To support the Mission DPDPA, our training partner iLet Solutions has offered a special discount of 30% on course prices for those who take the courses for the June 2024 batch before May 31 2024.
The coupon code to be used for this is FDPPIMAY2024. This will be available only for the first 5 claimants of the coupon benefits.
FDPPI along with Naavi has embarked on a mission to spread DPDPA awareness amongst the public as well as professionals.
As part of this objective, FDPPI has revised its pricing strategy for the courses on Certified Data Protection Professional from the fixed Course fee payment to a time based subscription model.
The new scheme essentially enables those who are focussed on completing the course to complete the course on a fast track basis at a relatively low cost. Students can take subscriptions to different courses for a 2 month period which can be extended if required.
Further, students would be having the option to book “Mentor Sessions” where they will have a virtual real time interaction with the faculty to get clarifications after going through the video lessons.
In the past, since the access to the course modules was available for an indefinite period, there was no incentive to complete the course quicky and students tended to take upto 6 months for a course which they should normally complete within a month. The new system therefore fixes the subscription at 2 months which is extendable in blocks of further two months.
The two month subscription for different courses as a Self paced access are as follows: (GST Extra).
| Course | Fees for first 2 months (Rs) | Fees for Renewal for further 2 month block (Rs) | Fees for Mentor Sessions of 90 minutes | |
| 1 | Certificated Cyber Law Professional (Based on ITA 2000/8) | 3000 | 1500 | 1500 |
| 2 | Certified Indian Data Protection Professional (Based on DPDPA 2023) | 4000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| 3 | Certified Global Data Protection Professional (Based on GDPR, CPRA HIPAA) | 5000 | 2500 | 2000 |
| 4 | Certified DGPMS Implementor (Based on Digital Governance and Protection Management System for India) | 6000 | 3000 | 2000 |
| 5 | Certified Data Protection Officer and Data Auditor (Based on compliance of DPDPA, ITA 2000 and proposed BIS standard of Data Protection) | 15000 | 7500 | 2500 |
As a further commitment to spread the DPDPA professional knowledge and skills, every month, 5 students would be provided a discount of 30% over the above market price for first two months.
Additionally, for those who register for the courses before the rules are notified, one free virtual session of around 2 hours would be provided as a bridging session to update them on the rules.
Reading material would be provided in softcopy form for all the courses.
Examination and Certification
All participants will be provided participation certificate after they clock at least 90% of the video time for the course and a quiz.
Those who would like to opt for C.DPO.DA. certification need to pass an online examination. The examination fee for those who attend the C.DPO.DA. course as above would be Rs 10000/-
However open entry would be provided to professionals who may not undergo the training program at an examination fee of Rs 25000/-
Repeat examination fee would be Rs 6000/-
The passing of the examination would be based on a system of normalization and relative scoring. The decision of FDPPI in this regard is final and not subject to debate.
Naavi
The long awaited Exclusive Data Protection of law of India in the form of DPDPA 2023 was passed by the Parliament and gazetted by the President on 11th August 2023.
In current India, there is a tradition that every law passed by the legislature whether unanimously or with a majority, is to be validated by the Supreme Court and accordingly it would not be surprising if DPDPA 2023 is also challenged in the Court for the sake of ensuring that the Government does not do anything productive.
However the Modi 3.0 team is already going ahead with a plan of action for the first 100 days and barring unforeseen circumstances, will be announced before June 10th. One of the items in the agenda is expected to be the notification of the rules under DPDPA 2023 which should include “Constitution of Data Protection Board” and “Definition of Significant Data Fiduciary” which are keys to taking the implementation further. The rules are likely to be published for public comments and put up to the next Parliament some time in the October session to be passed in to effect.
Even if DPDPA 2023 and/or its rules are challenged in the Supreme Court, it is unlikely to be struck down or stayed immediately and hence the law will remain operative.
In this context, if Modi 3.0 has a 100 day program, Naavi.org intends to launch Mission-DPDPA with several projects to ensure the spread of Privacy Culture in India.
Over the last 5 years since 2018 when FDPPI (Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India) was constituted, Naavi and his team at FDPPI has been undertaking several activities towards spreading the need for DPDPA compliance particularly amongst the Corporate entities.
