DPDP Act: IT services firms likely to have a short learning curve

Despite higher compliance costs, India's top IT firms expect minimal disruption from DPDP Rules 2025, leveraging years of experience with global data-privacy frameworks

Indian IT services providers will have a short learning curve to adapt to India’s digital landscape after the notification of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules were issued last week as they have been already following such regulations in other parts of the world, especially Europe, for the last few years, according to experts.

 

While compliance costs will surely go up, some estimate it to be in double digits, that is not expected to materially impact operations or dent margins because Indian companies have been gearing up for this for the last two years since the Act came into existence.