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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"The (Indian Election)
Commission had earlier signed a non-disclosure agreement with
Google" <span class="moz-smiley-s5"><span> :-D </span></span><br>
regards<br>
Guru<br>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Election Commission has
decided not to pursue its proposed tie-up with internet giant
Google after concerns over national security were raised from
several quarters, including major parties. The U.S-based Google
had earlier this week made a formal presentation to the Election
Commission proposing a tie-up with it for voter facilitation
services ahead of Lok Sabha elections.</p>
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20px; color: rgb(59, 58, 57); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New
Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Commission, in its
meeting in New Delhi on Thursday which was attended by Chief
Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath and Election Commissioners H.S.
Brahma and S.N.A. Zaidi, deliberated on the issue and decided not
to go ahead. “After due consideration, the Commission has decided
not to pursue it any further,” said an EC official. The EC said
Google had proposed to provide electoral look up services for
citizens to help in Commission’s efforts for better electoral
information services.</p>
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20px; color: rgb(59, 58, 57); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New
Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Commission had earlier
signed a non-disclosure agreement with Google but had not shared
or handed over any data to the internet giant so far and was
deliberating on the tie-up with it for using its search engines
for voter facilitation. Congress and BJP besides some cyberspace
experts had voiced concerns over the proposed tie-up, saying
stakeholders should have been consulted before a decision. The
Congress legal cell has written to the Chief Election Commissioner
raising security concerns over the proposed tie-up and hoped it
will not have any effect on the electoral process and national
security. BJP also expressed concerns and said the issue could
have been discussed first at an all-party meeting by EC.</p>
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20px; color: rgb(59, 58, 57); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New
Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Questioning the EC’s move,
a group of cyber security experts had written to the panel amid
concerns over sharing of vital data pertaining to Indians to a
foreign company. The concerns also come at a time when eyebrows
have been raised over leaking of vital data of Indians to United
States intelligence agencies as exposed by Edward Snowden.<br>
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