Panopticon Blog has a good post on the new ICO guidance on the cloud: http://www.panopticonblog.com/2012/09/27/cloud-computing-new-ico-guidance/ Colleagues may also wish to watch the recordings of previous webinars I have done on cloud computing and data protection. These are available for free on our website: http://www.actnow.org.uk/content/50 Ibrahim Hasan Solicitor and Director Act Now Training Limited www.actnow.org.uk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^