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Allegations of surveillance on specific people has no concrete basis or truth: Govt
New Delhi, July 18, 2021
Amid reports of snooping of prominent citizens, the Indian government said that allegations of surveillance on specific people have no concrete basis or truth associated with them whatsoever.
In response to journalists queries on snooping of prominent citizens, Additional Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Rajender Kumar said: India is a robust democracy that is committed to ensuring the right to privacy to all its citizens as a fundamental right. In furtherance of this commitment, it has also introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, to protect the personal data of individuals and to empower users of social media platforms.
More than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one sitting judge besides scores of business persons and activists in India could have been targeted for hacking through an Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies, an international media consortium reported on Sunday. The government, however, dismissed allegations of any kind of surveillance on its part on specific people, saying it has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever . Asserting that India is a robust democracy that is committed to ensuring the right to privacy to all its citizens as a fundamental right , the government dismissed the media report as an attempt to playing the role of an investigator, prosecutor as well as jury .
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New Delhi, July 19
More than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one sitting judge besides scores of business persons and activists in India could have been targeted for hacking through an Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies, an international media consortium reported on Sunday.
The government, however, dismissed allegations of any kind of surveillance on its part on specific people, saying it has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever .
Asserting that India is a robust democracy that is committed to ensuring the right to privacy to all its citizens as a fundamental right , the government dismissed the media report as an attempt to playing the role of an investigator, prosecutor as well as jury .