This paper provides an overview of the legal risks that arise from the use of private clouds arising from lawful interception, data protection obligations and legal professional privilege. The paper uses an Australian perspective to provide examples, but concludes that there are significant...

Cloud computing is becoming the new IT paradigm. After 50 years of development, the original idea of McCarthy to deliver information technology and applications as a public service comes to life. The secret sauce of this new development is a combination of commodity components (standardized and...