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        <title><![CDATA[Legislation issues]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-343916-3493428]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'm located in Ontario, Canada. The storage of anybody's personal data is covered by several laws in Ontario. Basically, you have to guarantee that a person's information cannot be viewed by any person or organisation without their consent. Freedon of information also requires that they be able to see their data on request.One of the results of the legislation to which we are subordinate is that we can only store data in a location that guarantees it will not leave Canadian jurisdiction. Having our data end up on a server in the US is not allowable because Homeland Security has the authority to view anything on a server located in the US. We have had to decline any &quot;cloud&quot; solution that cannot guarantee data will not leave Canada.Many companies assume this issue only applies to governmental organisations. In fact this covers all personal data - health, financial, addresses, legal, etc - whether or not it is stored by a private company, NGO or government organisation. The potential for liability is large, however many organisations get carried away with the hype and go ahead with cloud deployments without being aware of laws. I foresee interesting times ahead for many organisations...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaun PC]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:58:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Collaboration and synching in lieu of 'being online']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you have collaboration tools in place then your files will synch with online and offline and you will be able to use your files while 'off line'.  Like anything else, a careful and thoughtful process needs to be completed as each company and individual's needs are different.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[PMBOK Advocate]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:26:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Umm...probably]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you have been paying attention to all this stuff, which, probably you haven't.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 23:13:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Must Be Online]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To have access to my data in the cloud would I have to be on the internet only?? so if I go offline meaning disconnect from the internet..I cannot access my personal data?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[@homeXP]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 23:03:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Vendor's Protective Clauses Reveals their Knowledge of the Risks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A cloud vendor's protective clauses in a contract reveals how deeply they understand the implications of having your data in their cloud.  While the consumer may be frustrated by some of the contract's limiting factors there is at least some comfort in knowing that the vendor is aware of potentially risky issues and has thought them through.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mark.kunkel@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:34:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A return to Big Iron?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At its heart, the cloud computing concept is little more than a return to the days of mainframes and dumb terminals.  Sure, there are efficiencies to be had, but only if you're willing to take the risk of depending upon communication links and server farms you don't control, and of losing control of what happens with your data.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rhmccool]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:22:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cloud Computing woes and 'take aways']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Cloud Computing .. sounds like the old pendulum swing of centralized and 'thin-net clients' vs. decentralized computing ..As for me thinking of the Amazon outages ...[ singing ] Hey! Hey! You You! Get off of My Cloud..... gotta love those oldies but true-ies..]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MeadowsPV]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:16:42 -0700</pubDate>
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