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

Today is GDPR Day… Love it or hate it, you cannot ignore it

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Today is 25th May 2018. EU is still waking up to this D Day while India is already awake. There is no doubt that today will be considered a historic day in the Data Protection industry since EU GDPR is … Continue reading →

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UK Data Protection Act 2018 comes into force…

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Racing against time with the implementation of GDPR, UK authorities have completed the formalities in introducing the new version of Data Protection legislation effective from 25th May 2018 co-terminus with the applicability of EU GDPR. This will continue even after … Continue reading →

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The Role of DPOs under GDPR and the need for Indian Association of Data Protection Professionals

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

GDPR which is coming into full force on 25th May 2018 is aimed at protecting the Privacy interests of EU citizens under the EU constitution. However, the EU Commission believes that it has a role in protecting the privacy of … Continue reading →

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Closure of Bazee.com case: Sharat Digumarti gets relief amidst Intriguing precedents created

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The Bazee.com case which was one of the earliest criminal prosecutions to be launched under Information Technology Act 2000 appears to have finally completed its journey with the quashing of criminal prosecution against Mr Sharat Babu Digumarti. This case was … Continue reading →

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S Ve Shekar and Forwarding of Social media Messages: Shreya Singhal Judgement over looked

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

I refer to the recent judgement from High Court of Madras which was quoted in the media with headlines such as “Forwarding social media posts equals endorsement, says Madras HC “. The judgement was in relation to an “Anticipatory Bail Application” … Continue reading →

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Data Processor’s Association of India needed for Compliance without Destruction

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The earlier article on GDPR entry into India being like a Vasco Da Gama discovery of India, has attracted some interesting reactions from some industry professionals. While we may accept that the intention of GDPR is to protect the Privacy … Continue reading →

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