NEW DELHI: Your phone's call record details (CDRs) will now be in safe hands. Delhi Police's top brass has planned to equip computer systems used to send requests for these with a device to authenticate the requestor's identity through fingerprinting and other security methods.
Only computers fitted with these devices-installed across local police stations, the crime branch office and special cell-will be able to process requests for the records, which must be made by an officer no lower than ACP rank. The user will first authenticate his identity and then get his fingerprint and photo verified. Thereafter, the person will have to feed in his user-id and secret password.
The cop will be able to use the system only when his identity is established, said a source. Not just the requestor, even the service providers and nodal officers, must also verify the IP addresses before supplying the CDRs. Fifty such devices, costing around Rs 10,000 each, have been purchased.
This system will establish responsibility in case of misuse or illegal access of a person's CDR. Until now, the rules provided space to shed culpability. According to new rules, all accessed CDRs would be destroyed at the earliest. The password used for procuring the CDR will be changed every month. In the Arun Jaitley CDR leak case, the password was last changed six months ago. A time log-when the request for the CDR was received and the time when the CDR was forwarded-will also be maintained.
The rules for interception of calls have been made stringent. Now, the requests for phone tapping are routed through the special commissioner in charge of the special cell who verifies them before forwarding them to the chief secretary who is the clearing authority.
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Only computers fitted with these devices-installed across local police stations, the crime branch office and special cell-will be able to process requests for the records, which must be made by an officer no lower than ACP rank. The user will first authenticate his identity and then get his fingerprint and photo verified. Thereafter, the person will have to feed in his user-id and secret password.
The cop will be able to use the system only when his identity is established, said a source. Not just the requestor, even the service providers and nodal officers, must also verify the IP addresses before supplying the CDRs. Fifty such devices, costing around Rs 10,000 each, have been purchased.
This system will establish responsibility in case of misuse or illegal access of a person's CDR. Until now, the rules provided space to shed culpability. According to new rules, all accessed CDRs would be destroyed at the earliest. The password used for procuring the CDR will be changed every month. In the Arun Jaitley CDR leak case, the password was last changed six months ago. A time log-when the request for the CDR was received and the time when the CDR was forwarded-will also be maintained.
The rules for interception of calls have been made stringent. Now, the requests for phone tapping are routed through the special commissioner in charge of the special cell who verifies them before forwarding them to the chief secretary who is the clearing authority.
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