This year’s IDPS 2025 will have the umbrella theme “Bracing for Impact…The twin challenge”. It was intended to be an year in which we will have discussions on Technology Solutions for DPDPA Compliance” for which we created the concept of “Special Associate Members” who will participate in the events.
In IDPS 2024 we had already addressed DGPSI as a framework for compliance and the “AI Chair of FDPPI” which is a recent development at FDPPI has taken up the task of creating a Guideline document DGPSI-AI to provide a more detailed instruction for DPDPA compliance using DGPSI framework. This will be discussed during the IDPS 2025. This will emerge as a solution to Data Fiduciaries to work on DPDPA compliance in the AI environment.
For “Data Fiduciaries”, the challenge in 2025-26 is not limited to DPDPA adoption but also to manage DPDPA Compliance in the AI environment.
The recent incidents involving Replit or Cursor AI highlight the risks to Data Fiduciaries when they use AI. When these risks manifest in the DPDPA era, the Data Fiduciaries will be simultaneously facing the combined effect of two major developments one in the law and another in the technology environment. This is the “Twin Challenge” that requires being addressed through IDPS 2025.
Hence the theme has been fine tuned to reflect that “Bracing for Impact” is against the twin challenges.
As for the AI developers, some guidelines are available now in the form of ISO 42001 and ISO 42005 but for AI deployers, DGPSI-AI will be the Go-To framework of compliance. Hence this topic will also be covered during the event.
Additionally, we are seeing a new act “EU Data Use Act” becoming effective from 12th September 2025 which along with GDPR makes a splash in the EU/UK jurisdiction. IDPS 2025 will address this topic also.
FDPPI continues its focus on SME/MSMEs this year also and hence some sectoral impact issues related to SME/MSME sector as well as vulnerable sectors like the Health, BFSI and Education will also be discussed during the IDPS 2025.
One of the objectives is to generate a “Sectoral Representative Action” in the form of setting up SIGs and Special reports for sharing with the DPB (when formed) will also be considered.
The tentative date for the first leg of the multi city IDPS 2025 is slated for September 17 at Bengaluru and will be Co-hosted by MSR Group of Institutions with the support of industry organizations.
Those who are interested to participate in the events for promoting their products or as speakers or delegates, may start contacting FDPPI now for early bird benefits.
Naavi