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

Webinar on Upcoming Data Privacy Laws…by DNV

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PDPB 2019..last minute recommendations

While India is waiting to know if the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 will be tabled and passed in the next Parliament session, the time for making further changes is running out. While most of the suggestions which have been … Continue reading

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Naavi.org to register as a Digital Publisher

Naavi.org  today maintains the website of www.naavi.org  in which current news and events related to the field of Cyber Law is regularly discussed. Naavi.org also provides a platform for publishing video content for FDPPI and also has recently opened the … Continue reading

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The Courts should have the right perspective in Twitter controversy

The Karnataka High Court yesterday issued an order restraining the UP Police from taking any coercive action against Mr Manish Maheshwari, Managing Director of Twitter Communications India Private Limited (TCIPL). (The order copy has still not been posted on the … Continue reading

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Data as a class of property

On different occasions we have discussed the implication of “Data” as a property class. The early discussions on “Data” as a property in legal circles was around the property of “Domain Name”. It was one of the first “Pure Virtual … Continue reading

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Beware.. If you download ADATA data breach information, you may be committing a crime

A data breach of mega proportions involving 700 GB of corporate data has been reported in respect of a Computer storage Chip maker ADATA, a Taiwanese company.  The company was subject to a ransomware attack and probably because the company … Continue reading

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