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

Be a “Privacy Mitra”

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Vijayashankar Na

Recognizing the need for a nationwide movement on creation of awareness about Privacy and DPDPA Compliance, FDPPI has initiated a new project called Privacy Mitra Yojana (Friends of Privacy Project) to build an army of young volunteers to spread the … Continue reading →

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Interview in Quatrohive.com

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Vijayashankar Na
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DPDPA Rules.. Draft Recommendations from Naavi.org

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Vijayashankar Na

The Draft DPDPA rules were published by MeitY with time for public comments upto 18th February 2025. While discussions continue in public space and FDPPI in association with Trust Law has organized a discussion on February 8 with invited audience … Continue reading →

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“National Personal Data Archive” needs to be created

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Vijayashankar Na

In implementing the DPDPA 2023, and cleaning up the past unregulated collection of personal data by organizations, the Act has prescribed that “Consent should be obtained even for the legacy personal data collection of a data fiduciary. In such cases … Continue reading →

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Mapping of Section 40 of DPDPA 2023 with Rules

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Vijayashankar Na

Mapping of Section 40 to the Draft  Rules notified on January 3, 2025 Sl No Section 40 Description Draft Rule 1 (a) the manner in which the notice given by the Data Fiduciary to a Data Principal shall inform her, … Continue reading →

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Rules should not be Ultra-Vires the DPDPA 2023.

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Vijayashankar Na

Ever since the Government of India notified the draft rules for DPDPA on January 3, 2025, there have been hectic discussions in the industry circles about understanding the rules and also suggesting changes. It is understood that more than 6000 … Continue reading →

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