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

Rs 820 crore fraud in UCO Bank IMPS system busted

CBI has successfully investigated a fraud in UCO Bank where two support engineers manipulated the system which resulted in credits to accounts without a corresponding transfer of money from the sending bank to the receiving bank. See report in NewIndian … Continue reading

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Digi Locker has introduced “Nomination”

DPDPA 2023 has introduced “Nomination” as a right of a data principal. We have in our two previous articles discussed certain aspects of nomination. Why Privacy cannot survive the death of an individual? Relationship between IPR and Privacy It is … Continue reading

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Being Lawful is the first requirement of DGPSI

One of the requirements of DPDPA 2023 as a law of Digital Personal Data Compliance is that Personal Data shall be processed only for lawful purpose. Hence it is a compliance requirement that a Data Fiduciary shall adopt necessary measures … Continue reading

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Let DGPSI be a symbol of Compliance

DGPSI or Data Governance and Protection Standard of India is an approach that follows the principles of compliance that is indicated in the DPDPA 2023. Compliance to DGPSI means not only being in compliance with DPDPA 2023 but also to … Continue reading

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Welcome 2024 with the emergence of the Ayodhya Rama Mandira

We wish all the visitors of Naavi.org a very happy and prosperous new year. At the same time we welcome the emergence of the Ayodhya Rama Mandira to be in Bharat. In the last few months of 2023 we saw … Continue reading

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Why Privacy cannot survive the death of an individual?

The Discussion on “Nomination” gave rise to a debate on Linked In why we should consider that the “Right to Privacy” is only for living persons. I would like to explore this further. DPDPA 2023 is not specific about whether … Continue reading

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