Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The new avatar of Black Money and Corruption is NFTs and Crypto Currencies. The Meta Verse as a technology platform is also being used to promote NFTs and Crypto Currencies just as the Block Chain platform. This is for the … Continue reading →

IRCTC has many customer complaints and even the undersigned has pointed out several deficiencies in their services some times on this website itself. However this does not mean that we need to oppose whatever IRCTC does. We therefore need to … Continue reading →

IRCTC Data Monetization proposal has drawn attention of a wide set of audience. It is reported that the Standing Committee of IT headed by Mr Shashi Taroor has summoned IRCTC officials to discuss the plan. In the light of these … Continue reading →

(Continued from the previous article) 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 … Continue reading →

(Continued from the previous article) The initial reactions from the market on the IRCTC tender document which spoke of appointing a consultant to study and implement a “Data Monetization” policy was to suggest as if IRCTC is about to loot … Continue reading →

IRCTC has issued a tender document on “Monetization of Data” which has invoked strong reactions from Privacy and Data Protection industry.  A copy of the document is available below. Tender document In 2018, UIDAI had issued another tender request regarding … Continue reading →