Our News Roundup is hip deep in China stories. The inconclusive EU – China summit gives Matthew Heiman and me a chance to explain why France understands – and hates – China’s geopolitical trade strategy more than most. Maury Shenk notes that the Pentagon’s reported plan to put a bunch of Chinese suppliers on… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Cloud Computing
On the Intelligence Authorization Bill
Posted in Security Programs & PoliciesOn July 28, Senator Ron Wyden objected to the Senate’s passage of the Intelligence Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2016. He objected not because he opposes the funding decisions included in the legislation but rather because of just 29 lines of text among the 41 pages of proposed legislation that have nothing to do with… Continue Reading
Europe, the Cloud, and the New York Times
Posted in Cloud Computing, Privacy RegulationThe New York Times recently ran a story arguing that, after the Snowden revelations, Europe would have to build its own cloud computing industry to protect European privacy. I was moved to send the Times a letter in response. The Times edits such letters pretty heavily, so I’m sharing it here: You left some critical… Continue Reading
Cloud Computing: the US versus the EU
Posted in Cloud Computing, International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesThe International Association of Privacy Professionals has published my article on how US cloud providers and the US government can respond to the wave of hypocrisy from the EU over PRISM. The full article can be found here.
Cloudy With a Chance of Exploitation
Posted in Cloud Computing, Privacy RegulationWith all the controversy surrounding the leaks regarding the PRISM program, there is at least one constituency that is likely rejoicing — Europe-based cloud computing companies. For the past few years, cloud providers in Europe have tried to gain a competitive advantage over US-based providers in the European market by arguing that the Patriot Act… Continue Reading
Technological Designs Create Legal Significance – Part I
Posted in Cloud ComputingThis is part of a multi-blog series to demonstrate that product design may have—and in many areas of Internet law and regulation, will have—a determining factor for how a product or service is regulated. This first part relates the treatment of cloud services. Breathing a Little Easier in the Cloud Recently, the Second Circuit handed… Continue Reading
They Really Don’t Know Clouds At All
Posted in International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesEvery new computing technology seems to bring with it a privacy flap. Right now, cloud computing is going through that phase, at least outside the US. Canadian and European elites fear that putting data in the cloud will somehow let the US government paw through it at will, a fear that usually centers on Section… Continue Reading