Category Archives: ITA 2008

New RBI guidelines on IS Vs Damodaran Committee

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

RBI has been advising Banks from time to time on the information security in Banks. It was immediately after the ITA 2000 was notified in 2000 that RBI set out to first formulate its guidelines for cyber law compliant information … Continue reading →

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Sec 66A abused again

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Kerala Police have joined the bandwagon of Section 66A abusers by booking 111 persons for comments on Facebook. This is in respect of a Facebook comment made by one person and shared by other 110 persons regarding Mr P.J.Kurien who … Continue reading →

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Why this Kolaveri

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

During the last 10 days, Naavi.org has been discussing the implications of the discussion paper released by RBI for public comments on “Disincentivisation of the use and issuance of cheques”. We have pointed out several dimensions of the discussion paper … Continue reading →

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Jurisdiction aspects in IIPM issue

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

According to the IIPM blocking report, the order to block 78 websites was based on a court order in Gwalior. The actual order of DIT however does not mention any Court order. It simply says “It has been decided to … Continue reading →

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Bandit Veerappan and his Wife’s claims of Copyright

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Recently a film has been released in Kannada called “Attahasa” which documents the story of Veerappan a notorious bandit who worked as a sandalwood and ivory smuggler in the forests in Karnataka,TN and Kerala. He was known for many notorious … Continue reading →

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Why Cheque System is also important for Netizens

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Naavi.org has been in the forefront of discussions on E Banking security and how the bank customer needs to be protected from liabilities arising out of E Banking risks. At the same time we have also been opposing RBI’s discussion … Continue reading →