New EU Standard Contractual Clauses – Introduction and Initial Evaluation
On 4 June 2021, the European Commission adopted new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries. Read our analysis, and learn about our digital SCC product. It lets you select individual modules of the SCCs and dynamically fill in the text fields.
On the way to the digital law firm
The current issue of Anwaltsrevue features an article by Daniel Hürlimann (Laux Lawyers) and Martin Steiger (Steiger Legal) entitled “On the way to the digital law firm - despite professional secrecy and data protection”. The authors first provide an overview of data protection, attorneys' and criminal law. They then use four concrete examples to show that lawyers are also allowed to use cloud services.
IT law in the summer session 2021
Our lawyers need to keep up to date with ongoing discussions and legislative changes in the field of IT law. Here, we have compiled an overview of IT law-related matters as they are currently being dealt with in the current Spring session in the Swiss Parliament. We share this to permit our clients to keep up to date, too.
LAUX LAWYERS AG POLICY ALERT: Surveillance of Instant Messaging: Swiss Federal Supreme Court Provides Clarity
The Swiss Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Service (PTSS) must not oblige providers of instant messaging services to actively monitor communications (real-time or retrospective interception). The same applies to Internet video conferencing or telephone services, or pure email services. A new leading case by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court provides clarity in this regard and puts the PTSS in its place.
Developments in UK and Swiss Data Protection Law
Thomas Steiner and Co-panelists Juliette Hotz and Sarah Pearce discussed developments in UK and Swiss data protection law at the (virtual) Privacy+Security Forum on 26 May 2021. Here's the slide deck with tips and best practices for multinational clients doing business in Switzerland or the UK.
New book: Anonymization of judgments
A few days ago, the book on the anonymization of judgments edited by Daniel Huerlimann and Daniel Kettiger was published. The book chapters examine, among other things, what exactly is meant by anonymization, how judgments are anonymized, and how much effort is required to do so. The book, published by Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, is available as a freely accessible PDF file (open access) and also in print.
New Swiss Federal Data Protection Act and its Implementation at Retail Companies
At this webinar for the Swiss Retail Federation, Thomas Steiner discussed key requirements of the revised Swiss Federal Data Protection Act and offered practical tips for their implementation at retail companies. Here's the slide deck.