Application of Act to processing of personal data
Section 2 Indian Data Protection Act 2019
Application of Act to processing of personal data
2. The provisions of this Act,
(A) shall apply to
(a) the processing of personal data where such data has been collected, disclosed, shared or otherwise processed within the territory of India;
(b) the processing of personal data by the State, any Indian company, any citizen of India or any person or body of persons incorporated or created under Indian law;
(c) the processing of personal data by data fiduciaries or data processors not present within the territory of India, if such processing is
(i) in connection with any business carried on in India, or any systematic activity of offering goods or services to data principals within the territory of India; or
(ii) in connection with any activity which involves profiling of data principals within the territory of India.
(B) shall not apply to the processing of anonymised data, other than the anonymised data referred to in section 91.