Sweden's data protection Authority bans Google cloud services over privacy concerns

a Simon Davies:

In a landmark ruling, Sweden's data protection authority (the Swedish Data Inspection Board) this week issued a decision that prohibits the nation's public sector bodies from using the cloud service Google Apps.

The ruling - which bans Google cloud products such as calendar services, email and data processing functions - is based on inadequacies in the Google contract. A risk assessment by the Board determined that the contract gives Google too much covert discretion over how data can be used, and that public sector customers are unable to ensure that data protection rights are protected.
The assessment gives several examples of this deficiency, including uncertainty over how data may be mined or processed by Google and lack of knowledge about which subcontractors may be involved in the processing. The assessment also concluded that there was no certainty about if or when data would be deleted after expiration of the contract.

Many schools use Google apps.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 14, 2013 12:31 AM
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