Cloud computing market is still in its constantly changing and developing phase. Therefore, the occasionally arising competition issues are not easily addressed by the current competition law neither on global, nor on local/national scale. Even thoug...
Read MoreSuch a global/cross-border service as cloud computing (CC) with customers from all-around the world faces a significant challenge when it comes to identification of applicable consumer protection laws and regulations. There are no globally applicable...
Read MoreThe nature of the cloud services inherently does not have much respect for geographical boundaries (although, some providers do apply certain zoning for their users and that might effect the law enforcement agency (LEA)’s work). This feature results ...
Read MoreWhen examining the cloud computing (hereinafter: “CC”) services available on the market, we realise that there are plenty of differences regarding what are they providing exactly and how do they deliver it; and nevertheless, who the customers are. Ho...
Read MoreKey issues to clarify with the PaaS provider from data protection perspective when storing employee data in an HR database created with a PaaS service The number of businesses entrusting important data management to cloud services is increasing day-a...
Read MoreThe internet is full of stories about unlucky guys who had to suffer the consequences of blindly clicking the infamous ‘I accept’ button and trusting that their interests are completely in line with the service provider’s business model (e.g. deletio...
Read MoreProviding that the cloud customer has the sufficient bargaining power to negotiate the contractual terms of a cloud service, there are many issues that need to be addressed on behalf of the client. Depending on the service and deployment models of th...
Read MoreCloud services to consumers are often made available free of charge provided the consumer signs up for the cloud provider’s standard terms of contract. What effect does getting a free cloud service have on the enforceability of these terms against co...
Read MoreIn the recent 10 years there were several news and cases about virtual goods and their presumed values that echoed beyond their virtual environment into the real world and changed the judgement of video games. Before that a layman would have thought ...
Read MoreThe legal classification of video games as interactive entertaining software varies from nation to nation. As a general rule world-wide, video games enjoy the protection of the copyright acts of the given jurisdiction, which can be applied to a video...
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