CHAPTER 2: DEFINITIONS
Cloud technologies are governed by a number of laws, so it is useful to understand a few key terms from the GDPR and the NIS Directive.5
Cloud computing service (NIS Directive)
a digital service that enables access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable computing resources
Note that this is the legal definition; there may be services that do not necessarily meet this definition but are still advertised as operating in the ‘Cloud’, and for your purposes it may be worth treating them as such.
Data controller (GDPR)
the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means ...
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