Today, Niall Kavanagh gleaned this insight:
> 1) Anyone who places information on a free service shouldn't expect much
> in the way of security or responsibility from the service provider.
>
> Well and good. They're giving you something for free... why should
> they also indemnify you against losses or mis-use of your data?
Common sense. Isn't. :)
> 2) Anyone who outsources sensitive business operations needs to have a
> contract in place.
>
> Common sense. Anyone who does anything for anyone else without a contract
> in this age of lawsuits is crazy.
Trouble is the lawyers have seen to it that our legal system has become
fraught with complexities and loopholes that make understanding, let alone
concocting, a useful contract virtually impossible for mere mortals, and
often even for trained professionals. Hurrah for job security.
Contracts don't solve all your problems. Clauses can be unenforcable due
to contradiction of some obscure (or not so obscure) law, vagueness, or
any number of other reasons. Poor wording can cause the contract not to
protect you from the things you intended it to.
If the subject matter at hand is truly sensitive, I'd say the only sane
thing to do is not outsource it at all. The question which is central to
this point, and indeed this entire thread, is when is it TOO
sensitive. As you pointed out, each person/business/entity must decide
that for themselves.
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Derek Martin
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