Private Clouds with No Silver Lining: Legal Risk in Private Cloud Services

Iglesias, Rebecca; Nicholls, Rob; Travis, Anisha

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Private Clouds with No Silver Lining: Legal Risk in Private Cloud Services

Communications & Strategies, No. 85, pp. 125-140, 2012

16 Pages Posted: 15 Jan 2013

See all articles by Rebecca Iglesias

Rob Nicholls

UNSW Business School; UNSW Business School Regulatory Laboratory - Reg Lab; UNSW Institute for Cyber Security

Anisha Travis

Webb Henderson

Date Written: March 31, 2012

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the legal risks that arise from the use of private clouds arising from lawful interception, data protection obligations and legal professional privilege. The paper uses an Australian perspective to provide examples, but concludes that there are significant legal risks in all jurisdictions.

Keywords: cloud computing, private cloud, lawful interception, data protection, professional privilege

JEL Classification: K23, K33, L51, Z18

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Iglesias, Rebecca and Nicholls, Rob and Travis, Anisha, Private Clouds with No Silver Lining: Legal Risk in Private Cloud Services (March 31, 2012). Communications & Strategies, No. 85, pp. 125-140, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2199442