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

What is the nature of Data in property terms?

There was an interesting interview of Mr Mukhesh Ambani with Mr Arnab Goswami in which Mr Mukesh Ambani has spoken about “Data Ownership” and “Data Monetization”. He has strongly advocated that “Data” belongs to an individual or Corporate and no … Continue reading

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Belgian DPA finds conflict in CCO being designated as a DPO

In a decision that has somewhat shaken up the GDPR community, the Belgian DPA imposed a fine of Euro 50000/- on a Data Controller who had appointed the Chief of Legal compliance as a DPO. The DPA ruled that there … Continue reading

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Justice B N Srikrishna on Personal Data Protection

An interesting webinar had been organized today by a group of Legal professionals from Mumbai in which justice B N Srikrishna spoke about the Data Protection Act.  As the architect of the Indian law on Data Protection which is presently … Continue reading

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How Politicians are conspiring indirectly to bring bad name to PDPB 2019

Yesterday we had a spectacle of Mr Arnab Goswami the well known journalist being subjected to 12 hours of grilling by the Mumbai Police on an FIR against  his uttering against Sonia Maino alias Sonia Gandhi, the leader of Congress … Continue reading

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You Tube ..hypocrisy when it comes to Freedom of Speech?

The above face is a familiar face to many on the You Tube. This person has been posting many interesting videos particularly of ancient archaeological sites in India, Cambodia and many other places focussing on many interesting points which no … Continue reading

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Changing Face of Cyber Threats to corporate entities

As the country has moved into the digital way of doing Business, Governance and conducting personal life, the threats of various kinds arising from the use of computers, mobiles and other devices that work on “Data” have only increased. Technology … Continue reading

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