My take on this is, even if you trust [insert data holding brand name], do you: - (access) trust every individual employee who has immediate access. Forever? A

My take on this is, even if you trust [insert data holding brand name], do you: - (access) trust every individual employee who has immediate access. Forever? And every individual employee of the government agencies that could compel access? Forever? - (policy from above) trust every executive who could change policy on where your data goes and how it is held. Forever? Trust the relevant national government regarding laws about your data. Forever? - (security) trust the Security set up is at least great. Forever? Forever, because data can last that long. And auditing data handling is hard. Edit: tried to make it clearer.