Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Microsoft urges changes in privacy regulations

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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