December 21, 2018 05:18 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 10:44 pm IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs on December 20, 2018 issued an order authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.”
According to the order, the subscriber or service provider or any person in charge of the computer resource will be bound to extend all facilities and technical assistance to the agencies and failing to do will invite seven-year imprisonment and fine.
Click here to read the order.
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