Table 17.2 (Continued)
Criteria (Regulatory
objectives)
Government regulation
Industry self‐regulation
Consumer or market regulation
6) Right to be forgotten
Yes. The governments can enforce the
rule for “Right to be forgotten”.
Yes. The consensus on the right to be forgotten can be
reached between the companies of good reputation.
No. Rogue companies, that do not want to follow
industry standards, may take the opportunity to charge.
No. Consumers cannot enforce to be
forgotten by the Cloud Service Provider.
7) Increased
responsibility and
accountability
Yes. Governments define and enforce
the responsibility and accountability for
Service Providers.
This may be challenging in case of
Cloud Computing, however, because the
data may be located anywhere.
No. Definition of responsibility and accountability
across regions and countries is challenging for different
kinds of industrial players.
Lack of clear definition of responsibility among Service
Providers and users may evoke conflicts.
No. Consumers have no power to define
nor to enforce responsibility and
accountability within and across regions
and countries.