'Over 700 cases registered under IT Act in 2020 for privacy violation'
"As per the data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs, a total of 389, 812 and 742 cases for violation of privacy under Section 66E of the IT Act, 2000, were registered during the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively," Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is mandated to track and monitor cyber security incidents in India. Pic: Representational image from Pixabay