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

Is CCA revoking the license of E Mudhra?

Recently UIDAI filed a criminal case against three entities namely Axis Bank, Suvidhaa Infoserve and e-Mudhra and temporarily barred them from using the Aadhaar authentication services. The allegation was, that these agencies had indulged in “Unauthorized Access” of the UIDAI … Continue reading

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Draft Rules for Security of Prepaid Instruments released for public comments

As a part of the “Reasonable Security Practices” under Section 43A of ITA 2000/8, Government of India has released draft rules called “Information Technology (Security of Prepaid Payment Instruments) Rules, 2017” for public comments. A copy of the draft rules … Continue reading

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New Business Opportunity opens up with DigiLockers

According to the ad, the Government has now decided to license public & private agencies to provide Digital Locker Services, as licensed Digital Locker Service Providers (DSLP) and invited applications. Applications can be made either by an agency of the … Continue reading

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Customers of State Bank of India Beware… Your risks have gone up!

On the International Women’s Day, the Board of SBI has just announced what could be considered as an unwise move to allow women workers to work from home for one year. (As per news reports) Is this a goodwill move … Continue reading

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Was Gurmeher Kaur guilty of “Trolling”?

For the last week or so, there have been intense debate on the social media and TV media about the Gurmeher Kaur incident where the 20 year old student of Delhi University kicked off a controversy by posting a You … Continue reading

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“Aggregator” defined in Motor Vehicles Act..ITA 2000/8 compliance mandated

The Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2016 which seeks to bring in many changes to the current Motor Vehicles Act has been approved by the Cabinet according to a report. (Refer here) The Bill is yet to be passed into an … Continue reading

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