​Concerns of PwDs over DPDP Rules

Recently, disability rights activists are criticising the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP) that infantilises Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and negates their decision-making capabilities.

What are the concerns?

Issue of Guardianship: Guardianship is governed two laws:

    1. Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act, 2016: Provides for limited guardianship, allowing PwDs some decision-making rights.
    2. National Trust Act (NT Act), 1999: Grants full guardianship for PwDs with autism, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disabilities.
    • DPDP Act does not differentiate between these laws, creating confusion over decision-making authority.
  • Denial of Digital Autonomy: Section 9(1) assumes that PwDs with legal guardians do not make independent digital decisions.
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