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Data interception
Why is it in news?
- Petition was filed in the Supreme Court against the Home Ministry’s order authorising 10 Central agencies for the purposes of “interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer”.
- In response to it, Home Ministry clarified that the government had not given blanket power to any agency and they would have to adhere to rules.
More in news
- What ministry says in SC?(1) The number of interception has gone down since 2014, though the number of mobile phone connections in the country has gone up to around 120 crore.(2) The number of electronic messages had also grown exponentially.(3) The December 20 notification means that websites and Web-based applications visited by a “suspect” on a computer or a mobile handset can be intercepted by telecom service providers on a request by an authorised agency after clearance by the Union Home Secretary.(4) The service provider will be liable to share the information with the agency under Section 69 (1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.(5) While listing the 10 agencies, the Home Ministry had reiterated the Standard Operating Procedures of 2011, which mandates that every such interception requires prior approval of the competent authority: the Union Home Secretary or State Home Secretary.
Source
The Hindu