Publisher's Synopsis
This book analyses the EU General Data Protection Regulation and its application to the cloud environment. The interpretations of key provisions are addressed and their practical application to the cloud highlighted. For example, the processing justifications for personal data, the jurisdictional issues as well as the compliance obligations with regard to data subject rights are discussed in detail. An outlook on new solutions to privacy and data protection challenges is provided.The author is Director of the Institute for Data Protection and Data Security in Switzerland and has extensive experience on applying the GDPR to innovative data processing through his international legal research (Columbia Law School) as well as GDPR software development.