The Economic Times reports Indian officials plan to build a parental consent system by using Digilocker, a government-supported data governance repository. The system would create a database of parent and child identities that platforms can refer to for age verification and consent purposes. India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act has children's privacy and age verification requirements for children under 18.
23 Aug. 2023
India developing parental consent mechanism
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