Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

Data Processor is a “Deemed Data Fiduciary”

In 2022, Naavi/Ujvala Consultants Pvt Ltd had suggested “Data Importer Assurance Certification”  for Data Processors who were processing EU data in India on behalf of Data Controllers. The focus was to meet the Standard Contract Clause requirements under Cross border … Continue reading

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Orissa High Court upholds objection on APAAR ID Consent form

Orissa High Court was confronted with an interesting petition from a parent who refused to give consent to the school of his child which wanted to create an APAAR ID. The ID is considered a unique identification that is designed … Continue reading

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European Business Wallet Proposal… takes cue from India

On November 19,2025, a major EU proposal has been made to simplify the EU regulations in many areas. It has proposed 15 amendments to GDPR which we are separately taking note of. Additionally it has made changes to Data Act … Continue reading

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FDPPI Eco-system of Data Protection Professionals

To all those who are associated with FDPPI as Members, Registrants for any paid services Dear Friends It is the desire of FDPPI/Naavi that all those who are associated with FDPPI during the last 7 years of its existence should … Continue reading

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DGPSI: Made in India Framework now for GDPR Compliance also

An Indian DPO often works  in an environment where the organization encounters both personal data coming under the jurisdiction of DPDPA as well as under GDPR. DGPSI recommends that data is classified with a “Jurisdiction Tag” so that  data to … Continue reading

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Change is continuous.. Be an Enriched and Elite Certified DPO…

When we last conducted a C.DPO.DA. program on November 1 and 2 at Mumbai, we called it an “Elite DPO” program because we had added DGPSI-AI into the curriculum which otherwise included the basic DPDPA law and Implementation challenges along … Continue reading

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