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Cloud Computing
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SALT Shaker
Wyoming DOR Publishes Guidance Addressing the Sales Tax Treatment of Cloud Computing Services
The Wyoming Department of Revenue has published guidance addressing the sales tax treatment of a broad range of computer sales and services, including cloud computing, web hosting, and data storage.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hogan Lovells White Paper Examines Governmental Access to Data in the U.S. and Latin America
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hogan Lovells today published Pan-American Governmental Access to Data in the Cloud, the fifth installment in a series of White Papers examining government access to data held by Cloud service…
Global Media and Communications Watch
EU: Copyright Levies and the Cloud
By Penny Thornton, Matthew Sharkey, Marion Fischer, Joke Bodewits
On February 27, 2014, the European Parliament (“EP”) adopted a resolution on private copying levies, finding that a copyright levy regime is relevant in the online environment but that licensing…
Socially Aware Blog
EU Cloud Standardisation Guidelines
In November 2012, we wrote an Alert about the European Commission’s Communication on Cloud Computing intended, it said, to “... unleash the potential of cloud computing in Europe”. Sceptics were…
Technology Law Dispatch
European Commission releases communication on building a data-driven economy, calling for a rapid conclusion to data-protection reform
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Kate Brimsted
In July, the European Commission (‘Commission’) published a communication titled “Towards a thriving data-driven economy” (‘Communication’), setting out the conditions that it believes are needed to establish a single market…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
FINRA In The Clouds
FINRA continues to boost its surveillance capabilities by adopting new technologies like the cloud. Reuters recently interviewed the CIO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Steven Randich, who commented on…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
European Commission Issues Cloud Service Level Agreement Standardization Guidelines
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…
SALT Shaker
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, They’re Ours: Illinois Sources Cloud Computing Receipts Using Market-Based Approach
By Sahang-Hee Hahn and Pilar Mata The Illinois Department of Revenue determined that a taxpayer’s cloud computing receipts should be sourced for sales factor purposes using a market-based approach because…
Socially Aware Blog
Supreme Court Stifles Aereo, but Tries to Keep the Cloud Away
By Craig Whitney, Whitney McCollum
In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-3 decision that Aereo’s Internet streaming service engages in unauthorized public performances of broadcast television programs in…
Socially Aware Blog
Status Updates
By Morrison & Foerster’s Social Media Practice Group
In the top news story of the day, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Aereo in a closely watched copyright dispute with broadcasters; the Court found that Aereo engages in…