Cyber law
issues, cyber security and national security are on agenda of Indian
government these days. However, till now cyber
security in India is not upto the mark and cyber
law of India requires an urgent repeal. This is because the
entire approach and attitude of India government is defective.
Indian government has failed to understand that
e-surveillance
is not a substitute for cyber security capabilities.
Instead of developing
cyber security capabilities of India, the Indian
government is stressing upon growing use of e-surveillance
in India and Internet
censorship in India.
All these exercises of India government have been
done without any legal framework supporting these initiatives of
Indian government. Phones are tapped in India without a
constitutionally valid phone
tapping laws in India. The central
monitoring system project of India (CMS Project of India)
is also not supported by any legal framework. Surveillance
of Internet traffic in India is also another area that
requires a sound legal framework. Various authorities with far
reaching powers have been created without any legal backing.
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