- International Data Privacy Day is observed annually on 28 January and is also known as Data Protection Day.
- The day commemorates the signing of Convention 108 (2006) by the Council of Europe, the world’s first legally binding international treaty on data protection.
- Data privacy is recognised as a core pillar of responsible digital governance, essential for safeguarding personal data and building trust in digital public services.
- India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)—including Aadhaar, UPI, MyGov, and eSanjeevani—handles large-scale personal data, increasing the importance of privacy safeguards.
- India has over 101.7 crore broadband subscribers as of September 2025, highlighting the massive scale of personal data generation.
- The Union Budget 2025–26 allocated ₹782 crore for cybersecurity to protect digital public infrastructure.
- India’s data protection framework is anchored in the Information Technology Act, 2000, which provides legal backing to e-records, e-governance, and cybersecurity mechanisms.
- The IT Act, 2000 establishes CERT-In as India’s national cyber incident response agency.
- The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 governs the processing of personal data collected through digital means and grants rights to citizens as Data Principals.
- The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, notified in November 2025, operationalise the Act and strengthen compliance and enforcement through the Data Protection Board of India.