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

e-Sports and Online Gaming

In the recent days, Government of India came up with two notifications related to electronic gaming which needs to be taken note of. E Sports The first is the Gazette notification declaring e-Sports as a part of “Multi Sports Events” … Continue reading

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ChatGPT 3 and the future…

Since December when CHATGPT3 was released as an openai tool, along with it’s associate “Dalle”, the IT world is in a state of cautious excitement. It appears that the world has reached a momentous stage where “Disruption” will be unleashed … Continue reading

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EDPB Decision on noyb complaint against Meta is ultra-vires its authority and unfair

After GDPR became effective on May 25, 2018, many businesses had to re-work their personal data handling methods to ensure that the collection meets the requirements under Article 6 of GDPR related to “Lawfulness of Processing”. Article 6 of GDPR  … Continue reading

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New Year Resolution -2023

Today is the last day of the year 2022. As we prepare for the New Year, many of us would think of how we celebrate the night of 31st welcoming the new Year. But what professionals need to also think … Continue reading

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BASIC STRUCTURE THEORY – A PROPOSITION CONTRARY TO THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF JURISPRUDENCE.

Recently Union Minister of Minister of Law  has been raising questions on the relationship of the Executive and the Judiciary in respect of appointment of Judges. (Refer here). Another question which has been bugging me always is the Supreme Court’s … Continue reading

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Defining Personal Data under Naavi’s theory of Privacy (“Nee Maayeyolago, Ninnolu Maayeyo” )

While discussing Data Protection and “Privacy Protection through Data Protection” or “Information Privacy”, the critical aspect is to have a clear definition of what is “Personal Data”. We may recall that under “Shape of Things to Come” series of articles … Continue reading

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