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August 2017
The
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday said it has
asked 21 smartphone makers across the world -- of which majority are Chinese --
to share the security procedures and processes they have undertaken to ensure
security of mobile phone devices.
A
senior official at the ministry said the government has taken this step to
ensure that mobile phone users have assured data privacy in the wake of reports
of data leakage and theft both domestically as well as abroad. The Total Investment & Insurance
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The
government has asked the companies to furnish the information by August 28
next.
"There
have been some reports that some mobile phones leak data. The government is
taking all steps to see how that leakage of data can be prevented," the
official said.
"The
first step in that direction is that we have asked the mobile companies to
inform us what are the security procedures and processes that have been taken
by them to ensure the security of the data of the users and their privacy... We
want to make sure that any device that is sold in the country should be
safe."
The
official mentioned that the scope of security measures verification will
include the device, its operating system, the pre-loaded applications that it comes
with, and also the browser of the device.
The IT
ministry said there will be unlimited compensation depending on the extent of
damage caused.
According
to the IT Act, Section 43(A), a ‘body corporate' is accountable to protect the
privacy of data of the users and it is their responsibility to make sure that
they take reasonable security measures and these provisions have to be complied
with. The Total Investment &
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The
testing and verification of devices will be done in the country itself, the
official said adding that the government is upgrading testing facilities in the
existing labs and additional capabilities are being created for further
testing. The Total Investment &
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At
present, there are around 20 crore units of mobile phones in circulation in the
country. The Total Investment
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