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

Smart Cities in India and ITA 2008

When ITA 2000 was drafted, the concept of “Smart Cities”, “Driver less cars” or “Artificial intelligence” or “Humanoid Robots” were not very much in the realm of the vision of the law makers. The main objective was to provide facilitation … Continue reading

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CCTV footages.. Whose property is it any way?

Dr Pratap Reddy, Executive Chairman of Apollo Hosiptal has stated thatĀ  Apollo Hospital had turned off CCTV cameras placed in the ICU when the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha was undergoing treatment. (Refer report here). In the light of … Continue reading

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Cambridge Analytica and Indian Cyber Laws

The news report that Personal profiles of 50 million Face Book users was collected and unauthorizedly used to help Trump win an election has openedĀ  a new debate on Privacy and Data Protection in India. BJP and Congress parties are … Continue reading

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Can Maharashtra Government Amend IT Act?

A news report from UNI states that the Minister of State for Home (Urban) in Maharashtra, Mr Ranjit Patil has made a statement in the legislative Council of Maharashtra that “Maharashtra Government will amend Information Technology Act to regulate illegal … Continue reading

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Autonomous Car Accident opens debate on legal responsibility

An unfortunate but historic event occurred in Arizona on 19th March 2018 when a Self Driving Uber Car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona. (Refer Reuter article here). The pedestrian who lost her life was a … Continue reading

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Where do I start my GDPR compliance?

Many organizations in India are now concerned about the need to be compliant with GDPR before the deadline of 25th May 2018. They must be receiving many e-mails from their business partners abroad with the query “Are You GDPR Compliant”?. … Continue reading

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