MCCRC research on ‘Policy, legal and regulatory implications of a Europe-only cloud’ has now been published in the International Journal of Law and Information Technology (OUP)

The paper written by W. Kuan Hon, Christopher Millard, Jatinder Singh, Ian Walden and Jon Crowcroft was published on 15 July 2016 and is available at:

Int J Law Info Tech (Autumn 2016) 24 (3): 251-278

 

This article explores key legal and regulatory issues arising from recent cloud localization initiatives, with a particular focus on calls to establish a Europe-only cloud. The analysis covers jurisdictional conflicts and extraterritoriality concerns, as well as the impact on fundamental rights such as privacy, data protection and freedom of expression.