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Is there an iron curtain behind new IT rules?

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: Even though the government has brought about changes (very quietly) last month in the IT Act in view of security breaches taking across cyber space and to send a strong message to the world on security, the same has invited criticism from different quarters.

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While many players including Google, as well as the Internet community, are upset about the government's stand on objectionable content, as per which the Internet-service providers and social-networking sites are supposed to remove 'blasphemous content' within 36 hours of being notified by authorities, industry bodies are upset about the financial implications.

Issued on April 13, the new Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 is applicable to all organisations that collect and use personal data and information in India.

Though the government thinks that the new rules will boost offshore outsourcing by showing international companies that their data is safe in India, industry bodies like NASSCOM are upset. In a letter NASSCOM reportedly said the new rules would adversely impact the $76 billion Indian IT-BPO industry.

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