Free at What Cost? Cloud Computing Privacy Under the Stored Communications Act
Free at What Cost? Cloud Computing Privacy Under the Stored Communications Act
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免费，费用多少？
DOI：
10.2307/1556517
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发表时间：
2010
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W. Robison
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W. Robison
《存储通信法》(SCA) 是更广泛的《电子通信隐私法》(ECPA) 的组成部分，是在线隐私保护的主要联邦来源，但已有 20 多年的历史。尽管自 SCA 采用以来计算机和网络技术迅速发展，但其语言却出人意料地保持不变。由此产生的使该法案的语言适应现代技术的任务主要落在了法院的肩上。然而，未来几年，法院将面临迄今为止最艰巨的任务，即确定云计算如何适应 SCA 的复杂框架。本说明最终得出的结论是，许多云计算提供商采用的广告支持商业模式将不符合 SCA 的隐私保护条件。作为“免费”云计算服务的交换，客户授权服务提供商访问他们的数据以定制上下文和有针对性的广告。这种交换条件违反了 SCA 的要求，许多客户会发现他们对隐私的期望是虚幻的。因此，云提供商的服务协议条款可能是唯一适用于其客户的隐私保护。随后，本说明探讨了云计算缺乏隐私保护是否符合国会采用 SCA 的意图，以及它是否会成为未来扩大隐私措施的催化剂。作为回应，第五部分探讨了 SCA 的立法历史，并认为现代形式的云计算与促使国会通过该法案的担忧和第四修正案原则不相容。第六部分进一步研究了可能促使对 SCA 进行修订的潜在司法、立法和社会力量，但得出的结论是，云计算中缺乏隐私保护的问题不太可能很快得到解决。
The Stored Communications Act (SCA), a component of the broader Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), is the primary federal source of online privacy protections, but it is more than twenty years old. Despite the rapid evolution of computer and networking technology since the SCA’s adoption, its language has remained surprisingly static. The resulting task of adapting the Act’s language to modern technology has fallen largely upon the courts. In coming years, however, the courts will face their most difficult task yet in determining how cloud computing fits within the SCA’s complex framework.This Note ultimately concludes that the advertising supported business model embraced by many cloud computing providers will not qualify for the SCA’s privacy protections. In exchange for “free” cloud computing services, customers are authorizing service providers to access their data to tailor contextual and targeted advertising. This quid pro quo violates the SCA’s requirements and many customers will find that their expectations of privacy were illusory. Consequently, a cloud provider’s terms of service agreement may be the only privacy protections applicable to its customers.Subsequently, this Note explores whether the lack of privacy protections for cloud computing is consistent with Congress’s intent in adopting the SCA and whether it will be a catalyst for expanding privacy measures in the future. In response, Part V explores the SCA’s legislative history and argues that the modern form of cloud computing is incompatible with the concerns and Fourth Amendment principles that motivated Congress’s adoption of the Act. Part VI further examines potential judicial, legislative, and societal forces that could prompt revisions to the SCA, but concludes that the lack of privacy protections in cloud computing is unlikely to be addressed anytime soon.