[governance] EC aborts tie-up with Google over security concerns

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

 Thanks Guru for this documented information. it's far more than a single information when we read "betwween the lines" the EC statement and the article of The Hindu and when we keep in mind the NSA and Co worldwide scandal where all the (US) Internet giants have been involved ! It should also be a lesson for all other countries for preventing these giants from interfering in countries' policy making and especially in elections. Best Jean-Louis Fullsack


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> "The (Indian Election) Commission had earlier signed a non-disclosure agreement with Google" :-D 
> regards
> Guru
>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.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.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.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.
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> source -http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ec-aborts-tieup-with-google-over-security-concerns/article5557857.ece?homepage=true -- 
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