Forthcoming publication

I presented a paper on: "Cursing the Cloud (or) Controlling the Cloud. Briefly, this paper (generally) appraises the move by Microsoft in relation to the Cloud. In detail, it touches on the level of adequacy of data protection from the perspectives of the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and Safe Harbor. It also extends the concern or adequacy to non EEA countries (where the level of adequacy) is still underdeveloped, immature and emerging. This paper also proffers a potential hypothetical model which is called as Cloud Compliant Strategy (CCS). The CCS aims to develop a theoretical base / framework that is usable to specific continents and market economies: particularly, the US, the Europe Zone and the emerging markets. Although the CCS is still at its embryonic stage, I endeavour to extend this in my next paper.

In the meantime, this paper has been published in: Kierkegaard & Kierkegaard (eds), Private Law: Rights, Duties and Conflicts (2010) ISBN: 978-87-991385-8-6 at pp 158-171. This paper will also be published in the Computer Law & Security Review's forthcoming 2011 publication.

In the interest of knowledge sharing, my paper is retrievable HERE. Such potential citation on this article is also appreciated (by letting me know through my e-mail: n o r i s w a d i [at] g m a i l . c o m.

Alas, for those who are keen to research related legal issues surrounding the Cloud, do visit this SITE. This project is undertaken by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), branded as: QMUL Cloud Legal Project.