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

For the Attention of the IT Minister

The IT Minister, Sri Ashwini Vaishnaw has called upon the experts to suggest changes to the current laws including ITA 2000. While we donot claim to be part of the “Experts” which the Ministry would like to take suggestions from, … Continue reading

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IT Minister invites suggestions on the New Data Protection Bill

As per the report of Economic Times , IT Minister , Sri Ashwini Vashnaw has sought suggestions from experts on the proposed new Data Protection Bill. The indications are that there will be three sets of laws namely the New … Continue reading

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ITA 2000/8 compliance is like the seat belts for the rear seats….Use them to avoid the risks…

Indians have been provided a tragic reminder that car passengers not wearing seat-belts in the rear seat could make them vulnerable to the risk of fatalities in case of an accident. While we express our regrets on the recent tragedy … Continue reading

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Policy Bazaar data breach… Implications for the New Data Protection Act-NPDAI-15: Shape of Things to Come

.S: This series of articles is an attempt to place some issues before the Government of India which promises to bring a new Data Protection Law that is futuristic, comprehensive and Perfect.  In our continued discussion on “The Shape of … Continue reading

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The Shape of things to come-14: Automated Means of Processing and Automated Decision making

P.S: This series of articles is an attempt to place some issues before the Government of India which promises to bring a new Data Protection Law that is futuristic, comprehensive and Perfect.  In our continued discussion on “The Shape of … Continue reading

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Compliance Management Rating for CERT-In Guidelines (CMR-CERT-IN)

In the absence of Data Protection Authority as envisaged under the PDPB 2019 (Since withdrawn) , the regulation of Data Security under the general provisions of Information Security as envisaged under Information Technology Act 2000 as amended in 2008 assumes … Continue reading

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