Suchergebnisse für Datenschutzrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit

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…

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…

Interessenkonflikte unter dem neuen Aktienrecht

As every person, board members and managers have or represent interests. It is unavoidable and nothing «evil» that these interests may sometimes not be aligned with the interests of the company they serve. However, if not properly dealt with, conflicts of interest may become a problem harming the company. As part of the 2020 revision of corporate law, the Swiss parliament has adopted a new art…

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…

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…

«Open Banking» in der Schweiz – Herausforderungen an den Schnittstellen von Finanzmarkt-, Datenschutz- und Kartellrecht

«Open Banking» challenges traditional financial institutions in Switzerland and around the world. It poses strategic as well as legal compliance challenges. The present study delimits the (sometimes synonymously used) terms «Open Banking» and «API Banking» to the effect that Open Banking presupposes an access to the banking account (XS2A) on the basis of non-discriminatory criteria. It thus…

Automatisierte Entscheidungen: Perspektive Grundrechte

Automated decisions affect the legal system in a wide variety of areas. In a state governed by the rule of law, fundamental rights are of great importance; their ­validity can lead to a conflict with «results» produced by algorithms. The article examines five areas (employment relationships, biomedical «environment», moderation of online content, financial markets, procedural guarantees) and,…

Europareport

Innerhalb eines Verfahrens der ersten Prüfungsphase (Phase I) hat die Europäische Kommission die Übernahme der Consumer Health-Sparte von Pfizer durch das britische Unternehmen GlaxoSmithKline unter Auflagen genehmigt.

Europareport

Am 30. Mai 2018 hat die Europäische Kommission die vorläufige Verständigung zwischen Europäischem Parlament und Rat über einen Kommissionsvorschlag vom März 2017 für eine EU-Richtlinie zur Angleichung des Verfahrensrechts der Kartellbehörden der EU-Mitgliedstaaten bekanntgegeben. Es handelt sich hierbei um ein schon länger verfolgtes Projekt der Europäischen Kommission, das darauf zielt, einmal…

Die regulatorische Antwort auf FinTech: Evolution oder Revolution? Eine Verortung aktueller Entwicklungen

While technological improvements have shaped the financial industry and its regulation for decades, FinTech is the buzzword of the hour. Rapidly developing digital technologies allow new market entrants to disrupt the traditional intermediary-based provision of financial services (I.). These new businesses – in particular those that operate payment systems or engage in crowdfunding – may clash…