• The New Indian Express, Thursday, January 21, 2016 9:54 AM

Government officials in India can no longer use personal email accounts for official communication. The ITE&C department of the TS government has banned the use of private email for work purposes. "Forwarding of e-mail from the e-mail ID provided by the Government of India (GoI) to government officials’ personal ID outside the GoI e-mail service is not allowed due to security reasons," explains the new policy. "The official e-mail ID provided by the government can be used to communicate with any other user, whether private or public. However, the user must exercise due discretion on the contents that are being sent as part of the e-mail."

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