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DPDP Act s.17(2) exemptions

Provisions of India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 allowing the Central Government to exempt State instrumentalities from the Act's requirements in the interests of sovereignty, security, or public order; the breadth of these exemptions has been identified as a potential source of conflict with the Puttaswamy proportionality standard.

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Consent imbalanceInformational privacyProportionality test (Puttaswamy)Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (UK)Puttaswamy 2017R (Bridges) v. Chief Constable of South Wales Police (2020)S and Marper v. UK (2008)Section 57 (Aadhaar Act, struck down)UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)

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