Open Source solution are the only solutions in the post-Prism era and ownCloud is one such company which offers fully Open Source, privacy respecting products.
The company just raised $6.3 million in funding, in addition to $4.4 million which they got last year. This time the backer is Devonshire Investors with contributions from General Catalyst Partners, and current angel investors.
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.
In a position paper, Germany’s top data protection officials outline how they envision sovereign clouds. Their demands are welcome, but do not go far enough, laments Holger Dyroff, Co-Founder and COO of ownCloud.
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) might be exhausting, but it is a success story. The European Commission should use the fifth anniversary of the GDPR to reconsider “Privacy Shield 2.0”, opines Holger Dyroff, Co-Founder and COO of ownCloud.