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

Ad Blocking, Privacy Rights, Computer Contaminants, Spamming and Cyber Laws in India

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

India is presently in the process of re-writing some of the Cyber laws regarding a) Privacy… through the Supreme Court’s view on whether Privacy is a Fundamental Right? b) Data Protection Act under drafting c) Health Data Privacy Act under … Continue reading →

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Court in Puri debates Section 65B (IEA) and Section 79A (ITA2000)

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

The Court of the Sub-divisional Judicial magistrate Puri, in its judgement dated 4th August 2017 has come up with some interesting observations on  Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act and Section 79A of ITA 2000/8 that needs to be taken … Continue reading →

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Calling Attention of Dr Ponnuswamy Venugopal- AIADMK MP- on Proposed Amendment to Indian Registration Act 1908

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

I call for the Attention of our honourable member of Parliament, Dr P.Venugopal, a Loksabha member of AIADMK from Thiruvalluvar Constitutency.  Dr Venugopal is the Chairman of the “Standing Committee” which gave recommendations on the amendments to Indian Registration Act 1908 … Continue reading →

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Banks are silent on Zero Liability on Frauds.. What is RBI doing?

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

On July 6th 2017, RBI after 10 months of thinking, released the official confirmation of the “Zero Liability Circular”.  Naavi.org had urged the banks to go for a “Competitive Compliance Drive” and initiate measures to implement the provisions of the circular. … Continue reading →

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Will Police Employ Abhinav Srivastava as a consultant?

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

There is a news report today that the Bangalore Police are so impressed with Mr Abhinav Srivastava who was arrested under the charge of hacking into UIDAI data base that there is a discussion on engaging him as a consultant … Continue reading →

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Draft Bug Bounty policy for UIDAI

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

Naavi.org had suggested a model Bug Bounty Policy for Private Sector Companies as part of its Cyber Law Compliance Center (CLCC) Activity. Copy of this policy is available through the menu link CLCC. This was drawn in March 2016 specifically … Continue reading →

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