Overview
- On August 28 in New Delhi, CCI chairperson Ravneet Kaur met MeitY secretary S. Krishnan to discuss the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and its interface with competition law.
- Officials from both institutions exchanged presentations on the DPDPA, the Competition Act, and the CCI’s work in digital markets, and resolved to keep up regular consultations.
- The CCI said closer coordination can support consumer welfare and innovation as data concentration creates risks for privacy and competition.
- On August 19, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said it will conduct market studies to build an evidence base before deciding on any ex-ante digital competition regime.
- Parliamentary scrutiny and the CCI’s 2024 fine on Meta over WhatsApp’s data-sharing illustrate unresolved overlap between privacy enforcement and antitrust rules.