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

Employee Privacy an Enigma for Compliance Managers

In the Privacy domain, the “Employee Privacy” is one aspect of Privacy Management that often has a direct conflict with the Data Protection Compliance regime. Under GDPR we have seen that Courts and Supervisory authorities have  ruled that even an … Continue reading

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Data Localization ..Is there anything to dilute?

Economic Times carries an interesting article on the “Shape of Things to Come” as the MeitY continues to work on the modified PDPB 2019, stating that “Reworked Personal Data Bill may relax rules on data localization” The article quotes the … Continue reading

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Can a market broker be declared a farmer?

To The Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka Bengaluru Dear Sir, One of your recent decisions make me wonder …”If a person is running a Mandi and allows farmers to display his wares and bring together buyers and sellers, does he … Continue reading

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Karnataka Government declares Uber/Ola Autos illegal… A Wrong Decision

Karnataka Government has repeatedly taken wrong decisions related to the Uber/Ola service. In 2014, I had written about this in the following article. Government Fails to understand Uber Business Model Time has come again to point out once again that … Continue reading

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As FDPPI looks out for a CEO, Maslow’s motivational theory provides a guide.

Abraham Harold Maslow is a great thinker of our generation who in 1942 gave a theory of motivation based on a hierarchy of needs. His work has been of great assistance to  Corporate Managers to understand human behaviour and improve … Continue reading

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Telecom Bill and WhatsApp: Will the Court uphold the rights of 130 crore Indians for Security?

WhatsApp has been in Supreme Court to test it’s Privacy Policy which it intends to impose on Indian users which is less protective of privacy compared to their EU policy and imposes the US jurisdiction on Indians. WhatsApp has also … Continue reading

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