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

ICICI Bank Credit Card fraud surfaces at Mysore

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

A serious credit card fraud has been reported from Mysore where a holder of ICICI Bank credit card has found that nearly RS 1 lakh has been debited to his credit card account on account of an airline ticket purchase … Continue reading →

Posted in Bank, Cyber Crime, Netizen's Forum, RBI | 1 Comment

Mysore Grahak Parishat takes up Cheque disincentivisation issue

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Mysore Grahak Parishat, the active consumer organization in Mysore is trying to create awareness of the impact of the RBI discussion paper on Disincentivisation of Cheques. A press release has recently been  issued by the organisation in this regard. A … Continue reading →

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Why this Kolaveri

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

During the last 10 days, Naavi.org has been discussing the implications of the discussion paper released by RBI for public comments on “Disincentivisation of the use and issuance of cheques”. We have pointed out several dimensions of the discussion paper … Continue reading →

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Cooperative banks need to gear up to Internet Banking

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The discussion paper on Disincentivisation of cheques issued by RBI has indicated a hard policy push towards use of E Banking in the form of Internet Banking and ATM. Many of the Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks may not have … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Crime, Privacy, RBI | 1 Comment

Jurisdiction aspects in IIPM issue

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

According to the IIPM blocking report, the order to block 78 websites was based on a court order in Gwalior. The actual order of DIT however does not mention any Court order. It simply says “It has been decided to … Continue reading →

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GOI blocks 78 URLs on IIPM issue

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

In a matter of grave concern to the activists of freedom of expression, CERT IN has ordered blocking of 78 URLs allegedly inimical to the interests of IIPM. Surprisingly the blocked URLs include a notification from UGC stating that IIPM … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law, Netizen's Forum, Uncategorized | 1 Comment