http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/software-as-a-service-the-privacy-question/ because technology is just another ecosystem Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/software-as-a-service-the-privacy-question/#comment-1438 stephen o'grady Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:39:18 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=681#comment-1438 Jaime: interesting points, particularly around the relative security of the data involved. while i would tend to agree somewhat, i'm not sure i buy the "independently of the law, google knows that to break the confidence of their customers would lead to ruin" argument, simply because Yahoo already turned over the name of one user to the Chinese gov't and nobody really cared. Jaime: interesting points, particularly around the relative security of the data involved. while i would tend to agree somewhat, i’m not sure i buy the “independently of the law, google knows that to break the confidence of their customers would lead to ruin” argument, simply because Yahoo already turned over the name of one user to the Chinese gov’t and nobody really cared.

]]> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/software-as-a-service-the-privacy-question/#comment-1437 Jaime Cardoso Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:27:46 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=681#comment-1437 I'm not really sure this is a very important point for email (for CRM and the rest it surelly is but, for email and stuff like that, ... let's see - Google's servers are (I hope) a lot better protected than the average Windows PC. - Resorting to law to get access to my data limits the access to a few powerfull organizations. The same organizations already send me credit application forms with my personal data already filled (like my ID card number). At least, in email, I have junk filters. Let's face it, anyone that could force Google to give away my personal Data, probably already had that same data from 5 different locations (and I'm security sensitive). Google knows that to give away my Data for any other reason would make Microsoft's (or pick your favorite Google competitor) field day. Of course that, if Google gave away my data, I would have another spammer anoying me, if my CRM hoster would do the same, it could kill my company. So, it's pretty much the same old story, pros vs. cons, advantages vs. risk. About the law, that's what bothers me the least. Independently of the law, google knows that to break the confidence of their customers would lead to ruin and, after all, laws change when the need is touching a large enough number of voters. I’m not really sure this is a very important point for email (for CRM and the rest it surelly is but, for email and stuff like that, … let’s see
- Google’s servers are (I hope) a lot better protected than the average Windows PC.
- Resorting to law to get access to my data limits the access to a few powerfull organizations. The same organizations already send me credit application forms with my personal data already filled (like my ID card number). At least, in email, I have junk filters.
Let’s face it, anyone that could force Google to give away my personal Data, probably already had that same data from 5 different locations (and I’m security sensitive). Google knows that to give away my Data for any other reason would make Microsoft’s (or pick your favorite Google competitor) field day.
Of course that, if Google gave away my data, I would have another spammer anoying me, if my CRM hoster would do the same, it could kill my company. So, it’s pretty much the same old story, pros vs. cons, advantages vs. risk.
About the law, that’s what bothers me the least. Independently of the law, google knows that to break the confidence of their customers would lead to ruin and, after all, laws change when the need is touching a large enough number of voters.

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