International Data Privacy Day

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  1. International Data Privacy Day is observed annually on 28 January and is also known as Data Protection Day.
  2. 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.
  3. Data privacy is recognised as a core pillar of responsible digital governance, essential for safeguarding personal data and building trust in digital public services.
  4. India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)—including Aadhaar, UPI, MyGov, and eSanjeevani—handles large-scale personal data, increasing the importance of privacy safeguards.
  5. India has over 101.7 crore broadband subscribers as of September 2025, highlighting the massive scale of personal data generation.
  6. The Union Budget 2025–26 allocated ₹782 crore for cybersecurity to protect digital public infrastructure.
  7. 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.
  8. The IT Act, 2000 establishes CERT-In as India’s national cyber incident response agency.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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