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

Does SBI Cards pose a special risk for customers because of Incompetence and possible collusion?

We have been discussing the “Limited Liability” Circular of RBI which was first issued in draft form on August 11, 2016 and confirmed on July 6 2017. However, recently when one of the customers of SBI Cards from Chennai, (a … Continue reading

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IAPP KNet Session at Bangalore: Aadhaar and Privacy

IAPP had organized a half day session at IIIT Bangalore in which the Privacy issues surrounding Aaadhaar was discussed in the light of the recent Supreme Court judgement. A summary of thoughts shared by the undersigned in the meet is … Continue reading

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CCAI India Privacy Summit 2017 at Bangalore… and Cyber Insurance

A high profile Privacy Summit had been organized at Taj West End by CCAI (Corporate Counsel Association of India) along with IAPP in which several issues of Privacy were discussed in the emerging technology environment. The undersigned participating in one … Continue reading

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Impact of Supreme Court’s Order on Right to Privacy on Cyber Space and Data Protection

A Round table was held at National Law School of India, Bangalore, the premier law education institute in the country on assessing the impact of the Supreme Court order on Right to Privacy on Cyber Space and Data Protection. Dr … Continue reading

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Privacy…is a “Fundamental Right” but we donot know what constitutes “Privacy”!

(This is in continuation of our discussion on Justice Chelmeshwar’s part of the judgement in the Privacy case) While the nine eminent judges went about their mission to declare “Privacy As a Fundamental Right”, they also encountered the problem defining … Continue reading

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Does Written Text of the Constitution not have any sanctity?

The alacrity with which the honourable Supreme Court constituted a 9 member bench to review “Whether Privacy is a Fundamental Right” and the release of the voluminous judgement before the retirement of Chief Justice Mr Kehar indicates that the CJI … Continue reading

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