Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 73:

In page 219, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(5) Subsection (5) does not apply—

(a) if the services to the other computer there mentioned are provided by means of the technology commonly known as cloud computing or by any other distance hosting solution; or

(b) to the extent that regulations under subsection (6) provide that it shall not apply.”.

The purpose of this amendment is to widen the section’s scope so as to provide for different methods of storing virtual information. As the Bill stands, the use of the term “server” is too restrictive and many companies now use cloud or hosted solutions to address IT technical requirements.

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