Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The great Twitter hack is a serious development in the Cyber Security scenario that has many implications. It has highlighted that the security of Twitter is not good enough for the level of its operations and the sensitivity of its … Continue reading →

Ever since GDPR became effective on 25th May 2018, there has been a debate as to whether the earlier arrangement between US and EU for “Adequacy” status based on the 1995 directives would be considered as “adequate” under GDPR for … Continue reading →

Article that appeared in India Legal Print magazine    

When countries move from a “No Data Protection Law” to a “Strict Data Protection Law”, one of the problems faced by the companies is how to handle the legacy personal data which is already with them. This data could have … Continue reading →

Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act came into existence on 17th October 2000 along with the notification of ITA 2000. For all the professionals in the legal circles including the Judges, understanding Section 65B and its necessity was almost impossible. … Continue reading →

We have discussed the Shafhi Mohammad judgement of the Supreme Court in the past through several articles, (Refer: The tragedy of Shafhi Mohammad). The matter had come for review in the case of Arjun Punditrao Vs Kailash Kushanrao and the … Continue reading →