A local cloud computing specialist is warning about the dangers of our critical data being held on cloud services owned by international companies.
Data held onshore by an overseas owned cloud provider is not, and can never be, under the exclusive control of Aotearoa, according a legal opinion obtained by the cloud computing company Catalyst Cloud.
A new digital strategy for the courts has just been released by the Office of the Chief Justice.
Local cloud computing firm Catalyst Cloud is so concerned about prospect of our judiciary adopting a US-based cloud computing provider, that it sought an opinion from a King's Counsel, which concluded the only way to avoid jurisdictional risk is by holding government information exclusively in New Zealand and by a provider that is not a subsidiary, or otherwise under the control, of a foreign company.
Police already use a US-based cloud computing provider, holding evidential material, including about sex crimes. Kathryn discusses with Doug Dixon, CE of local provider Catalyst Cloud.
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