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

Interpreting “Personal Data” and “Business Contact Data” under GDPR

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Imagine you have constructed a house and let Mr X live there and use the address for his activities for which you have authorized him to. Does the house belong to you or Mr X? When Mr X’s authorization to … Continue reading →

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Virtual Aadhaar ID: More breathing time for laggards

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

UIDAI announced the Virtual Aadhaar ID system in January and made it available from 1st March 2018 giving time upto 30th June 2018 for AUAs/KUAs to tweak their systems. Then it extended the time upto the end of June. (Refer: Is … Continue reading →

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California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 …to be effective from January 2020

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

After the EU GDPR followed by UK DPA and German DPA, we now have California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 which has been passed to take effect from January 2020. (See the copy of the text here) Under the new … Continue reading →

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Is Private Sector ignoring Virtual Aadhaar ID ?

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

On 10th January 2018, UIDAI issued a circular outlining the details of its proposed Virtual Aadhaar ID system along with the introduction of the “Limited KYC” system that does not return the Aadhaar number and only provides an “agency specific” … Continue reading →

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Three days to go for mandatory use of Virtual Aadhaar ID… Who is ready?

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

In January this year, UIDAI had announced the introduction of the “Virtual Aadhaar ID” scheme to increase the security of the Aadhaar usage eco system. The introduction stumped the Anti-Aadhaar lobby who were roaring before the Supreme Court when the … Continue reading →

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Certified Indian Data Protection Professional.. Made for India

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The “Certified Indian Data Protection Professional” introduced by Cyber Law College envisages that professional working in India need to have a an Indian perspective when dealing with Data protection requirements. Presently, Privacy and Data Protection professionals are so focused on … Continue reading →

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