The government will reportedly retain 18 years of age as the threshold to define minors under the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill.

Those under the age of 18 years will be defined as minors under the Bill, however, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) plans to review this age limit a year after the enactment of the Bill to assuage concerns of big tech players. The age limit for classifying users as “children” is in the centre of the row. While the Centre has maintained the 18-year limit, tech behemoths such as Google, Meta, Snap, and others have sought to reduce it to 16. The norms, once implemented, will require these players to obtain explicit parental consent before processing any data belonging to minors.

The government will reportedly retain 18 years of age as the threshold to define minors under the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill.

Those under the age of 18 years will be defined as minors under the Bill, however, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) plans to review this age limit a year after the enactment of the Bill to assuage concerns of big tech players. The age limit for classifying users as “children” is in the centre of the row. While the Centre has maintained the 18-year limit, tech behemoths such as Google, Meta, Snap, and others have sought to reduce it to 16. The norms, once implemented, will require these players to obtain explicit parental consent before processing any data belonging to minors.