Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

On September and october 2019, Naavi posted a series of articles on “Data Governance”. At that time a committee had been formed to develop a Data Governance Framework. This was also the time when Naavi embarked on his exploration of … Continue reading →

In the earlier three articles, we covered three steps towards DPDPA compliance namely Let’s now discuss the concept of BIA. We have earlier heard the concept of PIA (Privacy Impact Assessment) and DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment). In PIA we … Continue reading →

“Awareness” is a common word used by the industry whenever new developments like the DPDPA happens. We all start conducting more and more “Awareness Training Sessions”. But Awareness is often a surface level understanding and does not get deep into … Continue reading →

In the last two articles, we discussed how a Compliance oriented organization in India may react to the passing of the DPDPA with the following steps. Step 1: Conduct a Board Meeting in which the advent of the new law … Continue reading →

In the earlier article we discussed the need for the Board of a company to immediately pass a resolution taking into notice the passage of DPDPA 2023 and initiating further action. It would be most natural for most companies to … Continue reading →

Now that DPDPA 2023 has been gazetted with the Presidential Assent professionals in the industry are wondering what they should do now? Should they expect that the Government will now sleep over it and the date of applicability may not … Continue reading →