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

“Conformity Assessment” under EU-AI act

EU AI act introduces a new terminology “Conformity Assessment” to mean a “Compliance Assessment”. In GDPR the term used was Privacy by Default. DGPSI uses a term “Compliance By default”. Now “Conformity Assessment” stands for an assurance certification of an … Continue reading

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Rameshwaram Cafe Blast.. Responsibility of the Telecom Company

It has been reported that in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast, one person who had bought a SIM card/second hand mobile from a shop was questioned since his number was involved in the communication related to the blast. The seller of … Continue reading

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Classification of AI under EU AI act

(Continuation of Previous Article) Having discussed the definition of AI and the applicability of EU AI Act in broad terms in the two previous articles, let us continue our discussion on “Classification of AI” under EU AI Act which is … Continue reading

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Applicability and Non-Applicability of EU-AI Act

(continuation from the previous Article) In order to look at the compliance requirements under EU-AI act, we need to first understand what is AI, what is the role of our organization under EU-AI act and what is the classification of … Continue reading

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Defining of AI: DGPSI approach

(Continued from previous article: Impact of EU AI Act on India) EU AI Act expects that “Providers”, “Deployers” and other “Trade intermediaries” shall be bound by the law (Effective from 2026). The compliance to EU-AI act starts with flagging a … Continue reading

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Impact of EU AI Act on India

“Extra territorial Jurisdiction” was one of the aspects of GDPR which created a scare in the Indian industry in 2018. This was also the reason for the birth of FDPPI the organization which has today grown to be a premier … Continue reading

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