Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque announced the approval of the first digital Cloud Policy and Personal Data Protection Bill by the federal cabinet.
According to the minister, the newly-approved policy is aimed at ensuring the privacy of online data.
Haq further said that the bill will ensure privacy especially for citizens, public and private entities, while Cloud First policy will cover federal ministries, departments, and autonomous entities.
Referring to the details of Cloud First policy, he said that the process of heavy spending and upgrading of various data centers of ministries and agencies is difficult for which it is necessary to have a common platform.
In this regard, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry was quoted as saying that a list of cyber security experts had been being prepared to conduct a thorough probe, especially India’s use of Israeli spyware to hack the phone of PM Imran.
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