In this paper, we analyse the results of a detailed survey of the privacy policies, and data protection terms more broadly, of 40 major cloud computing services, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. We review terms relating to controller and processor designations;...

In this document, we respond to the “Digital Assets: Consultation Paper” of the Law Commission of England and Wales. We welcome the Law Commission’s proposal to treat crypto-tokens as a new, third category of property. However, in our view, the proposal fails to provide sufficient legal...

In this document, we respond to the “Digital Assets and Private Law Public Consultation” (‘Consultation’) of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (‘UNIDROIT’). In its Consultation, UNIDROIT proposes a series of principles on digital assets and private law...

This paper looks at cybersecurity and the protection of critical national infrastructure, as an area of systemic risk to society. In particular, it looks at the obligations and potential penalties which apply to cloud providers under the regulatory framework established by the EU’s Network and...

In this paper, we report the results of a detailed survey of the standard contracts for 40 major cloud computing services, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. We cover a broad range of contractual issues, including clauses dealing with choice of law, termination,...