https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/tech-companies-seek-12-18-month-extension-for-india-data-protection-law-compliance/

The Asia Internet Coalition, a powerful industry group that represents Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and many other tech companies, has requested India’s IT Ministry for an extended deadline to comply with certain provisions of a newly approved data protection regulation governing user data processing.

In a Thursday letter to India’s IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Asia Internet Coalition recommended an 18-month compliance period for a provision in the new data protection law that requires data fiduciaries to halt processing and delete user data, and obliges tech firms to renegotiate contracts with data processors.