Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Several Indian Government Entities and energy companies were targeted by unknown threat actors leading to suspected theft of sensitive data both personal and non personal. Report in the hackernews.com suggests that the information stealing code was delivered through a phishing … Continue reading →

Naavi as part of his career development had been in the advertising industry for around 11 years and has closely participated in the activities of a full service advertising industry which creates brands, builds brands, understands consumer behaviour with research, … Continue reading →

Naavi The applicability of DPDPA 2023 to what can be called “Business Contact Address” is a much debated issue in Privacy circles. DPDPA 2023 is applicable to “Personal data” and there are many obligations associated with the collection and use … Continue reading →

“Artificial Intelligence” is a new term that is sweeping the software world and naturally it has also percolated into the discussions of “Privacy” and DPDPA 2023. The industry is now presented with a new ISO standard 42001 so that along … Continue reading →

A Bill has been passed in US to protect the sensitive data of US citizens by restricting cross border data to countries considered as “Adversaries”. To some extent this reflects the thought behind Section 16 of DPDPA 2023 which also … Continue reading →

Mr Kunal Kamra the “Stand Up Comedian” has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Central Government notification for forming Fact Checking Units (FCUs) under the 2023 Information Technology Amendment Rules (IT Amendment rules 2023). Effectively it is a plea … Continue reading →