Links for 09-11-2009

• McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors Ireland | Cloud Computing: European Data Protection Dangers - "This ‘as-is’ approach clashes fundamentally with the responsibility of a Data Controller to ensure the security of the data they pass on to a data processor. There is the additional complication that, unlike Amazon, not all the cloud computing service providers will promise to keep the data uploaded from the EU in the EU. The result is the possibility of breaching the laws which prevent EU citizen’s personal data being exported to jurisdictions with less stringent protections."
  
• Coding Horror: 9 Ways Marketing Weasels Will Try to Manipulate You - Or, put another way, 9 types of irrational behavior to recognize and either exploit or take advantage of.
  
• The Good of Creative Commons | PlagiarismToday - I generally agree with this. My primary objection to CC is the chinese menu approach that introduces a lot of complexity and avoids taking positions.