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

DPDPB 2022: Cost of Non Compliance

One of the first things Companies look for in the Data Protection Bill is what is the cost of non compliance. It appears that the Government has been a little generous to the industry in this respect. The first observation … Continue reading

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DPDPA-2022 ..Ducking and Swaying aside may be OK for Round 1 and not for the full match

The drafting of  DPDA 2022 signifies an approach completely different from the drafting principles adopted earlier. It appears that an entirely different team worked on the Bill. It is not clear if the Ministry of Law would be comfortable with … Continue reading

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Draft of DPDPB 2022..Simple..information on need to know basis..less scope for objections

The draft of DPDPB 2022 (Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022) has been very cleverly drafted by avoiding unnecessary details to give less scope for critics. The Bill seems to adopt a principle that the Act needs to contain only … Continue reading

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Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 released for public comments

The Government of India has released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 for public comments. The Ministry has invited feedback from the public on the draft Bill. The submissions will not be disclosed and held in fiduciary capacity, … Continue reading

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Oculus could cause a scare for users…

(Continued from the previous article) In the previous article,  we discussed the Oculus and how it is reportedly been designed to cause damage to the human brain. The device is fortunately not yet out in the market and Mr Palmer … Continue reading

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I am not happy with FTX crash but I have the right to say ..I told you so…

I have been carrying on a crusade against Private Crypto Currencies such as Bitcoin for years and if anybody can say FTX crash was natural, I have the right to say so. Money Control today carried an article titled “FTX … Continue reading

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