Mostly Security Snippets from Tom Olzak

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Companies looking to reduce their IT costs and complexity by tapping into cloud computing services should first make sure that they won’t be stepping on any privacy land mines in the process, according to a report released this week by the World Privacy Forum.

The report runs counter to comments made last week at an IDC cloud computing forum, where speakers described concerns about data security in cloud environments as overblown and “emotional.” But the World Privacy Forum contends that while cloud-based application services offer benefits to companies, they also raise several issues that could pose significant risks to data privacy and confidentiality.

” - Beware Privacy Gotchas in Cloud Computing, Group Warns, Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld