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Cloud Computing: Storm Warning For Privacy?, Nicole Ozer, Chris Conley
Cloud Computing: Storm Warning For Privacy?, Nicole Ozer, Chris Conley
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“Cloud computing” - the ability to create, store, and manipulate data through Web-based services - is growing in popularity. Cloud computing itself may not transform society; for most consumers, it is simply an appealing alternative tool for creating and storing the same records and documents that people have created for years. However, outdated laws and varying corporate practices mean that documents created and stored in the cloud may not have the same protections as the same documents stored in a filing cabinet or on a home computer. Can cloud computing services protect the privacy of their consumers? Do they? And …