[LINK] Cloud requires data protection rethink: ACMA

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Cloud requires data protection rethink: ACMA
NextDC-sponsored whitepaper aims to shed light on data sovereignty issues.
Adam Bender
CIO
02 July, 2013
http://www.cio.com.au/article/466414/cloud_requires_data_protection_rethink_acma/

<quote>
The growth of cloud computing may mean an update to regulations 
protecting Australians’ personal data is required, according to 
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) chairman, Chris 
Chapman.

“Many of the existing personal data protections were developed in a 
pre-Internet age,” Chapman said at the launch of a whitepaper outlining 
data sovereignty issues facing businesses.
...

“Confidence is critical,” said NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie.

</quote>

The full article can be found from here:
http://cyberlawcentre.org/data_sovereignty/

I think they've missed the real issue - trust, which is very different 
from confidence.

If I have confidence that somebody will do something, it means that I 
think I have made the right decision.

If I trust someone to do something, I am assuming they will make the 
right decisions.

Do I trust other people who don't give a stuff about regulations to 
follow them?

Do I trust a large multinational, possible USA based, corporation to 
look after my data, not copy it and not share it with others, maybe 
because they are compelled to share?

Hmmm, I'll have to think about that. Well, I actually do. I use an 
overseas ISP to run my websites, but everything on those sites is 
already in the public domain and I have back-ups of my own, so I don't 
need to trust the ISP that much.

Would I put up data that I wouldn't like anyone else (or even just one 
person) to see? Only by assuming that I could not trust the ISP at all 
and protecting them to my own satisfaction. And even then I would be 
worried that I couldn't trust my own technical ability to protect them.

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brd

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