Monthly Archives: October 2024

Supreme Court on use of Aadhaar for Age determination

In the DPDPA implementation, we have been discussing he requirement of determining the “Age” of a data principal to identify if he is a minor or not. Without identification of the age, the obligations of DPDPA towards a “Minor” cannot … Continue reading

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Naavi Academy to start a Video Blog

Naavi.org has been in existence since 1998 (initially as Naavi.com) and has been providing knowledge inputs on Cyber Laws, ITA 2000 and now DPDPA etc. Over these 25 years, lot of content has been accumulated on the website though it … Continue reading

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DGPSI Compliant Software and Incentivisation

DGPSI as a framework targets the compliance to DPDPA. It can be used by Data Auditors to audit the compliance of an organization and certify them for adequate compliance. DGPSI can also be used to make an assessment of the … Continue reading

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Fake Bomb Threats is an act of Terrorism

The recent spate of fake Bomb threats to different Airline companies and an open advisory from a Khalistani Terrorist not to travel in Air India are acts of terrorism that fit well into the definition of Cyber Terrorism under Section … Continue reading

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DGPSI will be the “Jurisprudence” for DPDPA 2023

In a recent meeting of the officials of MeitY with the ministry, it is reported that the officials suggested the industry to get cracking on the implementation of DPDPA 2023 without waiting for publication of the rules. This suggests that … Continue reading

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Digital Jungle Raj in Digital India

Yesterday we had a very useful discussion on whether there is a need to regulate the Dark Web and whether it is desirable and whether it is feasible. As expected one school of thought was of the firm view that … Continue reading

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