Suchergebnisse für Datenschutz

Regulierung von künstlicher Intelligenz für FinTech-Anwendungen

New methods of artificial intelligence represent one of the greatest promises and most prospective developments of digitalisation. Artificial intelligence has already enabled numerous innovative applications in the areas of image recognition, medicine, language and mobility, and it is also increasingly being used in the financial market, on which this article focuses. In addition to great…

Intelligence artificielle: la titularité des données

Data are at the heart of AI systems. Without data, AI systems are valueless. Data come into play at different phases, both at the input level (training sets, validating sets, testing sets), as well as at the output level. Although the Proposal for AI Regulation released on 21 April 2021 by the European Commission offers a promising regulatory framework as to the governance related to the design…

Das schweizerische Bankprivatrecht 2020 | Le droit bancaire privé suisse 2020

Das Jahr 2020 war in vielerlei Hinsicht aussergewöhnlich. Demgegenüber bewegen sich die Entscheide zum privaten Bankrecht, die in diesem Jahr gefällt wurden, zu einem Grossteil im Rahmen des…

Editorial

Das europäische Datenschutzrecht ist seit mehreren Jahren in Bewegung: Im Mai 2016 hat die EU die Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) vorgelegt, die einen einheitlichen Rechtsrahmen für das…

Feuerproben des neuen Datenschutzgesetzes – Ein «tour d’horizon»

In the area of conflict between diverging individual needs and competing societal interests, a multitude of «trial by fire» awaits the new federal data protection law. One of these is the smartphone, which, as an always-available means of mobile identification and documentation, is well on its way to become an electronic anklet for everyone.

Der «grosse Bruder» DSGVO und das revDSG: Ein vergleichender Überblick

The revised Swiss Data Protection Act is very much influenced by European legislation. In the debate and discussions, the GDPR was and still is in the foreground as the «big brother». However, it is not the GDPR that is the guiding principle in the interpretation of the provisions taken from European law, but the Convention 108+ of the Council of Europe and the Police and Justice Directive of the…

Informationspflichten und Auskunftsrecht nach dem neuen Datenschutzrecht

The revision of the Data Protection Act aims to improve transparency for data subjects as to which of their data is processed and how. In order to achieve better transparency and to incorporate legislative developments at the European level, the information obligations for data controllers and the rights of data subjects to obtain information, have been strengthened in the course of the revision…

Annonce des violations de la sécurité des données: une nouvelle obligation de la nLPD

The data security principle (art. 8 of the revised Federal Act on Data Protection (rFADP) requires that the controller and when applicable the processor take all the necessary measures to maintain a sufficient level of security when processing personal data, including to prevent any data breach. Nevertheless, data breaches can occur and when so, the controller shall react quickly in order to…

Das Profiling im neuen Datenschutzrecht

The revised Data Protection Act will introduce the concept of profiling into Swiss law. This term will be defined in the same way as in the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as any automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person. Unlike the GDPR, the new Act will create a special category of high-risk profiling, which is…

Datenportabilität und ihre Umsetzung

The right to data portability will be introduced, as a first for Switzerland, with the revised Swiss Data Protection Act. Inspired by the GDPR but with a “Swiss finish”, data subjects may (if certain conditions are met) request the controller to transfer “their” personal data to them or another controller. However, a number of questions remain open, for example: Which type of data is subject to…

Die Strafbestimmungen des neuen DSG

As soon as the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (DPA) will come into force, the cantonal prosecuting authorities will be entitled to impose heavy fines of up to CHF 250 000 on the person responsible for non-compliant behavior. While this may seem to be a low figure compared to the high figures provided for by the GDPR, the fines under the revised DPA are of personal nature and may not…

Transparence des traitements de données personnelles opérés par les organes fédéraux: un pas en avant, deux en arrière

The recent revisions of European data protection instruments have been marked by the desire to give data subjects back control over their data, in particular by improving the transparency of data processing. The same desire for enhanced visibility and intelligibility has motivated the Swiss legislator in the revision of the Data Protection Act. The fact remains that the objective has only been…