Gov’t open to pledge no interception of calls’ content

Lawmakers have suggested that the government should write down clear articles in the law regarding its promise to not intercept communication content. The First Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) had a meeting on the Cybersecurity Law on Monday with the government representatives. During the meeting, the government representatives reaffirmed to the lawmakers that the concerned governmental departments will only monitor  network traffic; they will not monitor nor will they save communication content.

The committee then proposed to the government whether it could state such promise in the legal articles regarding not monitoring communication content.

According to the chairman of the committee, Ho Ion Sang, the government is open to such a proposal.

The bill further proposes that the cyber security monitoring body can appoint representatives to enter radio and television organizations in order to obtain data.

Government representatives promised that the government will not install any surveillance equipment inside TV companies, and that the monitoring authority will only collect data given by the radio and television operators.

One committee member considered the government’s definition of private operator of key infrastructure facility to be unclear.

Moreover, the government representatives noted that the cyber security law is applicable to a total of 116 key infrastructure facility private operators, and that the government also promised to deliver the relevant checklist to the AL committee at the next meeting.