One point that is often made when discussing IT and data security concerns around personal cloud services like iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive is that most people turn to personal cloud options for storing and sharing work-related documents because IT departments don’t offer a similar internal solution that meets their needs. While there is some room to argue this point, it generally has at least a kernel of truth to it.
European-U.S. data protection agreement: Yet another attempt, yet another failure
The recent agreement between the US and the EU is the third attempt to secure the transfer of personal data from Europe to the US. Holger Dyroff, co-founder and COO of ownCloud, does not see the new regulatory attempt as a satisfactory solution.
