Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) also, any data related to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person can be considered as “personal data”. And since it is personal data which is capable of identifying any person, the processing of this is now subject to the compliances of the newly released Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (DPDP Rules, 2025).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aman Verma
Aman Verma is the Manager – Legal & Regulatory Affairs at K&S Digiprotect. His area of work spans across helping data fiduciaries with data privacy compliances to handling regulatory affairs under telecom, media, and technology law areas.
- aman@knsdigiprotect.com