Are You Operating A Legal Cloud?

da.feedsportal.com (Nov 14 2011) Cloud Computing

1. Cloud computing did not exist when data protection regulation came into force. John Roberts of Redstone explains how to keep within the law The UK Data Protection Act (DPA) is often regarded as the world’s leading law on protecting personal data. But many UK companies now adopting cloud services are not only putting data at risk, but also themselves, by breaching data protection laws. How do you comply with the DPA, whilst maintaining a cloud presence? When the UK government passed the DPA in 1998 it was heralded as the definitive way to guarantee personal data was protected. Over the following decade, refinements to the act ensured that personal data was not just secure, but more specifically, it was secure online. This worked well when data was held on-premise, within a company’s own data centre, but the advent of cloud technology has changed all that. (Read Full Article)

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