Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
Asatoma sadgamaya…Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya…Oh DVSI, Oh DVSI…
(DVSI stands for Data Valuation Standard of India… Refer www.dvsi.in for more information) Companies often face the dilemma on payment of ransom when their data is captured and held hostage by a ransomware attacker. The attacker fixes a certain price … Continue reading
Right To Forget ..in Madras High Court
After the Delhi High Court and Orissa High Court indicating that Right to Forget can be extended to a right to remove reference to an accused in a Court Judgement, the Madras High Court has now rejected the “Right to … Continue reading
Pegasus is a malware and can be anywhere
The current controversy on Pegasus in India arises from the petitions filed by various persons who all have one thing in common that they are known to be opponents of the current Government. Just because all the petitioners are Anti … Continue reading
Data Protection Journal of India ..Latest issue is now available
Data has a value as everybody understands. But we need to go further in our discussion on what is the value of data, how it can be computed and how it can be brought into the balance sheet etc. … Continue reading
This insane GDPR Fine on Amazon is self defeating
Luxembourg Data Protection Authority (CNPD) has done great disservice to the Privacy Community by administering a fine of $887 million(Rs 6582 crores) on Amazon for using customer data for advertising purpose. The fine has been revealed by Amazon in … Continue reading
Investors in Zomato and Paytm IPOs will eventually blame Narendra Modi
The Zomato public issue of shares to raise Rs 9735 crores of public money to a company which has been consistently making losses and has declared that it will continue to make losses even in the future is a dangerous … Continue reading