Husch Blackwell LLP (LexBlog Switzerland)
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European Court: Climate Inaction Violates Human Rights
On April 9, 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the “Court) handed down its unappealable judgment in a landmark climate case. Although directed at the Swiss government, the judgment extends to all Council of Europe member states and obligates them to revise their climate policies. The case, Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz...
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Switzerland’s DPA Concludes that Swiss-US Privacy Shield Does Not Provide Adequate Level of Protection
The fallout from the Schrems II judgment continued on Tuesday with an announcement from Switzerland’s Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) that the Swiss-US Privacy Shield regime “does not provide an adequate level of protection for data transfer from Switzerland to the US pursuant to [Switzerland’s] Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP).” In a...