Some Internet companies are worried that concerns about privacy could hold back the growth of cloud computing.

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The American Civil Liberties Union wants to make sure the "cloud" does not rain on people's privacy.

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It will also make users of cloud services confident that the privacy of what they store virtually in the cloud is respected no less than the privacy of information stored at home.

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Now he has turned his attention to US legislation and has co-authored the Fighting Cyber Crime and Protecting Privacy in the Cloud report which was recently presented to the European Parliament.

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And there are other benefits to user privacy that can result from cloud acceleration mode.

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