EU privacy watchdogs are assessing a proposed new code of conduct on data protection for cloud service providers that the European Commission hopes will help to boost the uptake of cloud services by EU businesses. The draft code, which has been developed by industry in a project supported by the Commission, could be approved by the Article 29 Working Party later this summer. The Working Party is a committee made up of representatives from each of the national data protection authorities in the EU. Representatives from Microsoft, Oracle and the Cloud Industry Forum are among those that have been involved in drafting the code, according to minutes from a previous meeting of the Commission-chaired Cloud Select Industry Group on Code of Conduct.
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2015/june/new-code-of-conduct-on-data-protection-for-cloud-service-providers-being-scrutinised-by-eu-privacy-watchdogs/
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/final-report-study-smart-20130043-uptake-cloud-europe