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BJP goes for Risk Mitigation and Congress goes for Risk Avoidance

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Suddenly politicians have become experts in data protection and how mobile apps may collect data without your consent. Mr Rahul Gandhi who once gave us the “Gyan” about “Jupiter Escape Velocity” is about to give us “Gyan” about “Privacy and Data … Continue reading →

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Smart Cities in India and ITA 2008

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

When ITA 2000 was drafted, the concept of “Smart Cities”, “Driver less cars” or “Artificial intelligence” or “Humanoid Robots” were not very much in the realm of the vision of the law makers. The main objective was to provide facilitation … Continue reading →

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CCTV footages.. Whose property is it any way?

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Dr Pratap Reddy, Executive Chairman of Apollo Hosiptal has stated that  Apollo Hospital had turned off CCTV cameras placed in the ICU when the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha was undergoing treatment. (Refer report here). In the light of … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Analytica and Indian Cyber Laws

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The news report that Personal profiles of 50 million Face Book users was collected and unauthorizedly used to help Trump win an election has opened  a new debate on Privacy and Data Protection in India. BJP and Congress parties are … Continue reading →

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If India was in EU, Aadhaar would have been exempted from GDPR.. Supreme Court needs to ponder..

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Currently GDPR and Aadhaar are both hot subjects for discussion amongst professionals whether they are Privacy activists, Information Security professionals or Lawyers. GDPR is at one end of the spectrum often looked upon by Privacy activists as the ultimate in … Continue reading →

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Quantum Computing and Emerging Cyber Law Challenges..Are we ready?

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Cyber Laws have been in discussion in India since around 1998 when the first draft was published. After the passage of Information Technology Act 2000, the laws came into existence and started affecting every one of our activities on computer … Continue reading →

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