Cyberlaw Review 2014: Cloud Computing, Consumer Protection, Computer Crime, Data Breaches

February 6, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from Bloomberg. Author: Thomas O’Toole.

Bloomberg BNA asked leading attorneys, government officials, and online experts for their views on the most important legal developments in online law during 2013 and on what policy areas they believed would be the most important to their practices in 2014. We asked that the responses be short and to the point, similar to a “tweet” or status update.

The result is the collection of brief insights published below, many of which have been lightly edited and categorized by subject matter. The comments below–each attributed to the author, the author’s law firm or organization, website, Twitter username and blog–are published for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice…

Cloud Computing

Regulation will be increasingly seen as a positive and logical way forward as we grapple with privacy and security in the cloud. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union, Geneva. As more and more software applications move from physical servers to the cloud, legal issues surrounding cloud computing will come to the forefront. In China, we anticipate greater regulation in this space in the coming year. Grace Chen (@ChinaTechLawyer), Partner, Bird & Bird LLP, Beijing…

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