The Consumer Federation of America has released a report listing best practices it would like to see followed by providers of cloud-based computing services.

That includes Gmail, Flickr and Facebook as well as a growing number of public agencies and private businesses that store data on remote servers and make them accessible through the Internet.

The report said cloud computing offers significant cost and convenience benefits but also possible problems with consumer protection and privacy.

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