Call for Contributions

Abstract

Cloud Computing is attracting increasing interest due to promises of greater economic efficiency, simpler operation and lower environmental impact. As many more businesses and governments are considering the adoption of cloud computing architectures, there are raising concerns regarding the privacy of data in the cloud. To be successfully and widely deployed, cloud computing should not lead to a lowering of privacy and data protection standards as compared with other forms of data processing. Privacy is not a generic term but a specific concept in many jurisdictions, with different and complex civil and penal liabilities associated with its compromise. As such, any viable and value adding mechanism to provide cloud computing users with privacy should be based both on technological and legal aspects and considerations. Cloud Computing Privacy is a multi-disciplinary special track aiming at bringing together researchers, practitioners and governments to share and discuss state of the art techniques and methodologies for cloud computing privacy.