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

DPDPA at the doors of Supreme Court

As expected, the law of DPDPA is now before the Supreme Court. Normally Courts are expected to step in when a citizen has an adverse impact of the law. and seeks remedy. However, in India, almost every law that gets … Continue reading

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Rules on Synthetic AI content finalized

In October 2025, Meity had released a draft notification related to amendment of ITAct Intermediary Rules related to publication of synthetic content. On 10th February 2026, the final rules have been notified with several clarifications related to the provisions. The … Continue reading

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The Race for being a Consent Manager

Going  by the news paper reports it appears that many Indian companies including giants like TCS are eyeing registration as “Consent Manager” under DPDPA  2023. There is news that JIO and Airtel are also interested in being registered as “Consent … Continue reading

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Neuro Rights adopted in Canada’s PIPEDA

Naavi.org had started a discussion on Neuro Rights during the Indian Data Protection Summit 2022 ( IDPS 2022) where Professor Raael Yuste, a professor and Neuro Scientist from Columbia University had presented his views through a virtual talk.  (Other articles … Continue reading

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Towards a Resilient Pan-India Cyber Framework: Private Sector Cyber Defence Authority (PSCDA)

Digital Dependence today is on the increase. Both professionals and ordinary citizens are today dependent on Internet for connectivity, Computers and Cloud for Storing of Data and  Electronic Documents as the data storing form. New Technologies such as AI have … Continue reading

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IN-CRA: Need for integration of Private Sector into the Unified Command Structure

(Continued) In continuation of our discussions on the IN-CRA act, the next big hurdle we need to tackle is bringing  about the integration of the private sector into this initiative. The Private sector is important for Cyber Resilience since the … Continue reading

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