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 is the legal status of Humanoid robots?

The world has crossed an important red line with the humanoid robot namely Mika, which is functioning as a CEO of a company. Mika is said to be the sister of Sophia, which earlier had created history by being the … Continue reading

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Can Courts declare death sentence to a Humanoid Robot”… A Criminal Jurisprudential Challenge

India is in the process of revising its age old Criminal law namely the Indian Penal Code 1872 and Criminal Procedure Code 1973 with the new laws Bharatiya Nyaaya Samhita and Bharatiya Nagarik Surakshita samhita 2023 drafts of which are … Continue reading

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New Compliance Framework DGPSI Released

FDPPI which is in the forefront of Privacy and Data Protection Compliance related activities in India released a framework for Compliance and Certifiable Audit titled “Data Governance and Protection Standard of India (DGPSI) in Bangalore at Hotel Chancery. The Following … Continue reading

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Privacy Pitamaha Award for Justice Sri K.S.Puttawamy (retd)

Justice Sri Koratagere S Puttaswamy (retd) the petitioner on the Supreme Court case which led to the Privacy Judgement of the Justice Kehar bench on 24th August 2017 and the passing of the DPDPA 2023 was honoured in a historic … Continue reading

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“Jago” campaign on this Digital Society Day

October 17 each year we remember to celebrate as the “Digital Society Day” recognizing that on this day in 2000 India moved from a “No Legal Recognition” for digital documents to “Legal Recognition of electronic documents” and “Digital Signature” paving … Continue reading

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“End Now” Cyber Crime appeasement by negligence

Yesterday, Mr Anil Rachamalla, Founder of www.endnowfoundation.org addressed the members of FDPPI.in on Social Media Crimes and shard the details of the yeoman service he has been rendering to the community. I invite visitors to naavi.org to check out www.endnowfoundation.org … Continue reading

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