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

Naavi is conducting another online Crash Course on PDPA . This will be a 12 hour course spread over two week ends. There will be two sessions of 75-90 mts each day between 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm. Participants of … Continue reading

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WhatsApp and Fakenews

(This is a reproduction of the Article that appeared in India Legal Magazine on April 18,2020)  The spread of fake news through social media has been a cause of concern for quite some time. It was highlighted in the past … Continue reading

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Media often says.. INS should first remember this policy

(This is in continuation of the earlier article) The circular issued by INS r(Indian Newspaper Society) the posting of some publications in certain WhatsApp groups by over zealous members has the following advise. 1. Take legal action against offenders, especially … Continue reading

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Circular of INS Secretariat on copyright violation by WhatsApp and Telegram

(This is in continuation of the earlier post) I have received a copy of a communication supposed to have been sent by the Secretary General of the INS (Indian Newspaper  Society) to the publications as an advisory which is reproduced … Continue reading

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Redefining “Personal Data” for the purpose of PDPA

I refer to an article today in Financial Express titled “Personal Data Protection Bll: Will it disrupt our data eco system? This article discusses the importance of the early passage of PDPB 2019 and at the same time highlights the … Continue reading

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Complaint to Indian News Paper Society

During the COVID lock down, many subscribers of news papers have stopped the news paper subscription and there is no doubt that the subscription revenue must have gone down. Though in the past, newspapers relied more on the advertising revenue … Continue reading

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