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

DPDPA Rules.. Draft Recommendations from Naavi.org

The Draft DPDPA rules were published by MeitY with time for public comments upto 18th February 2025. While discussions continue in public space and FDPPI in association with Trust Law has organized a discussion on February 8 with invited audience … Continue reading

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“National Personal Data Archive” needs to be created

In implementing the DPDPA 2023, and cleaning up the past unregulated collection of personal data by organizations, the Act has prescribed that “Consent should be obtained even for the legacy personal data collection of a data fiduciary. In such cases … Continue reading

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Mapping of Section 40 of DPDPA 2023 with Rules

Mapping of Section 40 to the Draft  Rules notified on January 3, 2025 Sl No Section 40 Description Draft Rule 1 (a) the manner in which the notice given by the Data Fiduciary to a Data Principal shall inform her, … Continue reading

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Rules should not be Ultra-Vires the DPDPA 2023.

Ever since the Government of India notified the draft rules for DPDPA on January 3, 2025, there have been hectic discussions in the industry circles about understanding the rules and also suggesting changes. It is understood that more than 6000 … Continue reading

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Personal Data Monetization and Privacy…The challenge

It is a common perception that Privacy and Personal Data Monetization cannot co-exist. GDPR is normally considered as the extreme left of centre approach to Privacy and would have a strong view against Personal Data Monetization. The US is a … Continue reading

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Data Privacy Week at FDPPI

With the International Privacy Day today being celebrated in many professional fora in India, it has been a busy week for Naavi and FDPPI. As we just completed the three day C.DPO.DA. training in Mumbai from 24th to 26th January … Continue reading

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