<font color="#996633"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Hello Veni<br><br>India's Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 <a href="http://164.100.24.219/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/PassedLoksabha/96-c%20of%202006.pdf">http://164.100.24.219/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/PassedLoksabha/96-c%20of%202006.pdf</a> institutes significant new requirements governing the interception and decryption of communications, access to stored data, data retention, cyber security, and website blocking. The law authorizes the government to restrict what encryption may be used in India. Regulations implementing many of these requirements have already been "notified," while other key regulations remain to be issued. Communications providers and other companies in India will have to satisfy burdensome new requirements, and may be faced with even more significant restrictions in future.<br>
<br>_____<br><br></font></font></font><p>Provisions within the India's IT amendment act 2008 allow for unrestricted
e-surveillance and lawful interception of data, regardless of
encryption, and facilitates the blocking of content deemed
disrespectful or objectionable towards national sentiments, at the
discretion of government personnel appointed for the purpose. The
amendments also make it mandatory for organizations in India to
maintain reasonable security practices for protection of third-party
data from unauthorized access, non-adherence would attract severe
monetary penalties. While freeing organizations from any
responsibility regarding third-party data on their websites, the
amendments enlist data retention requirements for such third-party data.</p>
<p>... The <a href="http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/CRR_may19-25.html#7" target="_blank">recent controversy</a>
in India regarding the decryption of data of Research In Motion’s (RIM)
Blackberry service, serves as a perfect illustration. A second example
involves a <a href="http://www.tataindicombroadband.in/mailers/Instructions%20of%20DoT-%20Wi-Fi%20Security.pdf" target="_blank">directive</a>
issued to ISPs in India, which requires all subscribers who have
deployed wireless networks within their premises to register their
wireless equipment with the ISP. <br></p>
<p>The practice of utilizing e-surveillance as the sole means of
ensuring information security ...[is seen in] situations like the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5194172.stm" target="_blank">unintended blocking</a> of the entire <a href="http://blogspot.com" target="_blank">blogspot.com</a> domain in 2006. <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/curbsthe-internet/359377/" target="_blank">Sections of Indian media</a>
also appear to question the qualification of authorities responsible
for the blocking of objectionable content and the implications of these
amendments on end-user privacy. <br></p>
<p></p>
<p>The updated
Information Technology Act appears to focus on changing the largely
reactive approach towards information security into a proactive
approach. <br></p><br>(excerpts from a cisco blog post by <a href="http://blogs.cisco.com/authors/bio/426" target="_blank">Prasanna Sambasivan</a> )<br><font color="#996633"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Borka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:borka@e5.ijs.si" target="_blank">borka@e5.ijs.si</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Veni,<br>
<br>
We recently managed the Internet and web site access to not be controlled. There was<br>
a proposal web site without Slovenian permission (payable to the state) for on line games site<br>
to be banned. However, as they are not hosted by Slovenian ISP there was no any<br>
footing for this and the proposal was not adopted so far (the new Law on communication<br>
will be on the table of the Slovenian Parliament next week and there is a small chance this<br>
to be again discussed).<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Borka<br>
<br>
Veni Markovski pravi:<br>
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<a href="http://sofiaecho.com/2010/01/13/841829_bulgarias-online-eavesdropping-game" target="_blank">http://sofiaecho.com/2010/01/13/841829_bulgarias-online-eavesdropping-game</a><br>
and<br>
<a href="http://sofiaecho.com/2009/12/18/831890_the-eyes-have-it" target="_blank">http://sofiaecho.com/2009/12/18/831890_the-eyes-have-it</a><br>
<br>
We are seeing more and more attempts by even EU member states to control the Internet, one way or another. In this particular case, we hope we've managed to stop the suggested interface to be installed at the level of Internet Service Providers. But what exactly the Parliament will vote, is tough to guess.<br>
I am curious, if other countries have similar issues?<br>
<br>
veni<br>
<br>
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