European General Data Protection Regulation: new legal situation for Swiss exporters

European General Data Protection Regulation: new legal situation for Swiss exporters The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has regulated the processing of personal data in the EU since 2018. A court ruling now extends the scope to personal data of EU citizens that is transferred to third countries. This can be the case for […]

Innovation requires data protection – many reasons for a secure cloud selection

Innovation requires data protection – many reasons for a secure cloud selection. The cloud has become standard for many companies – whether for specialized applications, collaboration tools, or entire business processes. However, with every outsourcing of data to the cloud, the demands on security, data protection, and traceability also increase. It is not the technology […]

Outsourced IT – the order processing contract for your protection

Outsourced IT – the order processing contract for your protection The media report on cyber incidents every day, as the victims become more prominent and more numerous. Many companies are increasingly aware that they need to invest more in IT security. At the same time, many are relying on their system house to take care […]

Outsourced IT – the data processing agreement to protect you

Outsourced IT – the data processing agreement to protect you The media reports daily on cyber incidents, as the victims become more prominent and numerous. In many companies, the realization is growing that more needs to be invested in IT security. Many rely on their supervising system house, according to the motto “they will make […]

How and why data protection law is so relevant and helps to protect our privacy

Why data protection is relevant

How do we protect our data in the machine-driven age? Shermin Voshmgir, Business Informatics, University of Heidelberg, 2018, emphasizes the necessity of data protection law in her lecture by casually drawing attention to one of the central requirements, namely “Privacy by Design”: Devices, applications, information systems, etc. must be designed during their technical development to […]

How and why the Data Protection Act is so relevant and helps protect our privacy

Why data protection is relevant

How do we protect our data in the machine-driven age? Shermin Voshmgir, Business Informatics, University of Heidelberg, 2018, underlines the necessity of the Data Protection Act in her presentation by casually drawing attention to one of the central requirements, namely “Privacy by Design”: devices, applications, information systems, etc., must be designed already during their technical […]

European General Data Protection Regulation: New legal situation for Swiss exporters

The ECJ ruling Schrems II or the end of the Privacy Shield

European General Data Protection Regulation: new legal situation for Swiss exporters The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has regulated the processing of personal data in the EU since 2018. A court ruling now extends the scope to include personal data of EU citizens that are transferred to third countries. For Swiss SMEs, this can […]

Data Protection Act – total revision and amendments to further data protection decrees

Encryption in data transfer.

Data Protection Act – Total Revision and amendments to further data protection decrees The GDPR will be enshrined in the Swiss DPA. On September 24, 2020, the National Council also approved the long-controversial stricter profiling rules (of the SR), thus preventing the bill from crashing. The compromise proposal now adopted on the profiling rules means […]

The cookie ruling and its consequences

Cookies - consent or not?

The European Court of Justice: no cookie storage without active consent of the internet user The user does not effectively consent to the storage of cookies if the user of the web page uses a checkbox with a pre-set check mark. Rather, the permission to set cookies requires the active consent of the Internet user, […]