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

A Serious issue in WhatsApp Usage leading to personal data leak Reported

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

WhatsApp has been in news in India in the context of its use in spreading “Fake News” and causing “Lynchings”. There has been some harsh words already spoken of by the Ministry and blaming WhatsApp for some of the lynchings … Continue reading →

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Understanding the GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

{This is a guest post from Dan Sincavage, Co-Founder, www.tenfold.com } The GDPR–or General Data Protection Regulation–is a regulation passed by the European Union on April 27, 2016, with an effective start date of May 25, 2018. Officially classified as regulation … Continue reading →

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National Health Stack Plan… This is the Digital Health Aadhaar Scheme…Available for Public Comment

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The Press Release from  PIB has called for public comments on the proposed National Heath Stack. (NHS) NHS is the proposed scheme by NITI Aayog that envisages maintenance of a centralized health record for all citizens of the country to facilitate … Continue reading →

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Data Processors may be able to create a Diamond out of Charcoal..if Indian Data Protection Act is innovatively drafted

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

In the Privacy and Data protection circles, a debate is going on for some time in India. Naavi.org had also suggested this to the Srikrishna Committee during the public consultations. (Refer: “Personal Data Should be Considered as Personal Property”). Subsequently, DISHA … Continue reading →

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How To Respond to Rogue elements on the Social Media?

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Internet was a great invention. Social media running on the Internet was a great utilization of technology which gave the ordinary internet user, the power of being a journalist. Unfortunately, the greed of mankind has taken over both the Internet … Continue reading →

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Cyber Appellate Tribunal back in action through TDSAT

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Information technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) had an ambitious thought of expediting justice in respect of civil disputes arising out of any contravention of ITA 2000. Accordingly it gave powers to Adjudicators to adjudicate on any claim (Upto Rs 5 … Continue reading →

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