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

S Ve Shekar and Forwarding of Social media Messages: Shreya Singhal Judgement over looked

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

I refer to the recent judgement from High Court of Madras which was quoted in the media with headlines such as “Forwarding social media posts equals endorsement, says Madras HC “. The judgement was in relation to an “Anticipatory Bail Application” … Continue reading →

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Data Processor’s Association of India needed for Compliance without Destruction

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The earlier article on GDPR entry into India being like a Vasco Da Gama discovery of India, has attracted some interesting reactions from some industry professionals. While we may accept that the intention of GDPR is to protect the Privacy … Continue reading →

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Calling attention of Justice Srikrishna Committee on Data Protection; Don’t let GDPR be the new Vasco Da Gama

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

We have many times through these columns urged the Justice Srikrishna Committee which is drafting the new Data Protection law for India to ensure that an “Umbrella Protection” is provided to Indian Companies from being unfairly targeted under EU GDPR … Continue reading →

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IRCTC fraud is an exhibition of Technology Intoxication

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Recently, a case was reported from Lucknow where one person by name Hamid Ashraf from a place called Basti, in UP was arrested for running a franchise chain of over 500 franchisees across the country who were indulged in cheating … Continue reading →

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The GDPR dilemma… Am I a Data Controller? or a Data Processor?

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The European Union data protection regulation namely the EU GDPR  which has attracted global attention due to the twin provisions of “Applicable to a controller or processor not established in the union” (ed: in some circumstances) and the obnoxiously huge administrative … Continue reading →

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Who is Bhusan of Kolkata Police? Why does he make Abusive calls?

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Yesterday, a senior citizen of Bengaluru received an abusive call from a mobile number 9051660028 stating that he is from Kolkata Police and made some unfound allegations against the called person and threatened him with dire consequences. The True caller … Continue reading →

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