Dropbox UK Alternative?

[jimbonkers]

Does anyone know of a service similar to dropbox that stores the files in the UK and abides by data protection legistation?

 

[PESolution]

Not sure regarding the legislation but i just sue google docs now

 

[shine]

Try wuala or humyo. I think both are based in the EU.

 

[Brookert]

Whats wrong with dropbox?

 

[tom_e]

Whats wrong with dropbox?

It's subject to US law and doesn't conform to the DPA due to not being based within the EU

 

[edgedemon]

Try wuala or humyo. I think both are based in the EU.

Be careful, as being based in the EU doesn't actually mean that the firms comply with EU data protection laws.
Both Google and Microsoft have invested in Irish data farms, that some universities then used to migrate to cloud based services. They have since discovered that although the data may reside in an EU based data farm, as the parent companies are American, then American data protection laws apply.
Needless to say, the mailing lists have been very interesting

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Daft question but does it make much of a difference if it operates under EU or US data protection laws?

 

[shine]

Be careful, as being based in the EU doesn't actually mean that the firms comply with EU data protection laws.
Both Google and Microsoft have invested in Irish data farms, that some universities then used to migrate to cloud based services. They have since discovered that although the data may reside in an EU based data farm, as the parent companies are American, then American data protection laws apply.
Needless to say, the mailing lists have been very interesting

I am aware - I've had to do a lot of explaining on the subject to clients. I'm pretty sure one of the links I listed is an EU company with all their DC's in the EU but I can't check as both links are blocked from my current location.

Daft question but does it make much of a difference if it operates under EU or US data protection laws?

The US Patriot Act can force US based companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world! It is currently a big issue.

 

[Dunks]

Just googled Dropbox and DPA, someone asked a question about hosting public service patient records on Dropbox and whether it conforms with DPA

 

[TheStarkFactor]

Just googled Dropbox and DPA, someone asked a question about hosting public service patient records on Dropbox and whether it conforms with DPA

lol.

So that's the government's plans to make accessing our NHS records easier .... just upload them to a shared folder on Dropbox!

 

[PermaBanned]

Not sure regarding the legislation but i just sue google docs now

That's a bit harsh don't you think? I hope you have expensive lawyers though, good luck