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

Unboxing the advantages of PDPSI Framework for Data Privacy Compliance

PDPSI or Personal Data Protection Act of India is a compliance framework that is unique. It has been developed by professionals with years of experience in the field of Privacy and Data Protection, as a unified framework for meeting the … Continue reading

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PDPSI Standards and Implementation Specifications-Designed for Compliance

(In continuation of the previous article) PDPSI is a framework which evolved from the Indian Information Security Framework (IISF-309) which was first developed for compliance of ITA 2000, and published in March 2009. PDPSI was designed to be of use … Continue reading

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IS 17428 and PDPSI

Recently, the Bureau of Indian Standards introduced a new standard called IS 17428 as the standard for providing privacy assurance for individuals and for organizations to set up a “DPMS” or data protection Management System. Obviously there is a need … Continue reading

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i-Phone 13 may have to be banned in India

Apple is posing a great challenge to law enforcement across the world with its proposal to introduce its new version of phone (I phone 13) with a chip that can connect to the Low Earth Orbit (LOE) Satellite. The phone … Continue reading

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Unification of Data Protection Law

According to UNCTAD, 128 of the 194 UN affiliated countries have put in place legislation to secure the protection of data and privacy. 158 countries have in place the E commerce laws and 154 countries have Cyber Crime laws. While … Continue reading

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Data Protection Law in China

China has announced a law called “Personal Information Protection Law” (PIPL) on 20th August 2021, coming into effect on 1st November 2021. The PIPL is having 74 articles divided into 8 chapters as follows: General Provisions; Personal Information Processing Rules; … Continue reading

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