Centre may propose up to ₹500 crore fine for violations under Digital India Bill
The Hindu
Govt to propose penalty of up to ₹500 cr for Digital India Bill violations. Bill to monitor, collect traffic data, identify, analyse & prevent intrusion. Meity working on draft to replace existing IT Act. Disputes unlikely to come under civil court jurisdiction. Bill to define offences like doxing, cybersquatting & astroturfing. Norms to control emerging techs like AI also proposed.
The government is likely to propose a penalty of up to ₹500 crore for violating provisions of the Digital India Bill, according to sources.
Under the proposed Bill, the Centre may authorise any government agency to monitor and collect traffic data generated, transmitted, received or stored in any digital system to enhance cyber security.
It also aims to identify, analyse and prevent intrusion or spread of malware or virus.
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The Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) has been working on the draft of the Digital India Bill to replace the existing IT Act which was enacted more than 22 years ago in the early days of internet.
"The Digital India Bill may come with a provision of a penalty of up to ₹500 crore on entities for breach of obligations," according to the source.
The quantum of penalty will be decided by the proposed Digital India Authority that will handle grievances, the sources said.
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