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Cloud Computing in trouble door privacy?

Op de halfjaarlijkse ledenvergadering van Nederlandse Vereniging voor Informatietechnologie en Recht (NVvIR) werd het thema Cloud Computing besproken. Een aantal sprekers bogen zich over de verschillende technische, ethische en juridische aspecten rondom dit onderwerp. Ik heb er een tal van lessen uit getrokken en die wil ik graag met jullie delen.
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Net Neutrality heats up on both sides of the Atlantic

Separate fights are brewing on both sides of the Atlantic on a topic that produces a lot of heat with little understanding: net neutrality. It’s an issue that can affect any business accessing or exploiting the Internet.

What’s it about? Simply put, it holds that companies providing access to the Internet (cable companies and internet service providers or “ISPs”) should treat all sources of data equally. At the core of the issue is whether ISPs should be prevented from blocking or giving certain traffic priority based on the content or application being carried or on the sender’s willingness to pay, and whether they should be permitted to withhold technical information about their services from application developers and end users. …[Lees meer]