I have been using Google docs for some time and haven’t had an issue ( as for as I know of ).  But every now and then I wonder if someone is spying on my stuff in the cloud.  Here was an interesting article about Cloud computing.

Some of the issues that IT folks need to focus on as they consider cloud computing include security, privacy, availability, and performance. Governance requires applying policies, access controls, monitoring, and auditing to corporate use of cloud services.

One of the trickiest aspects of cloud governance involves just where data is located when it’s in the cloud. As Fratto notes, it’s not unusual for software-as-a-service and other cloud vendors to store data on servers managed by another company. In effect, there can be two or more degrees of separation between your company and your company’s data.

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  By Don M, January 30, 2009 @ 8:19 am

  Same could be said of databases on shared servers, even dedicated servers. Just where are those backups being stored, replicated, etc.

  Not a new problem, just a new buzzword. You should still be backing up your data locally or to another server if it is critical or personal data.

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