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

How Ministry of Finance can help reduction of Dr Reddy type of Cyber Attacks

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

Close on the heels of the Breach Candy hospital breach which resulted in the compromise of 121 million records and Dr Lal Pathlabs resulting in a compromise of over 1 million records, both of whom were neglected by the CERT … Continue reading →

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India’s credibility being downgraded by the assault on Republic in Maharashtra

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

When Section 66A of ITA 2000 was used by the Mumbai Police to arrest the Palghar girls, several people objected to the arrest and claimed that there was an infringement of the right to freedom of speech. When the case went … Continue reading →

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Amazon Skips JPC… There is no need for summons

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 appears to have felt  insulted by the refusal of Amazon to attend the JPC and there are suggestions in the media that the JPC should issue a privilege notice … Continue reading →

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Covid becomes an agent of Change in the Privacy scenario

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

The incidence of Covid and the forced need for Work From Home (WFH) as a part of an organizational culture is a disruptive change to our life style that all of us need to adopt and adapt. As Covid appears … Continue reading →

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FDPPI launches 2nd Batch of Certification Training on Global Laws

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na
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ITA 2000/8 needs further changes

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

It is time to recall that on 17th October 2020, we have completed 20 years of the existence of Information Technology Act 2000. The one major amendment made to the Act was in 2008.  With the passage of Personal Data … Continue reading →

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