Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and the Indian Bar Association (IBA) organized a conference in Bangalore on 23rd September 2015 and discussed several aspects related to Privacy in the emerging Digital India. Eminent speakers from the industry participated … Continue reading →

Information Security auditors are some times required to conduct a “Software Source Code audit” to find out if the software is reliable and does not have any malicious codes embedded there in which may violate the privacy of the user … Continue reading →

In a strange corporate offence committed by Volkswagen, 11 million cars are set to be recalled and the Company is set to face a penalty of around $37500 per car for failing the emission norms. The CEO obviously has resigned. … Continue reading →

According to latest information,  the Government has completely withdrawn the draft Encryption policy announced last week and put up for public comments. A new policy may be drafted and released in due course. Hopefully, this time it will consult the … Continue reading →

After criticism that emanated over the week end on the draft National Encryption Policy that the Government released last week, Government has quickly made some clarifications. The original policy is available here We had provided our comments and suggestions on … Continue reading →

The Registration (Karnataka Amendment Bill 2015) was passed by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 30th March 2015.  On the same day, it was also passed by the Legislative Council. Since the matter involved partial amendment of Indian Registration Act 1908, it has … Continue reading →