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Cyberspace Law

Cyberspace law encompasses legal rules for how entities regulate information in an

interconnected global world.

This area of the law covers many substantive legal subjects:

contracts

torts

criminal

civil

property

intellectual property

international treaties

Much of cyberspace law is focused on procedural aspects such as jurisdiction, minimum

contacts, conflicts of laws, contractual choice of regime, and dispute resolution regimes

such as the court systems, arbitration, and mediation. These areas are often defined in the

cloud hosting agreement, and it is important to be able to understand and if necessary,

negotiate these areas to avoid potential issues.

Negotiating a cloud hosting agreement may require that you understand and be able to

define the following:

statement of work

description of service

performance

implementation

payment for services

Learning Topic

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customer obligations

cloud hosting provider obligations

delivery and acceptance

service-level agreements

choice of regime (court systems, mediation, or arbitration)

ownership

liability of the customer

liability of the cloud hosting provider

intermediary liability

third-party liability

penalties

data privacy

scope of processing

subcontractors

deletion of data

data security measures

localization of data

restitution of data

audits

In addition, cyberspace law addresses specialized areas such as electronic agreements

(click-wrap and browser agreements), electronic contracting, and digital signatures.

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Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing: The Next-Generation

Internet's Impact on Business, Governance, and Social Interaction

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A Framework for Exploring Cybersecurity Policy Options

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How Cloud Computing Complicates the Jurisdiction of State Law

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Toward a Single Global Digital Economy: The Role of Public

Authorities in Cloud Computing

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