DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 16

Exemption from Act for research, archiving or statistical purposes

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 16. Exemption from Act for research, archiving or statistical purposes.The provisions of the Act shall not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for research, archiving or statistical purposes if it is carried on in accordance with the standards specified in Second Schedule.

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]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 16, p. 30. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
[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]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.