Progress

Current status
adopted
25 Feb 2021 adopted

Scope

Implementers
India
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

25 Feb 2021
adopted

Adoption of Information Technology Rules 2021 including data retention requirement

On 25 February 2021, the India Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology adopted the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 which include the requirement for "significant social media inte…

Source
Event type order
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body central government