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

Data Protection Law in India… Three Big Ideas …. Data Trust, Jurisdictional Umbrella and Reciprocal Enforcement Rights

As the Government of India conducting nationwide public consultation programs on the Data Protection Law proposed to be drafted on the basis of the Justice Srikrishna Committee, I would like to place before the ministry, some of my key ideas. … Continue reading

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It is Y2K moment again in India, with Virtual Aadhaar ID

It appears as if the Anti Aadhaar lobby in India has just been outsmarted by the UIDAI with its proposition of the “Virtual Aadhaar ID” as a response to the many complaints about the leakage of Aadhaar information. The Supreme … Continue reading

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Look beyond GDPR and Create Personal Data Trusts to manage Privacy of data subjects

As the extended date (31st January 2018) for submission of feedback on the whitepaper on Data Protection law approaches, there is increased activity in the industry circles to submit the recommendations. It is obvious that there will be two distinct … Continue reading

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Mr Piyush Goyal and Mr R K Singh… Do you know how much energy goes into Bitcoins?

I draw the attention of the honourable Union Ministers Mr Piyush Goyal and Mr R .K Singh, responsible for the energy sector in the country on the need to take steps to reduce the adverse impact Crypto Currencies are having … Continue reading

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Bitcoin… Of the Criminals, By the Criminals, For the Criminals

Whatever was the technological urge for Mr Satoshi in  creating the block chain technology and Bitcoin is a thing of the past. The present status of Bitcoin is as a currency of the criminals. Many of my friends may hate … Continue reading

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Index of articles on Bitcoin-The Currency of the Criminals, By the Criminals, For the Criminals

Here is a compendium of articles on Bitcoins published on this site in the recent past: Modi is yet to open his third eye on Bitcoin, the new alternative to Black Money.. Will he wake up in 2018? Black Money … Continue reading

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