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「クラウドにデータを置くと法的に問題がある件について」

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Government warnings could kill the cloud
The New Zealand government has warned about storing data in the cloud.
Local laws could become another cloud stumbling block.

　似たような警告は、ニュージーランドだけじゃなくて、オーストラリアもア
イルランドも出しているのね。
　各国政府は、主権、国権が及ばないところにデータが置かれることには神経
質になってますね。
　以前も紹介したが、アメリカの連邦政府は、
— ここから —
政府機関を対象としたクラウド・サービスには、例えば、データは米国内に保
管し、適切な政府セキュリティ認可を受けた技術者に管理されなければならな
いなどの規制があるという
— ここまで —
という規制があるよね。調達基準になってるんでしょうね。
　たったこれだけでいうのもなんだが、なんかさ、エシュロンに参加していて、
世界中を盗聴できるアングロサクソン系の政府が、クラウドで外国にデータが
置かれるのを心配しているような気がする。盗聴できるだけに逆に盗聴にも神
経質なのかな。ま、気のせいだけどね。
　日本は、結局、どうなってるの？

　経済学者の 野口悠紀雄をはじめとするクラウド万歳なお気楽な人は、それ
はそれで幸せ。バカかと思うこともあるけど。どうせ責任を取らない連中だも
ん、最初から気楽だもんね。引っかかるほうがバカで終わりだしね。
　でも、企業や政府、自治体はそうはいかないことがあれこれありますよね。
個人にだってあれこれあるしね。
　日本企業は、従業員が、DropBoxやSugarSyncなんかに、気楽に会社のデータ
を置いたり、会社のスケジュールや資料をGoogleやEvernoteに書き込むのを許
すような企業ばかりなのかな。まともなところはそうじゃないと思うんだけど。
　実は、全部フィッシングサイトで、やってるのが中国企業で、
「霞ヶ関クラウド＝中国でホスティング」
だったら、大笑いだね。
　レアアースの輸出禁止どころじゃないね。^^;
　でも、押さえられて困る情報なんか、実は霞ヶ関にも永田町にもなかったな
んてことになったら、もっと大笑いだね。
　エアー国家ニッポン。＼(^O^)／
　国民のみなさま。
　ほんとに重要な情報は情報省が管理しているので、ご安心ください。＼(^O^)／

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“Government warnings could kill the cloud”

The New Zealand government has warned about storing data in the cloud. Local laws could become another cloud stumbling block.

by Keir Thomas
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Tags: cloud computing, cloud security, government
December 14, 2010, 04:09 PM － PC World －
New Zealand has joined the ranks of an increasing number of governments that have issued warnings for businesses thinking about cloud computing.

The N.Z. Inland Revenue Department, which is responsible for taxation, issued an alert earlier this week reminding businesses that by law, they must keep their tax records in the country. With cloud computing, however, the data might be stored just about anywhere on the planet.

There’s no issue with keeping backups of records overseas, the alert continued; yet the law says primary copies of accounts need to be kept in New Zealand, seemingly so they’re instantly accessible to tax inspectors.

This should mean there’s no problem with businesses using backup services such as Mozy, which store data in the cloud. However, there potentially would be a problem with a business relying solely on a service such as Google Docs. Depending on what’s included in the definition of accountancy data, software-as-a-service (SaaS) outfits such as Salesforce.com might also be ruled out.

In reality cloud providers utilize data centers as close as possible to their clients, although larger countries fare better than smaller ones. In the United States there are various data centers across the country, for example, although for many European states the data center lies beyond national boundaries.

European users of Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will find their data is stored in Ireland. Those in the Asia Pacific area will find their data stored in Singapore. New Zealand users of S3 will probably find their data stored in Singapore too.

The New Zealand warning follows one by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in November, warning that the rush to the cloud is “not being subjected to the usual rigor of existing outsourcing and risk management framework”. The Irish Department of Finance issued a similar warning in February.

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It’s not clear what’s at fault in New Zealand’s case: Is the law simply out of date, or is cloud computing threatening to tear down international boundaries in a way that governments find objectionable? It’s a curious fact that the countries issuing these warnings are smaller rather than larger. Could this be a misplaced desire to protect national interests?

Whatever the case, it’s yet more proof that–from a business perspective–cloud computing raises concerns beyond the mere logistics of making a switch. Cloud service providers are no doubt waiting for such issues to be worked out during implementation, but this could prove litigiously expensive for organizations using their services–and lead to damaged reputations, should the authorities attempt to make an example out of them.

One solution to the location problem is for cloud providers to run data centers in every country. While this might be a realistic prospect once (and if) the cloud gathers enough users, at the moment it’s highly unlikely. And with countries that are physically close to each other–such as the United Kingdom and Ireland, or Belgium and France–it’s always going to be unlikely.

With issues such as this, the ever-present risk of a standoff with no clear winner is arising. Nobody will move into the cloud until everybody else has.

Above all, cloud companies need to be far more reassuring about non-logistical issues–and even start to know what they are. It shouldn’t come as a surprise for a business, when it joins the cloud, to find that it’s contravening local laws.

Keir Thomas has been writing about computing since the last century, and more recently has written several best-selling books. You can learn more about him at http://keirthomas.com and his Twitter feed is @keirthomas.

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