North District Magistrate Nila Mohanan ordered strict compliance on installation of CCTVs and maintaining a register of internet users by recording details from a valid identity card.
“Owners of the cyber café(s) should prohibit the use of cyber cafe by unknown person and whose identity has not been established by the owner of the café. It should maintain a register for identity of the visitor/user in his/her handwriting, mentioning the name, address, telephone number and identity proof. The visitor/user should also sign the register kept for this purpose,” reads a Department of Information and Publicity press release.
The owners have also been instructed to establish the identity of visitors by user Identity Card such as voter card, driving licence, smart card, passport, etc, and that activity server log in the main server and its record should be preserved for at least six months.
