Viewed from the perspective of an enterprise, digital platforms reinterpret elements found in a traditional company. This change is driven by the presence of network effects that provide connectivity between platform users, thus generating value for participants. At the same time, through network effects users are included in the ecosystem managed by the platform.Although differences can be identified depending on the specific cat...

This article is based on the outline of the presentation made by the author at the „Cloud Computing: challenges and opportunities from data protection perspective” conference organised by Microsoft Romania on 4 June 2014. The contents revolves around what cloud computing means, as well as on some of the legal challenges often encountered in connection with this type of service. Nevertheless, the matters herein are presented in a concise...