In the fall session 2023, the Parliament will again deal with various IT law topics. Most of the topics to be addressed are ultimately aimed at faster and more efficient digitization of Switzerland. In addition, cyber security continues to be an area of interest.  ..read more

Combining his passion for data and privacy law with his passion for music, Thomas Steiner created a Privacy Notice for wind band/orchestra associations and musicians. The template is available here open access for use under a Creative Commons license ..read more

Our new whitepaper is here! “Cloud for healthcare – solutions for common concerns – not only in healthcare organizations”. We provide an overview of health data in the cloud, highlight specific cloud use cases from the healthcare sector and, as usual, discuss common caveats and possible solutions from a legal perspective. This should give cloud users (not only in healthcare) new perspectives and enable real as well as fact-based risk decisions. We hope you enjoy reading this issue ..read more

Christian Laux and Sven Kohlmeier will be discussing current IT law topics regularly for inside-it.ch. In the first edition, they put the “Swiss Cloud” at the centre of the debate ..read more

The goal of the Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) is to increase the quality of commercial e-mails. For this purpose, CSA regularly revises its “Directive for Permissible Email Marketing” for the EU area. Perica Grasarevic has listed the Swiss particularities from a practice-oriented perspective in a legal comparison starting in Chapter 6.3. The revised DPA, the UCA and the TCA serve as the legal basis ..read more

Implementation of the requirements of the new Swiss Data Protection Act in seven working steps. Here you will find Thomas Steiner’s article on the topic, which appeared in Anwaltsrevue 10/2022. It offers guidelines and food for thought – not only for law firms ..read more

On the occasion of the bitmark Hackathon from 24 – 26 March 2023, Christian Laux emphasises the importance of data standards in his latest Lex Laux column ..read more

In the Spring Session 2023, various IT law topics will be debated again. With the amendment of the Information Security Act (ISG) and the discussion of various initiatives on internet pedophilia, this time, the focus will be on cyber topics ..read more

The new Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA) offers opportunities for pragmatic and target-oriented solutions. For example, the legislator has established information obligations that can be handled flexibly. Compared to the GDPR, the FDPA also permits more streamlined solutions for data processing agreements. Companies should use this leeway. They should not adopt the opinions developed on the GDPR without reflection. This applies even more for Swiss authorities and courts. It is what the legislator wanted. Thomas Steiner wrote a study on the topic and gave a presentation at the 16th EIZ ..read more

The new company law finally provides clarity regarding virtual general meetings. In the blog article by Yves Gogniat, you will learn what needs to be considered when implementing it ..read more