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

Sprinklr Kerala Government contract: Personal Data Protection under test

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

It is reported today that the Kerala High Court has ordered that Kerala Government was wrong in getting the personal data of Covid patients processed with Sprinklr, without de-identifying the personal data. It has also ordered that the patients are … Continue reading →

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The Cognizant Data breach Incident and the need for immediate ban on Bitcoins

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

It has been an observation that Cyber Criminals try to target  such destinations where the possibility of reward would be high.  The recent attack on Cognizant through a ransomware called Maze indicates that despite the Company being well informed about … Continue reading →

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Time to be Accountable… India Legal

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

[This is an article first published in India Legal magazine] On December 2018, the central government proposed to issue an amendment to the Intermediary Guidelines under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (ITA 2000). This was neither a … Continue reading →

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Webinar on 16th April

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na
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Certified Data Protection Professional Course to be accelerated

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

The Course on Certified  Data Protection Professional (CDPP) being conducted with virtual classes from Naavi  was planned to be conducted over 6 weeks with one session each on Saturday’s and Sundays starting from April 4th. In view of the lock … Continue reading →

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Is Insurance Industry ready for PDPA?

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Vijayashankar Na

On 7th February 2020, I attended a day long seminar in Hotel Trident, Mumbai organized by the National Insurance Academy Pune jointly with Swiss RE. The program titled “Digital Disruption..Embracing Digital Innovation in [RE] Insurance business” was a grand success … Continue reading →

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