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

When Do Cookies become an issue under DPDPA?

We are all aware that Cookies are hosted on websites and they collect some technical information from visitors. Normally cookies are implanted in the user’s system through at a location assigned by the browser. It is a text file and … Continue reading

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The Nature of Business Requirement Document released by Meity for Consent Management

Medianama, a well known website has commented on the Business Requirement Document (BRD) released by MeitY with the following caption. “MeitY Explains How an Ideal Consent Management System Should Work Under DPDPA” The perception has been that MeitY has actually … Continue reading

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Consent Life Cycle for DPDPA Compliance

“Consent” is the backbone of DPDPA Compliance. “Legitimate Use” is an exception and organizations need to cover as much of their management of Data protected by DPDPA through Consents. As a result most companies are now struggling to trace the … Continue reading

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Lessons from RCB tragedy

The stampede that occurred in Bengaluru during the celebrations of RCB’s IPL victory was very tragic both from the point of view of the losses suffered by the victims and also the scar it left on a sweet moment. In … Continue reading

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Consent Management..NeGD view

While every body is waiting for the notification of the DPDPA 2023, the Government has released a document titled “Business Requirement Document for Consent Management under DPDPA 2023” under the banner of NeGD. It appears that this is an advisory … Continue reading

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Marketing under a Brand and DPDPA compliance

Organizations use “Brand Building” for two purposes. The first is to inculcate a “Brand personality” within the network of organizations associated with a brand. When a company states that it is a “Godrej” or “Tata” or “Birla” Company, or belonging … Continue reading

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