US Federal: Security proposals for cloud computing stop Gmail and other services

Beijing time March 18 morning news, according to foreign media reports, the United States Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as "FTC") held a meeting in Tuesday with industry representatives to discuss the security of cloud computing, activist organization "Electronic Privacy Information Center" (EPIC) suggested that the FTC temporarily stop Google Gmail and Google Docs and other services. In response to the rising cloud computing services, many activist groups have proposed greater legislative protection for security reasons. Some manufacturers believe that this is not conducive to the development of cloud computing. In this connection, the FTC held a two-day discussion meeting this week. Hugh Stephenson Hugh Stephenson, deputy director of the FTC's international affairs office, said: "We have to be cautious about cloud computing, which could pose a potential danger to us." "Epic Tuesday suggested that the FTC should suspend Google's Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and its Web services until Google worked out the appropriate security measures." If the FTC approves the recommendation, hundreds of millions of users will not be able to access their e-mail or documents. "Protecting privacy has become part of Google's corporate culture and security is one of Google's fundamental design principles," said Jane Horvath, Google's senior policy advisor, Wax. ”