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

New RBI Norms for Prepaid Instruments make Digital payment Companies squirm

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

On 11th October 2017, RBI came out with a comprehensive “Master Direction” applicable to all Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers and System participants. This was mainly a consolidation of all earlier guidelines. However, it appears that some of the … Continue reading →

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How Long Will Google take to resolve an IP Address?… Make all intermediaries pay for the delay

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

What can be done to improve the number of successful investigations of Cyber Crimes in India? is a question most observers of the Cyber Crime scene in India are struggling to find answer to. The T K Vishwanathan Committee has … Continue reading →

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I was on 16 and Going on 17….I need everyone….to know me and comply…says ITA 2000/8

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

Wishing All a Happy Digital Society Day of IndiaWe need not reiterate here that we try to celebrate October 17 every year as the “Digital Society Day of India” because the judicially acceptable “Digital Society” was born in India on … Continue reading →

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T K Vishwanathan Committee Report… Is it only a small leak?

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

The Government of India had set up a committee under the chairmanship of Mr T.K.Vishwanathan former Union Law Secretary and Secretary General, Lok Sabha to review ITA 2008. Mr Vishwanathan was the person who worked on the first draft of ITA … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow is Digital Society Day of India: Let’s Resolve to Improve the Cyber Crime Complaint Management System in India

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

17th October is an important date for the Digital India. It was on this day in 2000, that India notified the Information Technology Act 2000 and brought for the first time, Legal Recognition for binary expressions or electronic documents. As … Continue reading →

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God Save India from Bitcoins

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

Today’s Times of India, Bangalore edition carries a full page Ad asking public to “Invest in Crypto Currency this festive season” The publication is an advertorial feature under the name of Prafull Sawant with email ID response.mumbai@timesgroup.com. The feature promotes … Continue reading →

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