As of late, legal challenges have complicated cloud solutions, but recently-submitted amendments to Hungary's data protection law could improve that, The Budapest Business Journal reports. The legislation may allow a new data protection and freedom of information authority to fine companies that don't comply with data protection law, which legal expert Zoltán Kozma says would hopefully "move forward the spread of cloud computing in Hungary." Kozma advises companies using cloud providers to analyse potential risks before signing contracts, adding that companies should study the conditions under which a contract can be terminated and what happens to the data in that case.
Full Story