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

Privacy Rule under HIPAA-HITECH Act expanded

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

HHS, the department of Health and Human Resources has revised the Privacy and Secuirty Rule and broadened its reach particularly for the Business Associates. Since many Indian entities work as Business Associates of HIPAA covered entities this development is of … Continue reading →

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Aaron Swartz is a victim of Bad application of law

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Aaron Swartz, the young techie who committed suicide on the 11th of Januaru represents a tragedy that could have been prevented if the Police had been more reasonable. Swartz was deeply involved in the campaign against “Stop Online Piracy Act” … Continue reading →

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Need for Netizen’s Forum

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

It is being increasingly observed in India that the Cyber Law space is in need of a major overhaul. Cyber Crimes are increasing and the Government machinery as well as the Police are acting dangerously showing apathy for genuine victims … Continue reading →

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Domain Registrars under threat of arrest across India

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Across India a wave of fear is spreading amongst Domain Name registrars that they may be arrested by the local police. The fear psychosis has been created by  the news item that in Noida, Police have arrested the domain registrar … Continue reading →

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59% growth in Phishing

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

According to the estimate of RSA, the total number of phishing attacks in 2012 were around 445,004. This was up 59% from the previous year’s number of 279,580 and estiamted to have created a loss of around US$ 1.5 billion … Continue reading →

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Indian Loan Fraudsters swindle UK clients

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

An Indian Call center in Delhi is reported to have made nearly 1000 calls every day to UK clients enticing them with Bank loan offers and extracting money in the form of advance fee. A ‘conservative estimate’ of the loss … Continue reading →

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