Subject: Yahoo & Gmail email providers banned in India's gov't offices (Prism)   
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   Originally taken from: http://www.abplive.in/gadget/2014/09/16/article40052   
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   In an attempt to reduce the exposure to such threats, Indian government is on   
   verge of banning its officials from using the Gmail, Yahoo! and other service   
   providers for official purpose.   
       
   The basic idea is to stop the sensitive information from being stored in   
   servers that are outside India. It has to be noted that most of the servers of   
   the email providers are situated outside India and the government has little   
   control over it.   
       
   A new draft email policy will come into force by the Government, which states   
   that services by National Informatics Centre (NIC) will be the only means of   
   official email communication for all government work. NIC is the government’s   
   official email service provider.   
       
   The policy, according to the report, also states that service providers other   
   than the NIC can be used for personal emails. However, the policy also   
   restricts officials to forward emails from their official IDs to their personal   
   IDs. The policy also states that government organisations can use independent   
   email servers, provided they are hosted in India.   
       
   The report also stated that the NIC had provided official email IDs to more   
   than 3.5 million employees.   
       
   While, this decision comes in the wake of recent news of around 5 million Gmail   
   username and password being dumped on the internet, it is a decision with far   
   reaching consequence.   
       
   Even though, this decision comes in the wake of recent news of around 5 million   
   Gmail username and password being dumped on the internet, it looks like the   
   process was started a long time ago.   
       
   The Indian government may also have been wary after the NSA snoopgate, where   
   they were looking into the emails of and if they laid their hands on any of the   
   sensitive documents there could have been a security breach.   
       
   While, it is a welcome move by the government, it might look like the officials   
   might be in for tough times, as we are not sure about the server capabilities   
   of the NIC.   
      
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