Cloud technology offers wonderful potential for users in terms of convenience, ease of
obtaining updates etc. However, it presents significant legal challenges. Our laws, largely
based on notions of territoriality, struggle to respond to technology in which lines on maps
are largely irrelevant. In this article, I articulate some of the specific challenges. The law of
contract, tort and national regulation might all apply to a claim of breach of privacy in
relation to material uploaded to the cloud. Unfortunately, each of the jurisdictions studied
would approach the issues in different ways, potentially creating significant confusion. The
article proposes a need for international co-operation and agreement on these matters.