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Which statement about section 69B of the IT Act, 2000, which deals with monitoring and collecting traffic data for cyber security, is correct?

Under section 69B, traffic data covers identifying information such as communication origin, destination, route, time, size, duration or type of underlying service. It is not merely message content, and monitoring is done by a Government agency authorised by notification, not by private companies.

  1. AAny private company may monitor traffic data without government notification
  2. BTraffic data includes communication origin, destination, route, time, size, duration or type of underlying serviceCorrect
  3. CTraffic data means only the content of the message exchanged
  4. DAn intermediary refusing technical assistance faces no punishment

Explanation

The Explanation to section 69B defines traffic data as data identifying a person, computer system, network or location, and includes origin, destination, route, time, data, size, duration or type of service. Monitoring is by an agency authorised by Central Government notification. Intermediaries who knowingly contravene the assistance duty are punishable.

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