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

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

M.K Anand, of Seechange Consulting recently interviewed Naavi and captioned the release with an attractive title “The Man who saw tomorrow”. The video is now available on line. Naavi

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“Defamation” as Business Strategy

Among the many abuses of the great innovation called Internet and World Wide Web is the misuse of the technology for organized defamation like what we used to refer in the physical world as “Yellow Journalism”. While some adopt abuse … Continue reading

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Atleast Now Mr Modi should know the Villain called Bitcoin

It is reported that Mr Narendra Modi’s twitter account was hacked and a request was placed for contribution to the PM’s fund through Bitcoins. It is obvious that this is the work of fraudulent hackers who must have been able … Continue reading

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Techgentsia sets a new Trend

The announcement that a relatively unknown company from Alampuzha a small town in Kerala has won the grand challenge mounted by MeitY to find an alternative to Zoom has created a new enthusiasm in many small software development teams that … Continue reading

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Live Mint Interview on Data Protection Regulations

Following is the interview of Naavi that appeared in Live Mint recently: Excerpts as published: What’s your take on the provisions in the bill? Privacy legislation is always a complicated legislation. You have to balance the interest of privacy activists … Continue reading

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Anonymisation is the boundary between Personal Data and Non Personal Data

P.S: This is a long post and addresses multiple objectives. Firstly it responds to a report which appeared in Medianama.com on what transpired at the JPC deposition to correct some misconceptions. Secondly it tries to explain the difference between de-identification … Continue reading

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