It Is not so Cloudy after All: Legal Remedies when Cloud Storage Rains on You

Cloud storage is changing our lives in many ways. Whether one uses it to store personal data or as a repository of confidential business documents, cloud storage appears to be the future of storing and retrieving data securely and conveniently. The COVID-19 pandemic has also demonstrated the importance of cloud storage as part of business continuity plans. However, convenience comes with a cost and of late, a number of users have been exposed to data breaches. Coupled with the increasing dependence on cloud storage, it is timely that users pay attention to the potential legal remedies available to them in the event of a data breach by a cloud service provider as well as some of the limitations of these legal remedies. The article thus seeks to discuss some of these legal remedies in greater detail.