Now time has come to look at the larger masses to ensure that the law will be actually used by the general public in the manner it is envisaged. If public donot understand and appreciate the law, they are unlikely to make use of it. The law is designed as a law to discipline the industry and any personal financial remedies that are to be claimed by individuals will have to be claimed through the current ITA 2000. (Information Technology Act 2000 as amended till date). Hence it is the responsibility of individuals like Naavi to motivate the public to understand and use the provisions of the law to enhance their “Privacy Status”.
Mission-DPDPA therefore has the motto…. Let’s Make it Happen.
Some of the activities envisaged by Naavi in this direction which are expected to be implemented with the assistance of FDPPI and hopefully other organizations as well are
As we go forward, these 7 steps may expand further. Most of the above steps are already under implementation by Naavi. Ujvala Consultants Pvt Ltd considers this as its “Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility” (VCSR) adopted voluntarily. FDPPI is devoted to this mission as it is its “Justification for existence”.
Now it is time for other Societies and professional organizations to join the hands of FDPPI, be part of this mission and take it forward.
In the recent past CIOKLUB has been a participant in this mission. BSPIN is expected to play it’s part shortly. Professor N K Goyal, president of CSAI has extended his cooperation to this mission. Other organizations and particularly the educational institutions like Manipal Law School, KLE Law Institutions, NALSAR. NLSUI etc are invited to add their weight to this mission by taking up their own projects in this direction with or without involving FDPPI or Naavi. The goal is to achieve the objective of Mission-DPDPA and who all contributes to it is secondary.
Naavi
Naavi has in the past taken up Cyber Law Awareness outreach programs on a mission mode through Karnataka under the Karnataka Cyber Law Awareness Movement. Under this program, Naavi and Cyber Law College conducted courses in Cyber Law across the State of Karnataka and was the early injection of Cyber Law knowledge with the professionals as well as the students. At that time the program was centred around Information Technology Act 2000. (ITA 2000)
The industry was however not interested much in ITA 2000 and hence the movement was limited to Law Students, Law Colleges and Advocates. It was a successful program which later partially spread across the country. Naavi conducted hundreds of trainings under this program to all sections of the society.
A time has now come to repeat a similar exercise in the field of DPDPA. As the Data Protection Act DPDPA 2023 is set to be notified shortly, there will be a need to spread the awareness of DPDPA 2023 across colleges as well as companies.
The All India DPDPA Awareness Movement is therefore conceived to take the knowledge of DPDPA 2023 across the country through multiple channels including Certification Programs conducted under the banner of FDPPI as well as other activities on social media and through academic partnerships.
The objective of this program is
a) Make public aware of the concept of Data Privacy and how to make use of the provisions of DPDPA 2023.
b) Make Law Students and Law Faculty aware of the concept of Data Privacy and how Data Protection is related to Data Privacy.
c) Make companies aware of the impact of DPDPA on their operations from the level of Directors to CxOs to DPO aspirants and the general workforce.
This is in addition to the professional skill development programs that may be conducted with FDPPI in different forms.
Watch out for activities starting in June 2024 in this regard.
Naavi
As the D-Day for publication of rules for DPDPA 2023 is approaching, Naavi/Cyber law college and FDPPI has decided to run a special awareness building program on DPDPA 2023, Global Data Protection Laws and Certified DPO and Data Auditor.
The objective of this campaign is to ensure that we reach out to a large number of professionals aspiring to learn about DPDPA 2023 as a law and prepare themselves to be the next generation professionals such as DPOs in India and Data Auditors.
Over the next few months, there will be several in house physical training programs which will be customised to the requirements of different organizations which will be separately priced. This new campaign is meant for the “Virtual Online Sessions” based on recorded videos and pre-arranged real-time mentor sessions online.
Watch out for details.
Naavi
On May 21, 2024, the EU AI Act was given the final approval of the council of EU and is set to be published in the official journal. It will enter into force on the 20th day after publication and will be generally effective after 24 months.
We had started discussing the different provisions of the EU-AI act in these columns which will be continued.
Some of the articles already published are
1.March 17, 2024: The EU Act on Artificial Intelligence
2.April 3, 2024: Impact of EU AI act on India
3. 4th April 2024: Defining of AI: DGPSI approach
4. 5th April 2024: Applicability and Non Applicability of EU-AI Act
5. 6th April 2024: Classification of AI under EU AI act
6. 6th April 2024: “Conformity Assessment” under EU-AI act
7.7th April 2024: Classification of AI under EU AI act
8. 8th April 2024: Intersection point for EU AI Act and DGPSI: AI-DTS
9. 10th April 2024: Generative AI and EU AI Act
The discussions will continue.
Naavi
