here<\/a><\/p>\nOur discussion will explore the impact of the amendment on businesses with respect to user onboarding workflows, customer engagement, and the cost of user validation. We will also examine implications for user privacy and jurisdictional overlaps between the DoT and the IT Ministry.<\/p>\n
Date: July 31 (Thursday), 2025\u00a0<\/p>\n
Time: 12:30 PM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/p>\n
Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Delhi<\/p>\n
Agenda:
12:30 PM \u2013 1:30 PM | Lunch and Networking
1:30 PM \u2013 3:00 PM | Impact on Businesses (including recommendations from businesses)
3:00 PM \u20133:15 PM | Tea and Networking
3:15 PM \u2013 4:45 PM | Jurisdiction, Regulatory Overlap and Implications for users (including recommendations from legal\/users perspective)
4:45 PM \u2013 5:00 PM | Review of recommendations<\/p>\n
The discussion seeks to:<\/p>\n
Explain the impact on Internet businesses, including:<\/p>\n
Scale of Internet businesses impacted, in terms of numbers, size and scope of businesses<\/p>\n
Impact in terms of compliance requirements<\/p>\n
Technical impact in terms of workflows<\/p>\n
Cost impact for user validation for Internet businesses<\/p>\n
Impact on International businesses using mobile numbers for validation<\/p>\n
Impact on usage of mobile validation as an onboarding feature<\/p>\n
Identify gaps in safeguards for businesses and users:<\/p>\n
Assess risks to user privacy<\/p>\n
Identify principles for procedures related to lawful data access<\/p>\n
Understand how to prevent disruption of existing processes: Identify recommendations for changes to ensure that Internet user verification flows, messaging systems, and customer engagement models remain unaffected or narrow down the impact.<\/p>\n
Identify jurisdictional concerns:<\/p>\n
Conflicts of jurisdiction with MeitY and the IT Act<\/p>\n
Identify gaps in safeguards for users and businesses in line with established legal processes under the IT Act and DPDP Act, including procedures for suspension and lawful data access<\/p>\n
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This discussion is being organised with support from PhonePe, Truecaller and Meta. Our community partners for this event are Broadband India Forum, CUTS-International and the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF).<\/p>\n
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