Beware New EU directives if you keep your data in the cloud

Beware new EU Directives if you keep personal data in the cloud. In a recent EU Parliament report it has been recommended that EU businesses should not be allowed to use existing mechanisms for protecting personal data when sent outside the EU in relation to cloud computing services. 

According to the report, businesses should be prevented from using model contract clauses and binding corporate rules (BCRs) as mechanisms for processing personal data in the cloud because those arrangements do not prohibit US law enforcement bodies from gaining access to that information. 

The report, which was ordered by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), asks that existing derogations are disapplied for the cloud, and requests that the EU  "open new negotiations with the US for recognition of a human right to privacy which grants Europeans equal protections in US courts." 

This report will add pressure to EU-based organisations to use cloud services which are based in Europe as opposed to the US or elsewhere in the world, regardless of cost efficiencies and market competitiveness.

If you have concerns about Data Protection and CRM systems within your organisation, contact Nicki Bury at Haybury Marketing on 028 95818989 or email info@hayburymarketing.com