Contribution to Contact Management Magazine about Cloud Computing & data protection

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In his contribution to “Contact Management Magazine”, Christian Laux addresses the issues around the hot topic of cloud computing and data protection. There are a number of court cases on the European level. In this article, Christian discusses the most prominent of them.

Lex Laux: Why it needs a controlled E-ID

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In his third Lex Laux column, Christian Laux raises the question why digital identities are needed and what it means to have one in the digital age. This is a question everybody should have a response to. Christian Laux explains what to focus on in the current lawmaking process (referred to as the E-ID). Switzerland should provide infrastructures permitting users a good level of protection when registering for services. The Swiss Federal Government should deploy strong oversight and audit control over these infrastructures.

IT law with Dr. Laux – Episode 6: GDPR – Profiling

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The topic "Profiling" marks the end of our video series around the GDPR. Christian Laux goes into questions about what "profiling" is all about, which is why according to the GDPR such data collections are dangerous and what measures should be taken in this context.

IT law with Dr. Laux – Episode 5: GDPR – Email Marketing

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In Episode no. 5 Christian Laux is pursuing the question: What is the legal situation regarding the email newsletters we keep on getting all the time? And analyzes it in two steps

IT law with Dr. Laux – Episode 4: Cloud computing under the GDPR

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The fourth episode of our video series with Swico deals with the topic of "Cloud Computing under the GDPR" and explores the question of whether the data subject has to be asked for consent in the interests of data protection before being transferred to the cloud.

IT law with Dr. Laux – Episode 3: Data processing in the labor relationship

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Episode number 3 addresses the problem that the requirement of consent should not be made the basis for data processing in labor relationships. In the next episode, we will discuss the topic of profiling.

Video “Cloud Computing for the Public Sector”

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Legal Analysis as a Story (and not as a Service, for once). The story of a servant delivering a message in the medieval age. I think we can learn a lot from that story for cloud computing. Watch the video … the story starts at minute 01:25.

IT law with Dr. Laux – Episode 2: GDPR – balancing interests

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In the second episode of the new video series with Swico, Christian Laux explains how the balancing of interests is the core approach of justification when dealing with data processing issues. Adequacy in general is the core principle.

IT law with Dr. Laux – Episode 1: Never with consent

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The new series from Swico in collaboration with LAUX LAWYERS AG. The first series is all about GDPR and the first issue is dealing with the topic of consent: Rather do not rely on consent.

Lex Laux: Monitoring on the Internet – the super problem of our time

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In his second article on inside-IT, Christian Laux discusses Public Law Enforcement Access to data on the internet. He includes summaries of current court cases that show how difficult this topic is. The piece further includes a call to action to Swiss authorities. They should accept the invitation of the US as given in the CLOUD Act -- a Legal Assistance treaty could clarify things further.