Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

As we enter the dawn of 2025, we the data protection professionals in India shall adopt a New Year Resolution….to be DPDPA compliant within the environment in which we work. As a starting point we request every Corporate professional who … Continue reading →

The three day program for Certified Data protection professionals and Data Auditors will be conducted at Mumbai on January 24/25 and 26. The program is open for registration now at https://fdppi.iletsolutions.com/c-dpo-da-training-2025/ Those who attend the program will be provided with … Continue reading →

The reported breach of 6 million data sets of Ascension Health Systems opens up certain discussion points. The data breach followed a ransomware attack from Black Basta indicates caused by an accidental downloading of a malicious file. It is reported … Continue reading →

We opened up a discussion yesterday on the challenges before a digital marketing or a digital advertising company after the advent of Data Protection laws such as DPDPA. Advertising is focussed on the five principles namely creating Awareness, Interest, Desire … Continue reading →

One of the toughest challenges presented by DPDPA is for the Digital Marketing and Advertising Companies. Marketing to be effective needs market segmentation and Advertising to be effective requires the messages to be tailored for the audience. The movement of … Continue reading →

As the data protection community awaits the notification DPDPA rules, there is a speculation that Government is hesitant since Government bodies are not ready. While it may be true that the Government bodies are not fully ready for DPDPA, private … Continue reading →