Personal Data Guardianship Code -- OT?
Obnoxio The Clown shared a Personal Data Guardianship Code on data privacy and security. Ian Michael Gumby said it was on topic, noted privacy laws differ by country, and advised being paranoid and auditing any cloud environment. Richard Kofler made a sarcastic remark about cloud computing, and Gumby compared it to leased shared mainframes. No technical answer; general discussion.
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I'm hoping that those of you who have to worry about data privacy and security may find this useful: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.10666 -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
On Jun 2, 9:25 am, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > I'm hoping that those of you who have to worry about data privacy and > security may find this useful:http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.10666 > This really isn't off topic and its really, really an important issue. Unfortunately because different countries have different privacy and data protection laws, your milage will vary. I would say that its best to be paranoid and to do the most you can to protect your data.
Ian Michael Gumby schrieb: > On Jun 2, 9:25 am, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: >> I'm hoping that those of you who have to worry about data privacy and >> security may find this useful:http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.10666 >> > > This really isn't off topic and its really, really an important issue. > > Unfortunately because different countries have different privacy and > data protection laws, your milage will vary. > I would say that its best to be paranoid and to do the most you can to > protect your data. > Just to throw some sarcastic comment onto the brand new hype named cloud computing (nah - not the weather forecast) If the cloud comes near and you finally see that there are clouds and they all dark grey - who will protect my lil cloud from the lightnings of the thunderstorm? dic_k -- Richard Kofler SOLID STATE EDV Dienstleistungen GmbH Vienna/Austria/Europe
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:26:28 +0200 > From: richard.kofler@chello.at > Just to throw some sarcastic comment onto the brand new hype named cloud > computing (nah - not the weather forecast) > > If the cloud comes near and you finally see that there are clouds and > they all dark grey - who will protect my lil cloud from the lightnings > of the thunderstorm? > > dic_k Well I've always wondered what everyone was talking about when they hyped the cloud. IMHO I've always viewed this as going back to the business model of the leased or shared mainframe for SMBs that couldn't afford their own mainframe and/or IT Staff. (Timenet ring a bell?) Its as if history is repeating itself. Its now not the cost of the hardware, but the cost of the network access that is killer. Of course depending on who you talk with, the cost of going to a 'cloud' could be more expensive in the long run. But getting back on target, I have to think that under any privacy concerns one would have to perform an audit of the cloud environment. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009