The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factor appreciably affecting the data protection issues pertaining to online networking system and to detect how the other factors affecting the data protection issues are interrelated. In this paper semi structure interviews have been taken from the experts. Research papers have been consulted also as basis. After identification of the factors from the above sources affecting data protection issues some remote factors have not been considered to reduce the focus and then with the available factors effecting data protection in the cloud platform interpretive structured modeling methodology and bibliographic modelling approach has been applied. This paper has illustrated how with the help of ISM and literature review approach, the main factor commonly known as driving force affecting data protection issues has been detected and how the other factors are connected internally with each other has also been identified.
