Internet and Mobile Association India (IAMAI), which represents firms including tech giants like Facebook and Google, has warned the Center about India’s new cyber security rules.
The body said India’s cyber security rules will foster an atmosphere of “trust rather than fear” when writing to the IT ministry to take effect later this month.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which is part of the IT ministry, has issued a rule requiring IT companies to report data breaches within six hours of detection and to keep IT and communications logs for six months. forces to.
However, according to a Reuters report, IAMAI proposed that the six-hour limit should be increased, citing 72 hours, the global standard for reporting cyber security incidents.
Earlier on 26 April, CERT required virtual private network (VPN) service providers, as well as data centers and cloud service providers, to hold information such as names, e-mail IDs, contact numbers and IP addresses (among other things). recommendations were issued. ) for a period of five years.
The government claimed that it needed these facts to fight cybercrime, but the industry claims that anonymity is one of the primary selling factors of VPN services and that such a move would violate the privacy policies of VPN platforms.
In the letter, IAMAI said the cost of complying with such directions could be “massive” and suggested that the penalties for violation of the law, including jail time, could compel companies to stop doing business in India. Can do.
Some VPN service providers have already started taking significant steps.
For example, ExpressVPN has moved its servers outside of India, making it the first major VPN provider to do so in the wake of the new regulations. While ExpressVPN was the first to withdraw its services from India, other VPN companies, such as NordVPN, have followed suit.
However, IAMAI’s letter issued by 11 leading techno-aligned sector organizations earlier this week said the new restrictions have made it difficult for them to do business in India.
Eleven industry groups from the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, including the US Chamber of Commerce and US-India Business The council said the “rigorous nature” of the directive could make it more difficult for companies to do business in India.
Large tech corporations such as Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, as well as others, are among those signing off on that letter. These include the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), Bank Policy Institute, BSA, Coalition to Reduce Cyber Risk, Cyber Security Alliance, Digital Europe, Information. technology Industry Council (ITI), TechUK, US Chamber of Commerce, US-India Business Council (USIBC), and US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).
read all breaking news , today’s fresh news And IPL 2022 Live Updates Here.