Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

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 →

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 →

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 →

On June 21, 2021,  EDPB adopted the final version of the recommendations on supplementary measures following the earlier recommendations of November 2020 after the Schrems II ruling of the EUCJ. The final version of the Recommendations includes several changes to … Continue reading →

Data was called “Oil” because it was recognized as having immense value to the business. There are organizations where data is a by product and there are also organizations where data is the finished product. Whenever a ransomware attacker demands … Continue reading →

After ISMS and PIMS, it is the time for PDP CMS or Personal Data Protection Compliance Management System to be implemented in organizations. PDP CMS is inclusive of PIMS  and ISMS but is more focused on either of them. ISMS … Continue reading →