IT law in the sommer session 2025
In the 2025 summer session, IT law will focus on the digitization of government processes, cybersecurity, and international data cooperation. Legislative reforms aim to improve efficiency and transparency, protect against abuse, and strengthen Switzerland's position as a center of innovation. Technological developments such as AI, blockchain, and cloud services require new frameworks and reinforce the call for coordinated, forward-looking regulation.
IT law in the 2025 spring session
With regards to IT topics, the spring session 2025 of the Swiss Federal Council will be dominated by topics related to AI regulation and data protection, security and migration, as well as economic and social developments. The focus will be on protection against the misuse of new technologies, adaptation of the legal framework and dealing with increasing energy needs and requirements for infrastructures for the electronic exchange of data..
IT law in the winter session 2024
In the 2024 winter session, various IT law topics are on the agenda. For us lawyers, the revision of the BEKJ is of particular interest. The subsidisation and sponsorship of digital media also remain key topics. Additionally, a motion will be debated that calls for subsidised media to only permit comments with clear names to limit hate speech.
IT law in the fall session 2024
Various IT law topics are on the agenda for the 2024 fall session. For us lawyers, the discussion of the BEKJ is certainly exciting and interesting. In addition, some competition law topics from the digital sector will also be on the agenda. For instance, the parliament will discuss measures against foreign online marketplaces, as well as an improvement to defend against false online ratings.
Whitepaper Cloud for Healthcare – now available in English!
Our whitepaper “Cloud for Healthcare” is now available in English.
Moving data to the cloud can raise concerns about security, privacy, and compliance for healthcare players. However, it is important to know that the cloud can meet or even exceed these requirements, and that it offers many benefits for business operations. The new whitepaper "Cloud for Healthcare" explains how modern and mature cloud services can overcome legal challenges and enhance efficiency, flexibility, and innovation. The whitepaper can be downloaded for free and provides insight into how the cloud can transform healthcare.
Digital Sovereignty
In the most recent special of Netzwoche journal, Christian Laux explains what is meant by digital sovereignty and explains why digital sovereignty is a matter for states: "A cloud solution does not need to be sovereign. States should be sovereign." Netzwoche's Cloud & Managed Services Special was published on 6 December 2023. The issue is dedicated to digital sovereignty in the cloud and the question of whether this is even possible.
In the fall session 2023, Whitepaper Cloud for healthcare
Our new whitepaper is here! "Cloud for healthcare - solutions for common concerns - not only in healthcare organizations". We provide an overview of health data in the cloud, highlight specific cloud use cases from the healthcare sector and, as usual, discuss common caveats and possible solutions from a legal perspective. This should give cloud users (not only in healthcare) new perspectives and enable real as well as fact-based risk decisions. We hope you enjoy reading this issue.