Govt may bar retired staff from using official email IDs to curb data leak

Govt is looking at artificial intelligence to segregate personal and official information from the same email ID

As the government looks to tighten security around electronic infrastructure, it may stop the usage of official email IDs by retired staff.

The National Informatics Centre (NIC), which manages the information technology (IT) infrastructure of the government, will use artificial intelligence (AI) to segregate the personal of retired employees from their professional data. This means retired staff can retain access to their personal data, but professional data will be out of bounds.

Currently, an officer who resigns or superannuates after rendering at least 20 years of service is allowed to retain his official e-mail address for one year after retirement.