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

The Vision of Tatas lives on

Sri Ratan Tata has lived a full productive life which any body can be proud of. While we regret that his leadership would no longer be available to guide the Indian industry, it is our duty to remember and follow … Continue reading

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Should there be Insurance for DPDPA Fine?

Currently Cyber Insurance covers first party damage in case of any data breach. This covers cost of recovery of lost data, legal and forensic costs and perhaps some consequential damages such as third party liability claims. In the post DPDPA … Continue reading

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California becomes the second US State to recognize Neurorights

Two days back, Californian Government signed a new law SB 1223 which recognized neuro rights as part of the Privacy Rights by defining Neural data as ‘Sensitive data” under CCPA. With this California became the second state after Colarado (Refer … Continue reading

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Want to be a “Master Trainer” for C.DPO.DA.?

FDPPI is closely working with Cyber Law College to develop capacity of Data Protection Officers and Data Auditors. In this direction, FDPPI being a Not for Profit Organization with an interest in developing the community interests, has decided to develop … Continue reading

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Let’s Create a Community of Data Auditors

DPDPA 2023 as a data protection law charted a course different from GDPR in several respects. One such differentiation that we can note is that DPDPA envisages a role for “Data Auditors” who are independent auditors outside the Company. Currently … Continue reading

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