File transfer and AI: regain control of your data
What if the property of your digital data was ultimately only an illusion? A recent controversy in the file transfer sector reveals how your content can be used for AI, and recalls the urgency of regaining control. Decryption.
The recent controversy around an important file transfer service provider has rejected fundamental questions about the property and the use of our data. By modifying its general conditions of use, this service could have been granted extensive rights on the contents of its users for the training of artificial intelligence, without notification, without compensation and for an unlimited duration. Beyond the denials of the incriminated service, this controversy illustrates the risks linked to the use of free transfer services for professional needs.
Towards a generalized awareness?
Admit the omen: no data is trivial. Your files may contain sensitive, confidential, even strategic data. By transferring them via free transfer platforms, you may lose all control over their use. The danger is very real because these content can be used to train an AI, without even being aware of it, nor possibility of opposition. In this context, how to guarantee the sovereignty and security of your data? Digital giants operate under different jurisdictions with regulations sometimes incompatible with the European GDPR. This dependence on third -party platforms exposes you to unilateral changes in conditions of use. A company can then, overnight, modify its data policy, leaving its users before the fait accompli.
Synology Drive: regain control of your data
Faced with such an issue, it is imperative to find lasting alternatives. Self-hosting constitutes a credible response. Synology Drive embodies this approach and this promise. Unlike centralized platforms, this solution is based on NAS servers that organizations install in their own premises. The data remains under direct control of their owners, eliminating the risks linked to the unilateral changes in conditions of use. Synology Drive is integrated into the brand’s NAS servers and does not generate any recurring cost once the equipment has been acquired. With more than 200 employees distributed in two offices in Dubai and two branches in the United States and the United Kingdom, Huda Beauty was looking for a reliable way to store and share creative files between its remote teams. By adopting The Synology solutionthe company has found a safe and reliable access solution to files to adapt to the hybrid work model of the team. The answer? Synology Drive demand synchronization which synchronizes data from Windows and MacOS of employees with the NAS server, while saving on cloud subscription costs compared to their previous services. The recent controversy that affected the free transfer services may mark a turning point in the perception of data and data sovereignty issues. Self-housing via Synology Drive meets these requirements by allowing to reconcile ease of use and control of its data.
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