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

Banking Ombudsman Scheme Amended…and scope expanded

For quite some time the RBI’s Banking Ombudsman Scheme has been defunct since the scope of the scheme has been interpreted by the Ombudsman as very limited. In most cases, Ombudsman have the habit of not only rejecting the complaints … Continue reading

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National Crypto Currency is the way to go…. with an International Crypto Currency Regulatory Authority to be set up

It is good to note that the World view is slowly but surely tilting towards the adoption of Crypto Currencies which are managed by the regulators of the Fiat countries instead of the privately managed “Decentralized” and “Unregulated” Crypto Currencies … Continue reading

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The Bitcoin Battle…Will it be Modi Vs ZebPay?…like Kumble Vs Kohli?…who will win?

In the Kumble Vs Kohli fight, it was Kohli who came out as the immediate victor since BCCI accepted the principle that Coach is dispensable but not the Captain. BCCI upheld the principle that a Coach is only a PR … Continue reading

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Will the Government succumb to Zebpay PR pressure?

While the Government of India’s committee on Bitcoin regulation is in the process of evaluating the responses received on the MyGov site on whether Bitcoin is to be Banned or Regulated or Observed?, there have been a spate of articles … Continue reading

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Banks may become liable under Section 65 and 67C in Fraud cases..

I refer to the discussions we had in the case of the Phishing fraud at Musiri Branch of State Bank of India where I tried to provide some guidance to the Customer on what sort of complaint he has to … Continue reading

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Cyber Appellate Tribunal Goes into limbo again?

Cyber Appellate Tribunal was a creation of the Information Technology Act 2000 and was the appeal Court for all Adjudicators (One in each State and Union Territory) and the Controller of Certifying Authorities. The Adjudication system became effective from 2003 … Continue reading

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