MHA refuses to give reasons behind allowing intelligence agencies to access computer data

MHA refuses to give reasons behind allowing intelligence agencies to access computer data

AgenciesUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 02:51 AM IST
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New Delhi: The Home Ministry has refused to disclose reasons for authorising 10 security and intelligence agencies to access information from any computer resource under the Information Technology Act, 2000, terming it “top secret” information. In an RTI response to activist Venkatesh Nayak, the ministry has said the information is classified as “top secret” and it cannot be disclosed as it is exempted under Section 8(1)(a), 8(1)(g) and 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act.

Nayak had sought photocopy of all official records that contain the written reasons for issuing the authorisation to the 10 security and intelligence agencies specified in the attached gazette notification as per the requirements of Section 69(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) among other pieces of related information, reports PTI.

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