It's interesting to note that Microsoft is urging an overhaul of U.S. laws for electronic privacy in order to help new cloud computing services, according to a Bloomberg new story. As Microsoft has announced that the Cloud is a central part of their future strategy, the company has realized that the current legislation is a barrier for future Cloud implementation.
As more data are stored on remote servers and away from personal computers, a 1986 digital law needs to be updated to give consumers confidence their information is protected, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, said yesterday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington.
According to Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel:
Microsoft supports changes that will ensure that users do not suffer a decrease in their privacy protections when they move data from their desktop PCs to the cloud,” Smith said in his prepared comments
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