India Draft Encryption Policy Doc lays out horrendous requirements
http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/draft%20Encryption%20Policyv1.pdf
Users / Organizations within B group (i.e. B2B Sector)
may use Encryption for storage and communication. Encryption
algorithms and key sizes shall be prescribed by the Government
through Notifications from time to time. On demand, the user
shall be able to reproduce the same Plain text and encrypted
text pairs using the software / hardware used to produce the
encrypted text from the given plain text. Such plain text
information shall be stored by the user/organisation/agency for
90 days from the date of transaction and made available to Law
Enforcement Agencies as and when demanded in line with the
provisions of the laws of the country.
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--Lauren--
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