Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Mr John Brittas, one of the members of the IT Standing Committee which reviewed and commented on the draft DPDPB 2022 has submitted a dissent note which has been promptly been circulated by a section of the media to criticise … Continue reading →

We have so far discussed ISO 27001-2022 in several articles ISO-1 to 7 and summarised ISO 27701 in article ISO-8. Let us now continue our discussions to cover the 93 controls which are part of Annexe A of ISO 27001-: … Continue reading →

The Government has now disclosed the report of the Standing Committee on IT on DPDPB 2022. With this it appears that the bill may finally be tabled in the Parliament probably tomorrow or soon after. The version of the Bill … Continue reading →

A few days back honourable Chief Justice of India made a statement addressing the Government of India….”Take appropriate action…or else we will have to take action…”. The concern was well appreciated since the incident was disgusting. Similar incidents happened earlier … Continue reading →

Recently two judgements were reported from abroad one on a Canadian Court considering the Emoji Thumbs up as a digital signature, another where a victim of an identity theft was adjudged guilty of Trademark infringement. To this I would like … Continue reading →

The new draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 as to be tabled in the Parliament has been released by the Standing Committee on IT headed by Shiv sena MP Mr Prataprao Jhadav. A Copy of the bill … Continue reading →