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A cloud service provider refuses to give technical assistance and online access when an agency authorised by the Central Government under section 69B seeks to monitor and collect traffic data for cyber security. If the refusal is intentional or knowing, what punishment may the intermediary face?

An intermediary that intentionally or knowingly contravenes the duty to provide technical assistance under section 69B(2) may be punished with imprisonment up to one year, or fine up to one crore rupees, or both, following the 2023 amendment.

  1. AImprisonment up to three years and compulsory fine
  2. BOnly a civil penalty up to twenty-five lakh rupees
  3. CImprisonment up to one year, or fine up to one crore rupees, or bothCorrect
  4. DImprisonment for life

Explanation

Section 69B(4), as substituted by Act 18 of 2023, provides imprisonment up to one year or fine up to one crore rupees, or both. The three-year term with compulsory fine was the earlier wording, and life imprisonment relates to cyber terrorism.

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