Overview The Vinzenz von Paul Kliniken gGmbH incor­ porates three medical facilities in the Stuttgart area. The Marienhospital Stuttgart alone counts around 800 beds and 2000 employees. Challenge Part of a catholic parent organization, the Vin­ zenz von Paul Kliniken is subject to stricter data protection laws than the general German ones. However, the hospital’s clinical staff often used DropBox or GoogleDrive to share files with ex ­ ternal parties. Doctors collaborate on medical articles, contribute conference content, and sometimes even co­author books. They did not realize that as soon as they shared their files in the cloud, the intellectual property (IP) rights for it could be transferred to the cloud provider. A huge issue when so much original content is shared. The

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