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

“Privacy Bee” stings…

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Vijayashankar Na

There is a website called PrivayBee.com registered under a PO box address in Seattle which is indulging in sending spam mails to Indian companies seeking data subject information without any verification of the data subject or establishing the genuinity of … Continue reading →

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Paths are Created by Walking and not by Waiting…

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Vijayashankar Na

Today the first batch of Data Protection Professionals in India who have been trained on Indian Data Protection Laws, Global Data Protection Laws and Data Audit skills with special training on the PDPSI framework are completing the certification examination. A … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to Madam Nirmala Seetharaman… Say No to Experimentation.. It will be misused

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Vijayashankar Na

To Smt Nirmala Seetharaman Honourable Minister of Finance Delhi Sub: Regarding Crypto Currency Experimentation Madam I was going through the report in livemint.com and cnbtc18.com on the proposed regulation on Crypto currency in which you are quoted to be soft … Continue reading →

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Does Intermediary Regulation apply to Corporate Zoom meets?

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Vijayashankar Na

An interesting question has been raised by the Indian Corporate sector regarding the applicability of the new Intermediary Guideline to the corporate interaction platforms such as Zoom/Goto Meeting/webex/Google or Team other companies facilitating streaming of content and messaging among users … Continue reading →

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If Police or the Magistrate cannot understand the law, donot blame the law

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Vijayashankar Na

On 25th February 2021, the Government of India notified a landmark set of rules under Section 79 of Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) called the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media ethics Code) Rules 2021. Since the regulation … Continue reading →

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The New Digital Media Regulation and the New Media War

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Vijayashankar Na

The Government of India is trying to fight the Information war with the Twitter which had started the Greta-Disha Attack on the Integrity and sovereignty of India. It was unfortunate that the ASJ hearing the bail pleas of Disha Ravi … Continue reading →

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