Who owns your cloud stored data? Uncle Sam says, ”Not you.”

Published on November 2, 2012 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

This is why I tell folks that I don’t the “security” of the Cloud… physical or electronic.

According to an article on neowin.net , The Electronic Freedom Foundation filed a brief on behalf of one person (the only person) who wants what he uploaded to Megaupload back. The Government responded with a process so convoluted that it could never work…. from sheer bureaucracy, making hurdles a person or small business would find almost insurmountable.

Clearly, the government has gone through all those files for any excuse to keep possession of it, and has questioned the financial cost of a person trying to get his data back.

So, if a person stored data on a service, even though he is not being investigated or accused of criminal activity, the Government can sift through it? What happened to the Fourth Amendment?

The worst part? The Government now has made the claim that the moment a person uploads data to the cloud, he loses any rights to that data.

So, folks… there’s a lot at stake. It isn’t really about one person’s data.

It’s about:

1. Being very careful about what you upload to any cloud service.

2. A very chilling message being sent to companies in the cloud storage business.

3. A chilling message being sent to businesses which use cloud services.

4. A chilling message being sent to creators of modern OS’s considering the degree to which they integrate with the cloud, and the internet.

So, imho it’s time to make it clear to the government just who owns your data: Get the media onboard very quickly. There’s a limit. The government has exceeded it, and is abrogating its duty to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.

Source:

http://www.neowin.net/news/us-government-all-your-cloud-data-are-belong-to-us

Comments (Page 4)

Pbhead

on Nov 28, 2012

rights are not given to us by government.

government can only take rights away.

rahal

on Nov 28, 2012

And you, as an employee, only have those rights when the government takes them from your employer (to whom they naturally belong) and gives them to you.

Fuzzy Logic

on Nov 28, 2012

??? I've read three of your posts now and none of them have made any sense.

benmanns

on Nov 29, 2012

I wonder why cloud is based on a (social network basis or idea) if i may say so, it has so many similar features you basically share your work/data/information you never know where the data is stored while you still have the control over it, but who knows exactly, if you decied to delete the content you provided- if it is not stored on another backup server somewhere else...meaning that your data would be still free-roaming.
while i like the idea to store data and have it ready on any pc with a connectiion to the www i dont like the mechanics behind it.
Im afraid of the idea uploading a project i was working on for a week and then loose every rights for it.I have also read that they can use the data and store it where ever they want and share the information about it, dont remember the page i read about that sadly...
I used a social network once named tagged and i still can find data about my account via google and thats terrible because i deleted that account 3 -4 years ago..
If im wrong i would love to get some more input on that topic...since i was thinking of using it but currently im not going to bc of the SOPA integration.

Kamamura_CZ

on Dec 06, 2012