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April 10, 2012
Data Privacy in the Cloud: A Dozen Myths and Facts
Corporate and consumer users are increasingly embracing hosted information technology solutions. Business models and terminologies vary and include service, rental, and advertising-financed offerings, described as “Software as a Service—SaaS,” “hosted solution,” “cloud computing,” and with other labels. In line with current nomenclature, this article will use “cloud computing” collectively for all hosted solutions that allow users to obtain additional functionality, storage, or processing capacity without having to buy additional devices or software copies. Instead, users access enhanced software, computing power, and data storage space on remote servers via existing computers and Internet browsers. This typically means less upfront investment to users and opportunities for leverage, specialization, and economies of scale for providers.
Article by Prof. Dr. Lothar Determann (Partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP).
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March 13, 2012
A report on the IAPP data protection conference in Washington DC
From March 7-9, 2012, the annual IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) conference took place in Washington DC. More that 10,000 privacy professionals worldwide belong to the IAPP. Some 2,100 privacy professionals took part in the Washington conference, where they exchanged views on various global data protection issues in a series of workshops held over three days.
Article by Dr. Sebastian Kraska (attorney at law, external Data Protection Officer).
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February 27, 2012
Data protection agreement: negotiations between the EU and the US falter
A document written by the EU Commission for the EU Council, which was published on the Internet, but not intended for the public, reports, as expected, on the great difficulties in EU-US negotiations on a general agreement on data protection.
Article by Dr. Sebastian Kraska (attorney at law, external Data Protection Officer).
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February 24, 2012
President Obama introduces a framework for US data protection regulations
Yesterday, President Obama introduced a framework for his planned US data protection regulations. It combines elements from the self-regulation efforts of market participants, which are controlled by the FTC, and integrates them with legislative initiatives.
Article by Dr. Sebastian Kraska (attorney at law, external Data Protection Officer).
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