Procedure for Blocking of Websites

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.... CERT-In has to instruct the Department of Telecommunications to block the website after, (i) verifying the authenticity of the complaint (ii) satisfying that action of blocking of website is absolutely essential II. The blocking of website may be the need of several agencies engaged in different walks of public and administrative lives due to a variety of reasons. Explicit provision for blocking of the website in the IT Act 2000 is available only in Section 67, relating to pornographic content on the website. In addition, Section 69 empowers the Controller of Certifying Authorities to intercept any information transmitted through any computer resource in relation only to the following five purposes: (i) Intere....

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....o the Director, CERT-In: (i) Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) (ii) Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (iii) Foreign Secretary in the Department of External Affairs or a representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary (iv) Secretaries, Department of Home Affairs of each of the States and of the Union Territories (v) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Director General of Police of all the States and such other enforcement agencies (vi) Secretaries or Heads of all the Information Technology Department of all the States and Union Territories not below the rank of Joint Secretary of Central Government (vi....

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....tions that have been listed above. If needed, this will be verified telephonically from the concerned office. 6. Each complaint shall be acknowledged to the complainant within 24 hours of its receipt. 7. In the case of complaints received by fax and email which is not digitally signed, the complainant shall be required to provide an ink-signed copy of the complaint so as to reach CERT-In within 3 days of the receipt of the complaint by fax or e-mail. The processing of the complaint shall begin without waiting for the receipt of the ink-signed copy. 8. Director, CERT-In will assign the complaint to a technical expert to view the said website and print the offending content as a sample within a day of the receipt of....