Privacy and legal issues in cloud computing

Using a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this study examines emerging and innovative attempts to tackle privacy and legal issues in cloud computing such as personal data privacy, security and intellectual property protection.

An international team of legal scholars, computer science researchers, regulators and practitioners present original and critical responses to the growing challenges posed by cloud computing. They analyze the specific legal implications pertaining to jurisdiction, biomedical practice and information ownership, as well as issues of regulatory control, competition and cross-border regulation.

Law academics, practitioners and regulators will find this book to be a valuable, practical and accessible resource, as will computer science scholars interested in cloud computing issues.

Contributors: H. Chang, A.S.Y. Cheung, A. Chiu, K.P. Chow, E.S. Dove, X. Fan, Y. Joly, T.S.-H. Kaan, B.M. Knoppers, J. Kong, G. Master, J.-P. Moiny, C. Reed, D.N. Staiger, G.Y. Tian, R.H. Weber, P.K. Yu

Introduction : A Walk in the Clouds / Anne S.Y. Cheung and Rolf H. Weber -- Introduction to Cloud Computing and Security Issues / Joe Kong, Xiaoxi Fan and K.P. Chow -- Data Protection Regulation and Cloud Computing / Henry Chang -- Legal Safeguards for Cloud Computing / Rolf H. Weber -- Re-personalizing Personal Data in the Cloud / Anne S.Y. Cheung -- Cross-border Data Flow in the Cloud Between the EU and the US / Dominic N. Staiger -- Cloud and Jurisdiction : Mind the Borders / Jean-Philippe Moiny -- Information in the Cloud : Ownership, Control and Accountability / Chris Reed -- Cloud Computing and Copyright / George Yijun Tian -- Towards the Seamless Global Distribution of Cloud Content / Peter K. Yu -- Lost in Translation : Transforming Healthcare Information for the Digital and Cloud Domains / Terry Sheung-Hung Kaan -- International Genomic Cloud Computing : 'Mining' the Terms of Service / Edward S. Dove, Yann Joly and Bartha M. Knoppers -- Practical Aspects of Licensing in the Cloud / Alan Chiu and Geofrey Master.