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

What “We the people” say on Judge’s Controversy

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The Four judges of Supreme Court who recently held a press conference appealed to the public through the media with a request ‘please take care of the institution and take care of the nation’. The judges namely Justices Chelamaeshwar, Rajan Gogoi, Madan … Continue reading →

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Public Consultation on Data Protection Legislation

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Yesterday, (13th January 2018), three members of the Judtice Srikrishna Committee on Data Protection Law participated in a public consultation program in Bangalore at the IISc auditorium. Honourable Justice (Retd) B.N. Srikrishna, the Chairman of the committee was present along … Continue reading →

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Data Protection Law in India… Three Big Ideas …. Data Trust, Jurisdictional Umbrella and Reciprocal Enforcement Rights

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

As the Government of India conducting nationwide public consultation programs on the Data Protection Law proposed to be drafted on the basis of the Justice Srikrishna Committee, I would like to place before the ministry, some of my key ideas. … Continue reading →

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It is Y2K moment again in India, with Virtual Aadhaar ID

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

It appears as if the Anti Aadhaar lobby in India has just been outsmarted by the UIDAI with its proposition of the “Virtual Aadhaar ID” as a response to the many complaints about the leakage of Aadhaar information. The Supreme … Continue reading →

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Look beyond GDPR and Create Personal Data Trusts to manage Privacy of data subjects

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

As the extended date (31st January 2018) for submission of feedback on the whitepaper on Data Protection law approaches, there is increased activity in the industry circles to submit the recommendations. It is obvious that there will be two distinct … Continue reading →

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Mr Piyush Goyal and Mr R K Singh… Do you know how much energy goes into Bitcoins?

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

I draw the attention of the honourable Union Ministers Mr Piyush Goyal and Mr R .K Singh, responsible for the energy sector in the country on the need to take steps to reduce the adverse impact Crypto Currencies are having … Continue reading →

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