Adrian Lobsiger, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), classifies the innovations of the new data protection law, which will come into force on 1.9.2023, and talks about where there is still a need for action and which changes are likely to be the most talked about. Netzwoche conducted an interview with him (German).
This fine is a clear sign. The Irish data protection authority has fined tech giant Meta 1.2 billion euros for violating EU rules for years when transferring data to the US. Never before has a violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) cost a company so much. Facebook has been transferring data to the […]
For the second year in a row, the current Allianz Risk Barometer shows that Swiss companies feel most at risk from cyber incidents, such as IT failures, ransomware attacks or data breaches. For your company, the question is not “if” it will be attacked, but “when”, by what means this will happen and how severe […]
Quite pragmatically, software developments in companies are often tested with a copy from the productive system.However, this violates the Data Protection Act and the use of data for testing purposes is not permitted. By using synthesized or anonymized data in conjunction with comprehensive technical and organizational measures, the DSG requirements can be implemented.However, these protective […]
NZZ, 25 May 2021 The EU law has an indirect impact on Switzerland because it applies to all companies that sell products and services to the EU. The EU has given data protection authorities a powerful tool of enforcement – in particular the possibility of fines, and at a level that hurts even the big […]
Switzerland has revised its new data protection law and brought it into line with the European data protection law (EU-DSGVO). The EU would now have to recognise the level of data protection here as equivalent, which is actually already overdue. After the Federal Council broke off negotiations for a new framework agreement with the EU […]