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On December 15, 2014, Microsoft reported the filing of 10 amicus briefs in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals signed by leading technology and media companies, computer scientists and trade associations and advocacy organizations, in support of Microsoft’s litigation to resist a U.S. Government’s search warrant purporting to compel the production of Microsoft customer emails that are stored in Ireland.
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In an article entitled The Rise of Accountability from Policy to Practice and Into the Cloud published by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Bojana Bellamy, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams, outlines the rapid global uptake of “accountability” as a cornerstone of effective data protection.
Continue Reading Centre for Information Policy Leadership Points to New ISO Cloud Privacy Standard as “Accountability” Milestone

On June 26, 2014, the European Commission issued guidelines on the standardization of service level agreements for cloud services providers. The Guidelines, which were prepared by a group of experts established by the European Commission in February 2013, provide definitions of legal and technical terms and specific service level objectives designed to achieve standardization in service level agreements.
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On September 30, 2013, Hunton and Williams LLP hosted representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce for a timely discussion of the Safe Harbor Framework, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules System, and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. This blog post provides a summary of the panel’s remarks.
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On July 24, 2013, Federal and State Data Protection Commissioners in Germany issued a press release stating that foreign intelligence and security agencies threaten international data traffic between Germany and countries located outside the European Union.
Continue Reading German DPAs Halt Data Transfer Approvals and Consider Suspending Transfers Based on Safe Harbor, EU Model Clauses

On June 14, 2013, the French Data Protection Authority announced that last March it had created an internal working group to study the privacy issues arising from the access of the personal data of French citizens by foreign public authorities.
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On April 12, 2013, the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration issued a guidance document to clarify how the U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor Framework facilitates the transfer of personal data from the European Union to the United States in the cloud computing context. …
Continue Reading Department of Commerce Provides Clarification Regarding the Safe Harbor Framework and Cloud Computing

On March 8, 2013, the German government published a response to a formal inquiry from one of the German Parliament’s parties on the international security, data protection and surveillance implications of cloud computing.
Continue Reading German Law Enforcement Access to Cloud Data in Foreign Jurisdictions, Including the U.S.