Cloud computing adoption by organizations has been minor despite the initial optimism. The primary concerns obstructing adoption of cloud-based services are security, loss of control, and inadequate legislative. In a cloud-based model, information technology services are distributed and accessed...

In this paper we explore the rights that individuals have under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) when their data are processed in clouds, and the remedies that might be available to them if those rights are breached. The complex nature of cloud ecosystems can make it...

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;...

Cloud computing aims at allowing customers to utilize computational resources and software hosted by service providers. Thus, it shifts the complex and tedious resource and software management tasks typically done by customers to the service providers. Besides promising to eliminate these...

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,...

This paper assesses some of the key legal and regulatory questions arising from the integration of physical robotic systems with cloud-based services, also called “cloud robotics.” The literature on legal and ethical issues in robotics has a strong focus on the robot itself, but largely...

The advent of cloud computing promises to improve the way firms utilize IT solutions. Firms are expected to replace large and inflexible fixed-cost investments in IT with more targeted variable spending in cloud solutions. In addition, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of...

The advent of cloud computing promises to improve the way firms utilize IT solutions. Firms are expected to replace large and inflexible fixed-cost investments in IT with more targeted variable spending in cloud solutions. In addition, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of...

During Covid-19, decision makers realized the stressing need to transform their businesses in challenging setups characterized by urgency and need of rapid innovation and adaptation. Moreover, and specifically in emerging markets, leaders face challenges that are paradoxical in nature; those...