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EU: European Data Protection Supervisor: EDPS: responsibility in the Cloud should not be up in the air

16 November 2012

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"Peter Hustinx, EDPS, says: "Cloud computing can bring enormous benefits to individuals and organisations alike but it must also provide an adequate level of protection. Currently, many cloud customers, including members of social media, have little influence over the terms and conditions of the service offered by cloud providers. We must ensure that the cloud service providers do not avoid taking responsibility and that cloud customers are able to fulfil their data protection obligations. The complexity of cloud computing technology does not justify any lowering of data protection standards."

See:
- Press release (pdf)
- Opinion (pdf)

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