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You already ARE trusting tons of companies with your data!

Ken Rudin 20th Mar 2009

I find it hard to believe that anyone reading ZDNet would take a stance as stark as "there is no reason to trust any company with your data." There is absolutely zero rationale behind a comment like that.

Does ADP do your payroll? If so, they have payroll information about everyone in your company. Do you use a service to store your backups offsite? If so, they have a copy of the data that's in your data center. Do you rent data center space from a hosting company? If so, they have access to all your machines. Does your company have a bank account? If so, the bank has a financial record of every dollar going into our out of your company.

You may not like it, but you are ALREADY trusting many external parties with your critical data. Maybe you don't actually "trust" them, but I'd hate to be a company that tries to be competitive without using any third party services!