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

A Review of 10 years of GDPR and it’s impact on India

(Joining link: Time 7.30 pm IST) EU GDPR is now in the 10th year of its existence and an  online conference / workshop entitled “GDPR and its Reflection After 10 Years” has been organized on 3rd March 2026. The  event is … Continue reading

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DPDPA and Conformance to Puttaswamy Judgement

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court) Above picture is representative and has been created using Nanobanana AI tool The petitions from the … Continue reading

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Are the “Scrap DPDPA Brigade” suggesting introduction of Registration of journalists by Government of India?

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court) The petitioners who are challenging DPDPA in Supreme Court have  one specific demand  that they should … Continue reading

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Reporter’s Collective Trust prayer that DPDPA should be scrapped is manifestly arbitrary.

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court) The petition of Mr Venkatesh Nayak against DPDPA was restrained in praying only for Section 44(3) … Continue reading

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Nothing is wrong with Section 17(1)(c) and 17(2)

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court) Let us now continue on our discussion on the petition of Mr Venkatesh Nayak on Sections … Continue reading

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Public Interest Litigation cannot be discussed without the real public having been given an opportunity to represent

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court) I refer to the PIL filed in the Supreme Court recently with prayers for scrapping of … Continue reading

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