India's draft personal data protection rules intend to protect children, but may still come up short

Reacting to the recently released draft rules, experts say they will likely fail in their objective unless a lot more work goes into creating public awareness and finding feasible solutions.

9 January, 20257 min
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India's draft personal data protection rules intend to protect children, but may still come up short

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