Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of Europeans

This article presents a general analysis of how user autonomy in the cloud is increasingly put into jeopardy by the growing comfort and efficiency of the user-interface. Although this issue has not been, thus far, explicitly addressed by the law, it is a fundamental ethical question that should be c...

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Main Author: Primavera De Filippi
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Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2013-03-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
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Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/113
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description This article presents a general analysis of how user autonomy in the cloud is increasingly put into jeopardy by the growing comfort and efficiency of the user-interface. Although this issue has not been, thus far, explicitly addressed by the law, it is a fundamental ethical question that should be carefully assessed to guide the future deployment of cloud computing. Different policy decisions might, in fact, significantly affect user’s fundamental rights and online freedoms by shifting the balance from one part or another of the trade-off. This article aims to explore emerging trends in cloud computing technologies and analyse them from an ethical perspective to identify the issues they might raise, and the extent to which current laws and regulations actually take these issues into account.
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spelling doaj-art-1ea09b0373e94cfca78f6504e853c78c2025-08-20T03:16:06ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752013-03-012110.14763/2013.1.113Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of EuropeansPrimavera De Filippi0Research and Studies Center of Administrative Science (CERSA/CNRS), Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)This article presents a general analysis of how user autonomy in the cloud is increasingly put into jeopardy by the growing comfort and efficiency of the user-interface. Although this issue has not been, thus far, explicitly addressed by the law, it is a fundamental ethical question that should be carefully assessed to guide the future deployment of cloud computing. Different policy decisions might, in fact, significantly affect user’s fundamental rights and online freedoms by shifting the balance from one part or another of the trade-off. This article aims to explore emerging trends in cloud computing technologies and analyse them from an ethical perspective to identify the issues they might raise, and the extent to which current laws and regulations actually take these issues into account.https://policyreview.info/node/113Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISAA)USA Patriot ActEU Data Protection RegulationData sovereigntyEU Cybersecurity DirectiveCloud services
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Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of Europeans
Internet Policy Review
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISAA)
USA Patriot Act
EU Data Protection Regulation
Data sovereignty
EU Cybersecurity Directive
Cloud services
title Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of Europeans
title_full Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of Europeans
title_fullStr Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of Europeans
title_full_unstemmed Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of Europeans
title_short Foreign clouds in the European sky: how US laws affect the privacy of Europeans
title_sort foreign clouds in the european sky how us laws affect the privacy of europeans
topic Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISAA)
USA Patriot Act
EU Data Protection Regulation
Data sovereignty
EU Cybersecurity Directive
Cloud services
url https://policyreview.info/node/113
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