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Government Cloud Procurement

Contracts, Data Protection, and the Quest for Compliance

Kevin McGillivray

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English
Cambridge University Press
18 April 2024
In Government Cloud Procurement, Kevin McGillivray explores the question of whether governments can adopt cloud computing services and still meet their legal requirements and other obligations to citizens. The book focuses on the interplay between the technical properties of cloud computing services and the complex legal requirements applicable to cloud adoption and use. The legal issues evaluated include data privacy law (GDPR and the US regime), jurisdictional issues, contracts, and transnational private law approaches to addressing legal requirements. McGillivray also addresses the unique position of governments when they outsource core aspects of their information and communications technology to cloud service providers. His analysis is supported by extensive research examining actual cloud contracts obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. With the demand for cloud computing on the rise, this study fills a gap in legal literature and offers guidance to organizations considering cloud computing.

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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
ISBN:   9781108931519
ISBN 10:   1108931510
Pages:   314
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Preface; Part I. Subject Matter: 1. Introduction; 2. Cloud technology, organizational aspects and risks; Part II. Legal Requirements and Adoption of Government Cloud: 3. Government cloud adoption: challenges and obligations; 4. Location independence, jurisdiction and law enforcement access to cloud computing services; 5. Data privacy and data protection issues in cloud computing; Part III. Private Ordering and Cloud Computing Contracts: 6. Contracts used to procure cloud services: study on contract structure, and negotiated terms (Part I); 7. Study on cloud computing contracts (Part II): standard terms, impact on governments, and lessons learned; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.

Kevin McGillivray, PhD has published widely in the areas of law and technology. Kevin also has worked as a researcher on several EU projects including serving as the Data Protection Officer (DPO) on the prestigious Human Brain Project (HBP). Kevin currently serves as DPO for the Norwegian Tax Administration.

Reviews for Government Cloud Procurement: Contracts, Data Protection, and the Quest for Compliance

'Cloud computing is an established standard component of the Internet environment. Yet, the regulation of cloud computing is still underdeveloped and plagued by uncertainty. Under such conditions, the value of McGillivray's contribution in Government Cloud Procurement cannot be overstated.' Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Faculty of Law, Bond University 'This book provides a welcome, well-researched, and well-written exposition of aspects of cloud computing which have hitherto received less attention than they deserve - namely the use of cloud computing by governments and the special legal challenges such usage presents.' Lee A. Bygrave, University of Oslo


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