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

Kris Gopalakrishna Committee submits reports

Preliminary reports suggest that the Government is releasing the report submitted by Kris Gopalakrishna Committee on Data Governance for public comments.  The committee was formed  for the purpose of recommending the regulation on Non Personal Data which is of relevance … Continue reading

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ICANN Has to find a solution to Net4India problem

On July 31, 2017, I had written an article “Is Net4India closing down its operations?” At that time I had some problems and subsequently my issues were to some extent resolved. However, in recent days, I am receiving many complaints … Continue reading

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The Dangers of allowing Guest Posts

Naavi.org has believed on knowledge dissemination and through out the 20 years of existence tried to spread knowledge freely. In the process, when some body wants to publish any article of their own on Naavi.org, I have obliged if the … Continue reading

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“National Self Reliance in Data Protection Certifications, Implementation and Audits”..FDPPI

The much awaited Module G program of the Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India or FDPPI (www.fdppi.in) which will provide training on  many relevant Data Protection Laws of the world including GDPR, CCPA, Singapore PDPA, DIFC Data Protection law … Continue reading

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Data Governance Regulator may be designated by the Kris Gopalakrishna committee

According to a report in Business Standard  the Kris Goplakrishna Committee has submitted its report on “Data Governance” to the Government. One of the recommended regulations that has been leaked appears to be for setting up of a new regulator … Continue reading

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Virtual Meetings for Data Protection JPC should be considered.

It appears that the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 is stuck with the Covid lock down of the Parliamentary activities. According to a report from Media Nama sources , there is a technical objection to use of “Virtual meetings of … Continue reading

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