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DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 15

Transfer of personal data outside the territory of India

Status
Not yet in force
Commencement
13 May 2027 · computed date, presented as interpretation until officially confirmed (Publication date 13 November 2025 printed on Gazette issue No. 760, plus eighteen months. The corrigendum wording change does not affect this computation.)
Source
Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) · G.S.R. 846(E) · Gazette page 30
Last verified
17 August 2026
Official requirement · verbatim

Rule 15. Transfer of personal data outside the territory of India.Any personal data processed by a Data Fiduciary under the Act may be transferred outside the territory of India subject to the restriction that the Data Fiduciary shall meet such requirements as the Central Government may, by general or special order, specify in respect of making such personal data available to any foreign State, or to any person or entity under the control of or any agency of such a State.

Commencement basis · Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23

“Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23 shall come into force eighteen months after the date of publication in the Official Gazette.”

Wording as corrected by corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E).

Sources cited on this page

  1. [1]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 15, p. 30. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
  2. [2]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 1, (4), p. 24. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 16 August 2026As printed. Corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E) item (i)(b) corrects the closing words to read in the Official Gazette; the computation is unaffected.
  3. [3]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E)), p. 1. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Interpretation, requires judgment · Verified 16 August 2026The calendar date 13 May 2027 is computed from the printed publication date and is presented as interpretation until officially confirmed.