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 […]
How and why the Data Protection Act is so relevant and helps protect our privacy
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
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 […]
What data protection considerations should be made against the backdrop of an unregulated Brexit?
What data protection considerations should be made against the backdrop of an unregulated Brexit? After the United Kingdom (UK) leaves the EU, the transition period will end on December 31, 2020. This article draws attention to the subjects to be prepared for during and especially after the transition period – only in case if UK […]
Data Protection Act – total revision and amendments to further data protection decrees
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
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, […]
Future-oriented data policy: data protection and cybersecurity are a perfect pair…
Future-oriented data policy: data protection and cybersecurity are a perfect pair… Stress in the workplace due to insufficient resources and negligence is the greatest risk factor. «… .88% of the participants recognize that digitization is associated with additional cyber risks and that in addition to the visible opportunities, the invisible dangers are also growing. According […]