Security more important than privacy: PC on BlackBerry

India has insisted for complete access to BlackBerry data as security is more important than privacy, Union Home minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday.

India wants complete access to the BlackBerry data. The government feels that security is more important than privacy, Chidambaram told reporters during the monthly briefing of his ministry.

?If RIM can offer data access to other countries, who not India?, he questioned.

He said the government will keep a watch on the progress made in the two months bought by the BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) to address India?s security concerns.

Asking RIM to act fast on the issue, the Union minister said, ?Two months isn?t a long time considering the intensity of the problem.?

Fearing a possible ban on its business in India, the Canadian firm RIM had on Monday (August 30) offered the Indian government some solutions to access its data.

RIM has made certain proposals for lawful access by legal enforcement agencies and these would be operationalised immediately. The feasibility of the solutions offered would be assessed thereafter.

The Indian government said that it would review the situation and that the Department of Telecommunications would submit its report within the next two months.