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

Editors Guild of India Representation on DPDPA

Following are the objections raised by Editor’s Guild of India on DPDPA which require some comments. Objections have also been raised on ITA 2000 as follows. Earlier on February 18, 2024 EGI had sent a more detailed note to MeitY … Continue reading

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DPDPA and Journalism

An interesting debate has ensued about the impact of DPDPA on the Journalists. The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has sent a representation to the Minister Mr Ashwini Vaishnav noting its objections on the Act which was passed more than … Continue reading

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Is there no solution for Age-gating?

India provided legal recognition to electronic documents through the Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000). This gave legal recognition to electronic documents. ITA 2000 also introduced the Digital Signature and later on the Electronic Signature (e-Sign) as a means of … Continue reading

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Is Crowdstrike outage an AI Failure?

The failure of Crowd strike security software causing global chaos will be analysed by experts in Due Course. In the immediate, it appears that there could be a failure in the Artificial intelligence based automated response which has generated a … Continue reading

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MeitY seeks Endorsement of Big Tech for DPDPA Rules

It can only happen in India that Companies like Meta are in the forefront of challenging Government notifications such as the Intermediary Rules in Courts and they are the same entities who are also consulted for advise on how we … Continue reading

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Section.. 63 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam..Perspective from Naavi

In the new Indian Evidence Act which became effective from 1st July 2024, the earlier Section 65B of Indian Evidence act has been modified as Section 63. This being an important section in the Act, Naavi has tried to place … Continue reading

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