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Is the EU AI Act a Jenga piece that can easily be removed from the regulatory tower? Here are some key points from the “AI Regulation – a critical comment” workshop at the Alpine Privacy Days Conference, courtesy of Florent Thouvenin, Professor of Information and Communications Law, The Faculty of Law of the University of...

On the heels of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in Schrems II, Switzerland’s Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC)  has determined that the U.S.-Swiss Privacy Shield does not meet the “requirements of adequate data protection as defined by the FADP (Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection).” It issued a policy...

Freeports, especially those in Switzerland, are gold mines of valuable art, according to this New York Times article.  Simon Studer, a gallerist, tells of a job he had 25 years ago at the Freeport in Geneva, examining thousands of Picasso works. Art collectors, gallerists, and dealers are interested in these Freeports for both the security...