Naavi has been in the forefront of creating awareness of Cyber Laws in India since 1998. Over the last two decades, Naavi.org has emerged as a treasure house of awareness about Cyber Laws. Additionally Naavi has promoted Cyber Law College through which certification programs have been conducted since 1998 on Cyber Laws and later Data Protection. In the recent days traditional colleges like NLSUI and NALSAR have introduced their own certification programs and Naavi has been associated with the development of such programs also.
Through the institution of FDPPI, Naavi has also set up an NGO to take the Privacy and Data Protection knowledge to the professionals through Certification programs and compliance frameworks for implementation.
Now with the Indian Parliament taking up for debate the new version of the bill PDPB 2021, we are closer than before for the Indian data protection law to be operative. Hence the need for intensifying the activities of FDPPI has arisen.
As a result there is a need to spread the knowledge of Privacy and Data Protection amongst the masses so that a culture where people appreciate the need for and the limitations of Privacy as a right and Data Protection as a regulatory mechanism and make proper use of the rights provided to them by law.
In this direction, Naavi through Cyber Law College and FDPPI would be undertaking some initiatives in the same manner the Cyber Law Awareness was spread during the period 2000-2010
The first such outreach program would be the “All India Privacy Awareness Program” to be undertaken by Cyber Law College. This is meant for ordinary persons who are not conversant with the concept of Privacy and Data Protection and would explain the concept of Privacy as a human right, its implications in the data protection domain, the objective of the Data Protection Act, the diverse views of the Privacy Activists and the industry, the aspects of PDPB 2021 relevant for ordinary citizens of the country, etc.
Naavi would be launching the “Privacy and Data Protection For Everyone” campaign shortly to spread the awareness of the provisions of the new PDPB 2021 along with the background and the future trends in Privacy related issues in India.
This joint program of FDPPI and Cyber Law College should help in the absorption of the knowledge of the emerging data protection laws in India.
Watch out for the details.
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