Suchergebnisse für Datenschutz

Echtzeitbankenaufsicht – la panacée?

In recent years, the concept of data-based banking supervision has evolved to influence the dynamics between supervisors and supervised institutions. This de­ve­lopment, if accompanied by adequate implementation, undoubtedly improves the quality of banking supervision. However, data-based supervision does not automatically lead to real-time supervision. While it tends to reduce the time lag…

Decentralized Exchanges: Grundlagen, Risiken und ausgewählte aufsichtsrechtliche Aspekte

Decentralized exchanges (DEX) enable traders to interact directly and to exchange their digital assets – such as cryptocurrencies – on a peer-to-peer basis without needing to trust an intermediary or each other. This article first delves into the functioning of DEX with a focus on their price-finding mechanisms. Subsequently, it outlines the main risks of DEX and gives an overview of certain…

Sekundärnutzung von Mobilitätsdaten: Infrastruktur und Governance bei Mobility-as-a-Service

Proponents and opponents hotly debate the so-called secondary use of data in sectors as diverse as health, education, energy and mobility. The parallelism of these discussions has led politicians to call for a framework law on the secondary use of data. By choosing Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), a promising service in the mobility sector, this article explores two connected features such a…

Open Finance und Decentralized Finance – Entwicklungen in einem disruptiven Finanzmarktumfeld

The recent technological developments not only impact society in general but they also strongly influence financial markets, even in a disruptive way. Open finance and decentralized finance cause an opening of the financial ecosystem and challenge existing notions; for example, new concepts are needed for the regulation of data access/portability and of digital identity as well as for the…

Kooperationsformen zwischen Banken und Drittanbietern aus vertrags- und datenschutzrechtlicher Perspektive

Open Banking or Open Finance essentially means the exchange of financial data between different financial service providers including third party providers at the request of the customer. From a civil liability and data protection perspective this paper examines the legal relationships between banks, third party providers, platforms and customers on the basis of four possible «model forms of…

Do Robots Rule Wealth Management? A Brief Legal Analysis of Robo-Advisors

What are the legal duties of robo-advisors in Switzerland? In this article, we focus on the legal framework arising from Swiss financial market law, contract law and data protection law. We also make a comparison with European law. We first explain how robo-advisors work and conclude that, contrary to what their name may suggest, they are primarily portfolio managers. As financial service providers…

KI Sandboxen für die Schweiz?

A sandbox allows companies to test innovative products, services, and business models in a live market environment. Stemming originally from the FinTech sector, sandboxes have recently gained importance, especially in the context of artificial intelligence, where they are intended to serve to resolve the conflict between data protection and innovation by allowing innovation while ensuring that…

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…