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

Transformation from Privacy Policy to Limited Data Protection Policy

One of the consequences of the Data Protection Act and the potential risk of penalty of 4% of total worldwide turnover for non compliance is that Data Fiduciaries are focussed more on the “Compliance” as per the written law. It … Continue reading

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Madam Finance Minister, Please reply to this letter.

This is the personal view of an honest citizen and is not related to any professional or organizational activities. Also I do hold Mr Modi, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman in great respect but in respect of this issue of legitimizing Crypto … Continue reading

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Money Laundering has been made easy.. by the Finance Minister…Enjoy the destruction of the world order..

The decision of the Finance Minister to recognize digital assets of the kind which we call “Crypto Currencies” today through a taxation slab has opened the flood gates for money laundering in India. Now it is possible to register an … Continue reading

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Nirmala Sitharaman has been tricked by the Crypto Industry and the Tukde Tukde Gang

After a long time discussion, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman came up with her suggestion in the Budget about taxation of “Crypto Assets”. At first glance it appears that this provision imposes a 30% tax on gains made in crypto assets which … Continue reading

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Effective Communication Skills for a DPO

Communication is an essential skill for all professionals and more so if one is in a senior position and has to discharge conflicting responsibilities. The Data Protection Officer is one such professional who requires a high level of communication skill … Continue reading

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Metamorphosis of PDPSI to DPSI 2021

When India adopted Information Technology Act 2000 as the law that first recognized electronic documents and also introduced the concept of “Vicarious liabilities/Due Diligence” for organizations, Naavi came up with the concept of “Cyber Law Compliance. Then when the amendments … Continue reading

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