DigiLocker Counts
An authorised entity includes a Digital Locker service provider
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Summary
A Digital Locker counts, and the rule says so.
An authorised entity includes a Digital Locker service provider
Full transcript
A Digital Locker counts, and the rule says so.
Rule 10 defines an authorised entity.
An entity entrusted by law or by a government
with issuing identity and age, or a token for it.
Pause. And who else is inside the definition?
A Digital Locker Service Provider.
The rule names it in the same breath.
Notified by the Central Government,
under the Information Technology Act rules.
So the locker in your phone is in the law.
r.10(2)(b) — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 + Rules, 2025
In force from 13 May 2027