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

Flagging the “Dark Pattern” in Money Control Pro Subscription consent

Yesterday, I made a post on the need for “Auto Renewals” to stop as per DPDPA. This post elicited the following response on linked-in from one of the followers which has opened up further interesting discussions. Quote: RBI has/had guidelines … Continue reading

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Auto Renewal of Subscriptions should go out of use

Recently I came across an issue related to my subscription at Money Control.com for what is called a premium subscription. Though I asked for its cancellation one day before its due date, Money control or nw18.com or E-Eighteen.com Ltd is … Continue reading

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AI should be prevented from Lying by design

An interesting article was found today a futurism.com about how AI is lying with intention. Referring to recent studies the article highlights that LLMs are deceiving human observers on purpose. This means that whether AI is sentient or not, technology … Continue reading

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Welcome Mr Jitin Prasada as Mos IT

With the new cabinet of Modi 3.0 announced, it is heartening to note that Mr Ashwini Vashnav continues to be the minister for IT along with Railways and Information and Broadcasting. Digital publishing being a major part of Meity’s regulations, … Continue reading

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FDPPI and BSPIN organizes a discussion on DPDPA and ITA 2000

BSPIN and FDPPI has jointly organized an online Fire Chat discussion today at 10.00 am on DPDPA 2023 and ITA 2000. Registration can be done here On request, attendees will be issued participation certificate with 2 hours CPE credit. Attendees … Continue reading

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IDPS 2024 ..to be held on November 22, 23 and 24

FDPPI is pleased to announce that the flagship event of FDPPI namely IDPS 2024 has been scheduled for November 22, 23 and 24 of 2024. The program will be virtual and live between 3.00 pm to 9.00 pm. This will … Continue reading

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