Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The PIL filed against the Kerala Government and Sprinklr in the Covid patient data processing contract has brought before the Kerala high Court one of the first real tests of the Privacy Protection principle in India The Court has in … Continue reading →

It is reported today that the Kerala High Court has ordered that Kerala Government was wrong in getting the personal data of Covid patients processed with Sprinklr, without de-identifying the personal data. It has also ordered that the patients are … Continue reading →

It has been an observation that Cyber Criminals try to target  such destinations where the possibility of reward would be high.  The recent attack on Cognizant through a ransomware called Maze indicates that despite the Company being well informed about … Continue reading →

[This is an article first published in India Legal magazine] On December 2018, the central government proposed to issue an amendment to the Intermediary Guidelines under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (ITA 2000). This was neither a … Continue reading →

The Course on Certified  Data Protection Professional (CDPP) being conducted with virtual classes from Naavi  was planned to be conducted over 6 weeks with one session each on Saturday’s and Sundays starting from April 4th. In view of the lock … Continue reading →