Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Close on the heels of the Breach Candy hospital breach which resulted in the compromise of 121 million records and Dr Lal Pathlabs resulting in a compromise of over 1 million records, both of whom were neglected by the CERT … Continue reading →

When Section 66A of ITA 2000 was used by the Mumbai Police to arrest the Palghar girls, several people objected to the arrest and claimed that there was an infringement of the right to freedom of speech. When the case went … Continue reading →

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 appears to have felt  insulted by the refusal of Amazon to attend the JPC and there are suggestions in the media that the JPC should issue a privilege notice … Continue reading →

The incidence of Covid and the forced need for Work From Home (WFH) as a part of an organizational culture is a disruptive change to our life style that all of us need to adopt and adapt. As Covid appears … Continue reading →

It is time to recall that on 17th October 2020, we have completed 20 years of the existence of Information Technology Act 2000. The one major amendment made to the Act was in 2008.  With the passage of Personal Data … Continue reading →