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

“Photo Sync” from Facebook-A New Threat to Privacy

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Dec 4: Facebook has introduced a new feature called “Photo Sync” for mobile users which is likely to be a new threat to privacy to casual users. If enabled, the feature will automatically upload the photographs from the mobile to Face … Continue reading →

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GOI to file Reply on CAT Chairperson appointment in Karnataka High Court

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Dec 3: The PIL regarding the non appointment of the Chair person for Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT), in New Delhi was heard in Karnataka High Court today. The PIL filed by an advocate Sri Chaitanya has alleged that the non appointment … Continue reading →

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Julian Assange on Internet Freedom

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Dec 3: Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange speaks of how an infrastructure for total control of Internet is already in place and is beig also used partially. … Details

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PATCO Case: Bank’s Liability for Frauds

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Dec 3: Naavi has been personally fighting several Bank fraud cases on behalf of victim customers. This struggle has been temporarily blocked because the Government of India has failed to appoint the chairperson for Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT) since June 2011 … Continue reading →

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Compliance of Section 43A in a Corporate Environment

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Dec 2: Here is a brief guideline which companies may try to folllow to work towards compliance of Sec 43A-ITA 2008 requirements as a part of their Information Assurance Plan. …Details

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TELCOs are responsible to counter Chinese Threat

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Dec 2: An US intelliegence report recently advised that “American companies and its government should avoid doing business with China’s two leading technology firms, Huawei and ZTE, because they pose a national security threat to the US”. Copy of the report After … Continue reading →