It's completely out of date." Stanley says inconsistencies in the law have made it easier for law enforcement and government agencies to demand that service providers give them consumer data stored on cloud servers.

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Government cloud computing, however, is changing this image fast.

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It was the second time Mr Palocci has left government under a cloud.

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