Cloud Computing: Legal disputes over data theft soar to record high, report claims
September 2, 2013
Grazed from ComputerWorld UK. Author: Matthew Finnegan.
The number of High Court legal disputes over the theft of data from businesses has reached a record high, according to a report, with the popularity of cloud storage services making it easier for confidential data to be taken. The number of legal disputes taken to the High Court grew by 58 percent last year, according to commercial law firm EMW, with 167 cases during 2012, up from 106 in 2011 and 45 in 2010.
The majority of these cases are said to have been businesses launching civil claims against former employees, aiming to prevent them from using confidential data taken from company databases. Mark Finn, principal at EMW, believes that part of the reason for the increase in businesses taking action against employees is that it is has become even easier for staff to move information outside the business, thanks to the popularity of cloud storage systems such as DropBox…
“The boom in cloud computing and the widespread use of services like Dropbox have made copying a large database something that can be accomplished by virtually anyone in seconds,” Finn said…
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