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

When Zoom Got Bombed

(P.S. This article was first published in India Legal Magazine) One business that has thrived during the lockdown in various parts of the world is video-conferencing, virtual meetings and virtual collaboration solutions. Many large corporations have already installed virtual meeting … Continue reading

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Google and Apple set up a new Nation A & A and opt to Govern it themselves

A few days back, Google and Apple , the owners of the Android and IoS systems and considered business rivals, came together to make a surprise joint collaboration arrangement. The collaboration appeared like an attempt to regulate the use of … Continue reading

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Naavi is conducting another online Crash Course on PDPA . This will be a 12 hour course spread over two week ends. There will be two sessions of 75-90 mts each day between 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm. Participants of … Continue reading

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WhatsApp and Fakenews

(This is a reproduction of the Article that appeared in India Legal Magazine on April 18,2020)  The spread of fake news through social media has been a cause of concern for quite some time. It was highlighted in the past … Continue reading

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Media often says.. INS should first remember this policy

(This is in continuation of the earlier article) The circular issued by INS r(Indian Newspaper Society) the posting of some publications in certain WhatsApp groups by over zealous members has the following advise. 1. Take legal action against offenders, especially … Continue reading

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Circular of INS Secretariat on copyright violation by WhatsApp and Telegram

(This is in continuation of the earlier post) I have received a copy of a communication supposed to have been sent by the Secretary General of the INS (Indian Newspaper  Society) to the publications as an advisory which is reproduced … Continue reading

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