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

Can Minors open Facebook account?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

For the regular users of Facebook or Google, the question whether minors can open an account appears funny. But this is precisely what the Delhi High Court has asked the Indian Government in a PIL. (Details here). It would be … Continue reading →

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46% of Bank Customers donot trust Internet Banking System! (?)

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

An interesting survey conducted in three countries namely US,UK and Germany have indicated that 46% of the consumers donot trust websites which rely only on “Passwords” for authentication. (Refer findings here) If the findings of this survey is extended to … Continue reading →

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Beware of the Micro Credit Card Fraud

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Credit Cards are today being used by many of us as a means of convenience to make payments for various day to day requirements. Some times we use the same credit card also online. While the use of credit cards … Continue reading →

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Government issues clarification on Section 79 rules

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The rules issued under Section 79 for Intermediaries had created a confusion in some circles about the action to be taken by the intermediary on receipt of a complaint about a specific content. Since the rules suggested that action had … Continue reading →

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Adjudicator Maharashtra on Privacy of employee data

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

In an interesting award from the Adjudicator of Maharashtra, an employer (Rud India Chains Private Limited) who fought the complaint of  an employee (Amit Patwardhan) for privacy violation with the counter charge of employee sharing confidential company data with a rival company, … Continue reading →

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Netizens influence Elections

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

A study conducted by IRIS Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai has thrown up an interesting finding that nearly 28% seats in the Loksabha can be significantly influenced by the social media like Facebook. The study has listed 150 constituencies where there would … Continue reading →

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