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 Professionals.. Don’t Get Sandwiched between the regulator and the boss

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Data Protection Industry is closely related to the Information Security industry on the one hand and the Legal Compliance industry on the other hand. This industry includes of Data Controllers and Data Processors as envisaged in Data Protection laws such … Continue reading →

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IADPP, a proposed organization for Data Protection Professionals

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The concept of “Data Protection” has gained a larger than life importance in India in recent days with the advent of GDPR, impending advent of Indian Data Protection Act and the DISHA2018. Though GDPR is not directly applicable in India, … Continue reading →

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GDPR should not be a license for “Masked Cyber Stone Pelters” to disturb global peace

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The recent fight between ICANN with the German judiciary on what is the “legitimate interest” in ICANN collecting and making available to public the domain name registration details is an indication of the war that is going on between EU … Continue reading →

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Will GDPR convert the entire Internet to Deepweb?… NIXI Has to wake up

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The difficulties created by GDPR to the global business system has now escalated into a legal battle between ICANN and a German registrar regarding the implications of GDPR. A German Court has recently rejected a suit filed by ICANN against … Continue reading →

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Territorial Scope of GDPR and UK DPA 2018

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

There is a mis-perception prevailing in some sections of IT industry in India that  “GDPR is applicable to India” without recognizing that its applicability is subject to certain conditions. This needs to be dispensed with at the earliest. One of … Continue reading →

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Are Privacy Laws Getting bigger than Cyber Crime Laws?.. Is Profiteering replacing deterrence principle in law making?

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

GDPR has changed the landscape of Cyber Laws by redefining the priorities of Cyber Laws. So far the concern of the society was mostly on “Preventing Damage to a Citizen” through Cyber Crime laws. This was achieved by defining certain actions … Continue reading →

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