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As organizations turn to cloud computing services, ensuring compliance with legislation and reducing privacy risks is key.
In Canada, there is often a perception that using cloud computing services may be against the law or undermine privacy. This is often not the case. This FAQ Guide will dispel some of the mythology around cloud computing and provide a framework to properly assess cloud computing and privacy.
Click here to read “Cloud Computing: A Privacy FAQ” as seen in CCCA Magazine, Spring 2014.
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