43
© The Author(s) 2021
T. Lynn et al. (eds.), Data Privacy and Trust in Cloud Computing,
Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54660-1_3
CHAPTER 3
Competing Jurisdictions: Data Privacy Across
the Borders
Edoardo Celeste and Federico Fabbrini
Abstract Borderless cloud computing technologies are exacerbating tensions between European and other existing regulatory models for data
privacy. On the one hand, in the European Union (EU), a series of data
localisation initiatives are emerging with the objective of preserving
Europe’s digital sovereignty, guaranteeing the respect of EU fundamental
rights and preventing foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies
from accessing personal data. On the other hand, foreign countries are
unilaterally adopting legislation requiring national corporations to disclose
data stored in Europe, in this way bypassing jurisdictional boundaries
grounded on physical data location. The chapter investigates this twofold
dynamic by focusing particularly on the current friction between the EU
data protection approach and the data privacy model of the United States
(US) in the field of cloud computing.
E. Celeste (*) • F. Fabbrini
School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
e-mail: edoardo.celeste@dcu.ie; federico.fabbrini@dcu.ie
© The Author(s) 2021
T. Lynn et al. (eds.), Data Privacy and Trust in Cloud Computing,
Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54660-1_3
CHAPTER 3
Competing Jurisdictions: Data Privacy Across
the Borders
Edoardo Celeste and Federico Fabbrini
Abstract Borderless cloud computing technologies are exacerbating tensions between European and other existing regulatory models for data
privacy. On the one hand, in the European Union (EU), a series of data
localisation initiatives are emerging with the objective of preserving
Europe’s digital sovereignty, guaranteeing the respect of EU fundamental
rights and preventing foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies
from accessing personal data. On the other hand, foreign countries are
unilaterally adopting legislation requiring national corporations to disclose
data stored in Europe, in this way bypassing jurisdictional boundaries
grounded on physical data location. The chapter investigates this twofold
dynamic by focusing particularly on the current friction between the EU
data protection approach and the data privacy model of the United States
(US) in the field of cloud computing.
E. Celeste (*) • F. Fabbrini
School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
e-mail: edoardo.celeste@dcu.ie; federico.fabbrini@dcu.ie