Lately, cloud storage has gotten a lot of positive press. It\u2019s the future of data storage; it\u2019s the cheaper, greener alternative to using hardware servers. However, cloud storage has sparked heated, serious debate about data ownership.<\/p>\n
For example, let\u2019s talk about Facebook. Many people do not think of a social-networking site when they think of cloud-storing technology, but it actually is a very good example of cloud storage. Users can simply log onto Facebook from the internet and access their profile from anywhere- a mobile device, iPad, laptop- you name it. Facebook users log onto their profiles online and upload information on to the cloud whenever and wherever.<\/p>\n
Yet, although the user has control over their individual privacy settings, Facebook \u201cowns\u201d everything. That\u2019s because what users store on Facebook technically doesn\u2019t \u201clive\u201d in cyberspace but on data-storing servers owned by the company. This means Facebook reserves the right to keep an inactive profile up online long after it has been terminated. The social-networking site can take information from users- age, gender and location- and use it to post appropriate sponsored links that would cater to specific demographics. Facebook can pull words from the \u201cinterests\u201d section of profiles to find appropriate ads and sell personal information for marketing and ad research.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a free networking site, after all. They need to make money somehow, right?<\/p>\n
Now, the obvious difference between a Facebook profile and a private virtual server is that Facebook makes money from marketing and market research, and cloud-storage service providers make money from providing, well, private virtual servers. Businesses pay these companies to keep information secure yet easily accessible for only people within their network.<\/p>\n
This is cloud-storing technology, and when companies decide to get on the cloud, it\u2019s important for them to ask questions before uploading data onto their virtual servers:<\/p>\n
It\u2019s very difficult to determine what the rules are when it comes to cloud storage, but the silver lining is that the conversation is starting.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Christina Baldovin, Technical Support International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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