Yahoo, Gmail asked to route mails through Indian servers

New Delhi, February 22: during an exceedingly|in a very} bid to own an iron grip over instances of terror activities planned on the web, major web content suppliers Yahoo, Gmail et al were asked to route all emails accessed in India through servers settled within the country. this is applicable to even those mail accounts registered outside the country.

The matter was highlighted once security agencies were unable to own time period access to some emails that were registered outside the country however were opened in India.

During a high-level meeting that was attended by Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh, the difficulty was raked up and therefore the Department of data Technology (DIT) was asked to require up to the matter on a priority basis with the content suppliers.

The minutes of the meeting quoted the director general from foregone conclusion.in as stating that Yahoo mechanically locates all email accounts registered in {india|India|Republic of India|Bharat|Asian country|Asian nation} to the server in India. However, the accounts registered outside {india|India|Republic of {india|India|Republic of India|Bharat|Asian country|Asian nation}|Bharat|Asian country|Asian nation} that was being accessed in India area unit routed through servers outside India.

The urgency of the matter was felt once the protection agencies didn’t access accounts of suspected terrorists of Indian mujahadeen throughout the police work amount because the accounts were opened during a country.

As per official sources, once the content suppliers were approached so as to visualize the mails, the officers were told that letter of invitation has to be placed with an EU nation wherever the server was primarily based.