{"id":257963,"date":"2021-12-01T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=257963"},"modified":"2021-12-01T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T04:22:41","slug":"uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK government has introduced a Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to better protect people\u2019s smartphones, TVs, speakers, toys, and other digital devices from hackers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Key highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bill seeks to prevent the sale of consumer connectable products in the UK that do not meet security requirements.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bill shall penalise for fines up to \u00a310 million or up to 4 per cent of global revenue for firms failing to comply with the security requirements.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new legislation will require manufacturers, importers and distributors of digital tech which connects to the internet or other products that they adhere to new cyber security standards.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bill will allow the government to ban universal default passwords, force firms to be transparent to customers about what they are doing to fix security flaws in connectable products and create a better public reporting system for vulnerabilities found in those products.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bill will also speed up the roll out of faster and more reliable broadband and mobile networks by making it easier for operators to upgrade and share infrastructure. The reforms will encourage quicker and more collaborative negotiations with landowners hosting the equipment, to reduce instances of lengthy court action which are holding up improvements in digital connectivity.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bill provides ministers with new powers to bring in new rules that require manufacturers to provide a public point of contact to make it simpler for security researchers and others to report when they discover flaws and bugs in products.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also places duties on in-scope businesses to investigate compliance failures, produce statements of compliance, and maintain appropriate records of this.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bill shall to manufacturers as well as other businesses including both physical shops and online retailers which enable the sale of millions of cheap tech imports into the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">*Tanvi Singh, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK government has introduced a Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to better protect people\u2019s smartphones, TVs, speakers, toys, and other <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":199258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign","category-legislationupdates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UK government has introduced a Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to better protect people\u2019s smartphones, TVs, speakers, toys, and other\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-01T06:00:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-government.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\"},\"headline\":\"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-01T06:00:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/UK-government.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Foreign Legislation\",\"Legislation Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/\",\"name\":\"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/UK-government.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-01T06:00:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/UK-government.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/UK-government.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/01\\\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\",\"name\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\"},\"description\":\"Senior Associate Editor\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/editor_3\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers","og_description":"The UK government has introduced a Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to better protect people\u2019s smartphones, TVs, speakers, toys, and other","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2021-12-01T06:00:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-government.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Prachi Bhardwaj","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/"},"author":{"name":"Prachi Bhardwaj","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942"},"headline":"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers","datePublished":"2021-12-01T06:00:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/"},"wordCount":322,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-government.jpg","articleSection":["Foreign Legislation","Legislation Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/","name":"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-government.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-01T06:00:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-government.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-government.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/01\/uk-product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-bill-psti-to-protect-peoples-personal-tech-from-hackers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UK | Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to protect people\u2019s personal tech from hackers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942","name":"Prachi Bhardwaj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","caption":"Prachi Bhardwaj"},"description":"Senior Associate Editor","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-government.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":253537,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/09\/02\/south-korea-bill-approved-to-bar-apple-and-googles-app-store-charges\/","url_meta":{"origin":257963,"position":0},"title":"South Korea | Bill approved to bar Apple and Google\u2019s app store charges","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"September 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Parliamentary Committee of South Korea has approved a bill, Partial amendment to the Telecommunications Business Act (alternative) (Chairman of Science and Technology Information Broadcasting and Communication), on August 31, 2021. \u00a0 Key highlights of the Bill are: The Bill shall ban major app store operators like Google and Apple,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-6.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":335897,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/25\/telecommunications-critical-telecommunication-infrastructure-rules-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":257963,"position":1},"title":"Telecommunications (Critical Telecommunication Infrastructure) Rules, 2024","author":"Kriti","date":"November 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Immediate upgradation of hardware\/ software is permitted if it involves a security incident.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ministry-of-Communications","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":257686,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/11\/25\/an-overview-of-healthtech-regulation-in-india-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":257963,"position":2},"title":"An Overview of Healthtech Regulation in India [Part 2]","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Shantanu Mukherjee\u2020 Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 85","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Op Eds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-145.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-145.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-145.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-145.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-145.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":356467,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/13\/uk-border-security-bill-2025-online-immigration-crime\/","url_meta":{"origin":257963,"position":3},"title":"UK Government Announces New Law to Criminalise Online Ads Promoting Illegal Immigration","author":"Shubhi","date":"August 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025 marks a digital turning point in UK\u2019s immigration law, highlighting the growing role of social media in cross-border movement and the government's push to counter tech-enabled smuggling tactics.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Foreign Legislation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Foreign Legislation","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/foreign\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"UK Criminalising Online Promotion of Illegal Immigration","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UK-Criminalising-Online-Promotion-of-Illegal-Immigration.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UK-Criminalising-Online-Promotion-of-Illegal-Immigration.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UK-Criminalising-Online-Promotion-of-Illegal-Immigration.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UK-Criminalising-Online-Promotion-of-Illegal-Immigration.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":335732,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/telecommunications-telecom-cyber-security-rules-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":257963,"position":4},"title":"Govt. notifies Telecom Cyber Security Rules to enhance safety of telecommunication infrastructure","author":"Kriti","date":"November 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Telecommunication entitiy will have to inform CG within 6 hours of becoming aware of a security incident.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ministry-of-Communications","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ministry-of-Communications.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":249192,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/03\/germany-it-security-act-2-0-passed-by-government\/","url_meta":{"origin":257963,"position":5},"title":"Germany | IT Security Act 2.0 passed by Government","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"June 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Federal President of Germany passed the Information Technology Security Act 2.0 on May 27, 2021. The IT Security Act 2.0 has updated the First Act to increase the Security of Information Technology Systems increasing Cyber and Information security against the cyberattacks and digitalization of everyday life. Due to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Foreign Legislation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Foreign Legislation","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/foreign\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Germany-IT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Germany-IT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Germany-IT.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Germany-IT.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Germany-IT.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}