Srinagar: Underlining that the unauthorised access to sensitive data is a breach of extant IT rules, the administration on Monday ensured that officers and officials, who have been transferred out of secretariat, or left their respective departments and organisations and no longer need access to e-office, shall not get a privilege of any access to their previous accounts.
The administration has rolled out implementation of e-office across all offices for efficient conduct of government business.
“With a view to maintaining the security and confidentiality of sensitive official information, and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations as enshrined in the IT Act of 2000 read with Information Technology Security Guidelines notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India under the said Act, it has been fest necessary to prohibit unauthorized personnel from accessing data from a office files and references,” reads a circular issued by the administration.
The unauthorized access includes, but is not limited to, viewing, copying, sharing or disseminating such data without proper clearance, it noted.
The unauthorised access o sensitive data, it said, is a breach of extant IT rules and is treated as penal offence under chapter XI of the IT Act 2000.
Any instance of unauthorised access shall, therefore, be liable for disciplinary as well as penal action under the relevant provisions of law, the circular reads.
