Cloud computing and privacy series: security requirements and guidance (part 3 of 6) The issues related to confidentiality and security play an important role in data protection.
This is even more so when considering an information technology environment, and thus when considering cloud computing. Security is therefore at the forefront of current issues that private but also public stakeholders must face today. Cloud computing and privacy series: the general legal framework (part 1 of 6) Cloud computing and privacy series: security requirements and guidance (part 3 of 6)
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This week saw the European Commission (EC) and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) both release guidance on security within cloud computing. In the former's case it was about ensuring understanding and giving clarity, as well as harnessing financial benefits, while the ICO's guidance is about reminding businesses of their responsibilities towards personal data as more look to cloud computing. The ICO said that companies remain responsible for how personal data is looked after, even if they pass it to cloud network providers. The ICO said it is concerned as to how many businesses do not realise they remain responsible for how the data is looked after, even after passing it to the cloud network provider. Dr Simon Rice, ICO technology policy advisor and author of the guidelines, said: “The law on outsourcing data is very clear.
The Problem of 'Personal Data' in Cloud Computing - What Information is Regulated? The Cloud of Unknowing, Part 1 by W. Kuan Hon, Christopher Millard, Ian Walden. W.
Kuan Hon Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for Commercial Law Studies Christopher Millard Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for Commercial Law Studies; Oxford Internet Institute Ian Walden Queen Mary University of London, School of Law March 10, 2011 International Data Privacy Law (2011) 1 (4): 211-228 Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 75/2011 Abstract: Cloud computing service providers, even those based outside Europe, may become subject to the EU Data Protection Directive's extensive and complex regime purely through their customers' choices, of which they may have no knowledge or control.
Creative Industries / Pressure mounts on EU cloud deal as deadline looms. BRUSSELS - The European Commission is under pressure to keep to its self-imposed September deadline to publish an EU cloud computing strategy, as new evidence revealed widespread public confusion about it.
The commission has two weeks to meets its EU cloud deadline (Photo: The Planet) Figures collected by opinion pollsters Ipsos for the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an IT lobby group, indicate that most Europeans regularly use cloud technologies but are unaware that they are doing so. A mere 24 percent said that they used cloud computing, with Greece and Romania topping the poll at 39 percent. Meanwhile 65 percent of PC users admitted that they had either never heard of cloud computing or had only heard of the name. However, four in five European's regularly use email services, the most commonly-used cloud service, with more than one in three regularly playing online games and using photo storage devices like Dropbox.
When You Move To The Cloud, Plan For The Storms.
Cloud computing audit. Cloud provider and yr data. Infographie Cloud use of SME. Privacy and Data Protection in the Cloud [For CloudCon 2011] This Wednesday I’ll speak in CloudCon 2011, instead of a regulatory lecture, I decided to focus about a technological solution to a legal problem, which I believe might be elegant.
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I’d appreciate it if you could join me at CloudCon or just come over to say hi. 0. The Cloud and Your Information. On the verge of the Age of Intelligent Machines, Cloud Computing brings a new era for data processing. The Cloud holds more and more information, where data owners and data subjects lose physical control over it. 1. Let’s take this into proportions, however: Let’s say that I produce Lemonade and have a trade secret: the recipe; I store it in my Dropbox folder, as i need to provide access to several employees and I want it to be backed up securely. The question is whether it is technically possible to do so? 2. Now, as we see it, when we discuss CSPs, we know that the control has to move from one centralized user to many distributed players, where each has the ability to disclose the information.
Cloud Computing in 2011: 3 Trends Changing Business Adoption CIO. CIO — The business benefits of a cloud computing model have been well stated.
You cut costs by switching to more flexible on-demand IT resources that can better handle the ebb and flow technology needs at a company. But adopting a cloud model for your company is a multifaceted decision-making process. Before even sitting down at the negotiating table with a vendor, IT managers and CIOs need to make sure their infrastructures are virtualized and cloud-ready, and that they have a firm grasp of their own security and compliance regulations. The cloud is also a world with various layers and choices. Do you adopt a public, private or hybrid cloud model?
To continue reading, register here to become an Insider It's FREE to join. Cloud computing: An opportunity and a legal maze. Who is accountable? Cloud computing comes mainly in three guises: Infrastructure (data centres); Online platforms (operating systems), and; Applications (web-based email, online office applications, file-sharing). The industry-led trend is being touted as a utility of the future, like gas or electricity. Some applications, such as online office documents developed by Google, even threaten to derail industry giants such as Microsoft's Office.
But it is a utility that relies and will continue to rely on data stored across borders, forcing businesses and regulators to demand the same laws on data and privacy pretty much everywhere. Aside from uncertainty over which countries' laws are applied, the Queen Mary Research Centre in London has identified two other key legal concerns that are making businesses and governments think twice: Where to put my data?
Some data protection authorities would prefer to have servers with EU data inside the bloc to make life easier for regulators and lawyers alike. Recette de Madeleines et chocolat. The Digital Forecast Is Cloudy. Vice-President Viviane Reding - European Commission - Viviane Reding. The Justice portfolio is new – it was only created with the start of this European Commission, under the leadership of President José Manuel Barroso, in 2010.
I am thus the first EU Justice Commissioner who is also responsible for citizenship and fundamental rights. My department, the Directorate General for Justice, deals with a wide range of areas such as civil and commercial law, consumer protection legislation, data protection, criminal law, free movement of citizens and equality legislation. Read more Human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights must be more than concepts. Fundamental rights are the foundation on which the European Union is built: they must be continuously respected and protected.
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