The cloud is here to stay, writes Louise Kidney in The Guardian, so "understanding its implications and effect on electronic data is now a necessity." It's important to realize that the information one sends may not be governed by UK law if the cloud provider is located in a different country, Kidney explains. The EU Data Protection Directive forbids sending data to countries outside of the EU without Safe Harbor frameworks. Additionally, customers' requests for any data stored on them must be provided, even if the data is stored in a cloud outside of the UK.
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