Highlights
- Permission to maintain Internet data records for at least two years
- Telecom companies can then destroy the stored data
- Amendments to the license issued on December 21
Telecom companies will now be able to keep your call history safe for two years. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has increased the period for storing call data and internet usage records of customers from one year to two years due to security reasons. Amendments to the license were issued on 21 December and extended to other forms of telecom permits on 22 December.
“The licensee shall preserve all business records/call detail records/exchange detail records/IP detail records as well as records of communications over the network,” the DoT circular said. Such records shall be kept safe for at least two years for security reasons. Telecom companies can destroy the stored data if there is no instruction from DoT after this.
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What is included in Internet Data Records
This amendment allows telecom companies to maintain internet data records of the subscriber for at least two years. These records include login and logout details of all customers for services such as Internet access, e-mail, calls made from mobile applications such as Internet telephony services or WiFi calling. Earlier, under DoT rules, telecom companies were allowed to keep call data and internet usage records of customers for at least one year.
Input: PTI
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