Comments on: Cloud Computing: European Data Protection Dangers http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/ 12 City Gate, Lower Bridge St, Dublin 8, Ireland. Ph:01 6351580 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: EU Data Protection Act and its implications for the Cloud « Vikram Rajan http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 EU Data Protection Act and its implications for the Cloud « Vikram Rajan Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:03:19 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=551#comment-5032 [...] http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/ [...] [...] http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/ [...]

]]> By: EU Data Protection Act and its implications for the Cloud « nishacharan http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-4510 EU Data Protection Act and its implications for the Cloud « nishacharan Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:17:53 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=551#comment-4510 [...] http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/ [...] [...] http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/ [...]

]]> By: Mark Dennehy http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-4487 Mark Dennehy Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:40:20 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=551#comment-4487 An interesting postscript to this post turned up today, when <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Admits-Handing-over-European-User-Data-to-US-Intelligence-Agencies-215740.shtml" rel="nofollow">Google admitted that, along with Microsoft and Amazon and all other US-incorporated companies, under the Patriot Act it was required to hand over any information requested of it by US intelligence agencies even when that data was administered by their foreign subsidiaries which operated in jurisdictions such as the EU where that practice would be illegal; and that they would not be permitted to disclose that this had taken place</a>. An interesting postscript to this post turned up today, when Google admitted that, along with Microsoft and Amazon and all other US-incorporated companies, under the Patriot Act it was required to hand over any information requested of it by US intelligence agencies even when that data was administered by their foreign subsidiaries which operated in jurisdictions such as the EU where that practice would be illegal; and that they would not be permitted to disclose that this had taken place.

]]> By: Mark Masterson http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-3901 Mark Masterson Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:52:09 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=551#comment-3901 Good post. Some of us geeks are aware of this, and have been watching the developments for awhile. See here, for example, for some of my thoughts about EU privacy laws vs. Google: http://www.jroller.com/MasterMark/entry/google_teh_evil_cloud_economics I happen to think that legal, regulatory and other compliance issues are THE issue with regard to "cloud computing", far more so than, say, the much more frequently cited bugbear of "security". Good post.

Some of us geeks are aware of this, and have been watching the developments for awhile. See here, for example, for some of my thoughts about EU privacy laws vs. Google: http://www.jroller.com/MasterMark/entry/google_teh_evil_cloud_economics

I happen to think that legal, regulatory and other compliance issues are THE issue with regard to “cloud computing”, far more so than, say, the much more frequently cited bugbear of “security”.

]]> By: Legal troubles on the horizon for Cloud Computing in the EU? « Stochastic Geometry http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/09/11/cloud-computing-european-data-protection-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-3900 Legal troubles on the horizon for Cloud Computing in the EU? « Stochastic Geometry Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:14:53 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=551#comment-3900 [...] Today’s post is no exception. Cloud computing has become one of the central buzzwords in the IT industry, or at least the web-based portion of it. However, until now, I only know of one case (which I cannot disclose details of) where the ambigous physical location of the data storage device being used by the cloud was an issue; and I’ve not yet come across a case where the physical location of the processors in use was an issue. [...] [...] Today’s post is no exception. Cloud computing has become one of the central buzzwords in the IT industry, or at least the web-based portion of it. However, until now, I only know of one case (which I cannot disclose details of) where the ambigous physical location of the data storage device being used by the cloud was an issue; and I’ve not yet come across a case where the physical location of the processors in use was an issue. [...]

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