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Cloud computing requires savvy

By David Canton

That’s the title of my Free Press article for this week. Cloud computing seems to be a popular topic, so thought it was worth posting here. This article talks about the privacy issues of cloud computing from the view of a recent report by the World Privacy Forum.

From the article:

The forum report?s clear underlying message is that users must be diligent in understanding terms of service, how disclosing information to a cloud provider changes their privacy and confidentially rights in that information, and how remotely stored information may not have the legal protection it should have.

The forum also found many legal uncertainties that make it, ?difficult to assess the status of information in the cloud as well as the privacy and confidentiality protections available to users.?

The entire article can be read on my blog, on the Canoe tech page, or on the Free Press site.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).