The Data Protection Authority for the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein ("Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz - ULD", the "DPA") has published in June 2010 a paper about cloud computing under German data protection law. The most doubtful statement is that the usage of clouds outside the EU might be in violation of German data protection law.

In this analysis I give an overview over some statements of the paper, explain the legal background and analyze the DPA's position.