India's DPDP Rules: Why Your Analytics Stack Just Became a Compliance Question
On 13 November 2025, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a set of Gazette notifications that most product teams scrolled past — and most legal teams did not. The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 turned the DPDP Act, 2023 from a framework on paper into an enforceable compliance regime with hard deadlines, a functioning regulator, and penalties of up to ₹250 crore (roughly $30 million) per violation.