New Delhi: The government does not maintain data for the number of instances individual call detail records (CDRs) have been collected, Parliament was informed on Thursday. As informed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), centralised database for the number of instances of individual CDR/ tower mast dump data collection is not maintained, Dhotre said. Telecom operators had raised concerns last year over the Department of Telecom (DoT) units seeking call data records in bulk. Apex Advisory Council for Telecom in India (ACT), in a letter to Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash, had raised concerns over CDR being sought of VVIP zones. However, the DoT had issued a statement clarifying that it was collecting call data records without personal details of subscribers to analyse call drops and improve telecom networks.

Source: Mint February 11, 2021 17:25 UTC