Cloud Computing and The Electronic Communications Privacy Act 1986
According to Tony Bradley, "The Digital Due Process coalition is pushing Congress to modernize privacy laws in the United States" The coalition - comprising technology companies and special interest groups, including Microsoft, Google, EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), eBay, and others - believes that existing privacy regulations do not adequately protect data in the digital era, and "could stop businesses from embracing cloud computing." Mr Bradley notes that "Privacy of electronic data is essentially governed by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)--which was enacted in 1986. While it may have been a cutting edge statute at the time, things have changed. The Digital Due Process site says ‘Technology has advanced dramatically since 1986, and ECPA has been outpaced. The statute has not undergone a significant revision since it was enacted in 1986--light years ago in Internet time.'" (Please see: "Why ECPA Should Make You Think Twice about the Cloud," by Tony Bradley, PC World, 30 March 2010.)
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