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

Who owns Meta Data?

DPDPA 2023 has introduced a concept of “Nomination” of personal data. The Act defines “Nomination” as a right of a data principal and relates it to the “Personal Data”. Section 14 of the Act states:  Right to nominate. (1) A … Continue reading

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DPDP Rules: The event and day after

FDPPI and Naavi thanks all the physical and virtual participants of the event held yesterday at Bangalore. Special thanks to the panellists for sharing their valuable views. It was a hybrid event with the physical event happening at Suchitra Auditorium, … Continue reading

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Let Us Discuss DPDPA Rules on July 27th

DPDPA will change the course of every company in India. The Rules are here for public debate. Use this opportunity to share your views . We all would be helping MeitY with our suggestions. Register today at : www.fdppi.in Naavi

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Tele Communications Act… Notification being rolled out

The Tele Communications Act 2023 which was passed by the Parliament in December 2023 and received presidential assent on December 24, 2023. Some sections of the Act were notified for effect on 26 th June 2024 and More on July … Continue reading

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Editors Guild of India Representation on DPDPA

Following are the objections raised by Editor’s Guild of India on DPDPA which require some comments. Objections have also been raised on ITA 2000 as follows. Earlier on February 18, 2024 EGI had sent a more detailed note to MeitY … Continue reading

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DPDPA and Journalism

An interesting debate has ensued about the impact of DPDPA on the Journalists. The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has sent a representation to the Minister Mr Ashwini Vaishnav noting its objections on the Act which was passed more than … Continue reading

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