Govt approves amendments to IT Act
The Amendment in the IT Act, 2000 would be presented in Parliament in the coming winter session.
By Agencies |
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday approved amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2000 to check information theft and online frauds.
The decision at the Union Cabinet's meeting follows Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance to investors abroad that India was sensitive to their concerns about data theft and would plug the loopholes.
"Concerns have been raised within the country as well as by the customers abroad regarding adequacy of data protection and privacy laws in the country," Parliamentary Affairs Minister P R Dasmunsi said, while briefing reporters on the Cabinet meeting.
"A need is, therefore, felt to strengthen the legislation pertaining to data protection and privacy," he said, adding that security practices and procedures would be prescribed to be followed by organisations and to enquire personal information of customers.
The Amendment in the IT Act, 2000 would be presented in Parliament in the coming winter session, he said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had last week, while visiting London, assured British investors of India's excellent standards for information protection. The reassurance came in the wake of a UK-based channel's allegations about data theft from Indian call centres.
Further, the amendments are aimed at preventing computer misuse like video voyeurism, identity theft, e-commerce frauds, frauds on online auction sites, sending offensive emails and multimedia offences, Dasmunsi said.
The decision at the Union Cabinet's meeting follows Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance to investors abroad that India was sensitive to their concerns about data theft and would plug the loopholes.
"Concerns have been raised within the country as well as by the customers abroad regarding adequacy of data protection and privacy laws in the country," Parliamentary Affairs Minister P R Dasmunsi said, while briefing reporters on the Cabinet meeting.
"A need is, therefore, felt to strengthen the legislation pertaining to data protection and privacy," he said, adding that security practices and procedures would be prescribed to be followed by organisations and to enquire personal information of customers.
The Amendment in the IT Act, 2000 would be presented in Parliament in the coming winter session, he said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had last week, while visiting London, assured British investors of India's excellent standards for information protection. The reassurance came in the wake of a UK-based channel's allegations about data theft from Indian call centres.
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Further, the amendments are aimed at preventing computer misuse like video voyeurism, identity theft, e-commerce frauds, frauds on online auction sites, sending offensive emails and multimedia offences, Dasmunsi said.
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