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

Sri Lanka..another neighbour to overtake India in passing Data Protection law

As India continues to dither on the passing of the Indian version of Data Protection law, our neighbour, Sri Lanka has gone ahead and passed its “Personal Data Protection Act 2022”.  It is interesting to note the comment made by … Continue reading

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Tamil Nadu first off the block on State Data Policy

The Government of India had recently issued a draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy for public comments. The policy documents  are available here Draft Policy : Background Note : A copy of the feedback on the policy is available here.  The … Continue reading

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Compliance Perspectives of DPA 2021..Seminar at Chennai

FDPPI in association with Madras Management Association and other partner organizations will be conducting an offline seminar in Chennai on April 23, 2022. The theme of the seminar is “DPA 2021-Compliance perspective”. There is a campaign in the media that … Continue reading

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We always had it… May be you did not know

Some people in the industry think that DPA 2021 is a compliance burden and we need to bring pressure on the Government to delay the passing of the bill. Unfortunately they are mistaken. DPA 2021 is already with us in … Continue reading

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Compliance and not Complacency is the Choice of Wisemen

Business leaders are often confronted with the dilemma… Should I make a move now….or Should I wait… Should I lead… or Should I follow… Indian industry is flying on the wings of Technology and Data is driving the business. Data … Continue reading

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Digital Forensics in the Privacy Dominated world

Digital Forensics is the art and science of discovering information. We often use this term related to a situation where we need to find information which is not clearly visible in the ordinary course of a transaction. The key aspect … Continue reading

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