Overview

In recent months, cloud computing has attracted considerable attention as a means for users to obtain greater, better and cheaper IT capacity remotely. However, the advantages offered to businesses by outsourcing their IT systems to the internet-based "cloud" bring a number of legal challenges.

This is especially the case concerning data that is processed by systems which may be spread across the world and, crucially, outside the immediate control of those businesses.

This article by Ashurst assesses some of the most important of these challenges and warns of various data-related risks as well as outlining significant potential savings.

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