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

Questions to the DPO of BlueDart Express Courier

BlueDart is one of the respected courier agencies in India. I have used their services and have been a satisfied customer in many instances. I am however bringing this incident to public notice for general awareness since Blue Dart has … Continue reading

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NHRC ups the ante on DPDPA

While the Supreme Court is hearing the petitions  on challenging DPDPA (where FDPPI has filed an  intervention petition to oppose the Challenge  and defend DPDPA), NHRC has issued notices to the Government on why action has not been initiated on … Continue reading

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Update on DPDPA Challenge in Supreme Court

The petitions filed on March 12th including the one which has asked for the scrapping of  DPDPA and DPDPA Rules came up for hearing on 23rd March 2026 at the Supreme Court. The Union of India which had been asked … Continue reading

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Re-iterating the Responsibility of Data Processors to grow up with its own compliance framework

While most of us are happy that Data Processors are not covered directly under DPDPA,  if some of the data processor really wants to enhance its trust with their clients and create a competitive edge. DGPSI-Data Processor is  a framework … Continue reading

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FDPPI Study Centres to be set up at different places

The Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India (FDPPI) proposes to establish FDPPI Study Centres across different cities in India as part of its capacity-building and community-development initiatives in the field of data protection, privacy, and digital governance. These Study … Continue reading

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