, the Indian Women’s Press Corps, Digipub and the Editors’ Guild of India. They also plan to seek clarity on the sections of the DPDP Act which safeguard rights of entities and individuals, exempting them from obligations of data fiduciary, if they are processing personal information for journalistic purposes.
The organisations have also raised concerns about amendments of Section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act through the DPDP Act to expand the scope of information exempt from disclosure.
With various sections of the DPDP Act placing restrictions on transfer of personal data, concerns have also been expressed about its impact on journalistic work which at times requires sharing and storing of documents including those containing personal information, across national borders and jurisdictions. The bodies also plan to seek clarity on whether definitions of “automated” “data fiduciary” and “data principal” among others will apply to individuals involved in journalistic work. The bodies plan to make a submission on the same to the Ministry.
Published on August 8, 2025
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