Latham & Watkins LLP (LexBlog Switzerland)
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Swiss Regulator Determines Swiss-US Privacy Shield Is Inadequate
Swiss companies are advised to take additional measures when transferring personal data from Switzerland to the US. By Gail E. Crawford, Fiona M. Maclean, and Amy Smyth On 8 September 2020, the Swiss data protection authority, Adrian Lobsiger (the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, FDPIC), concluded in his annual review that the Swiss-US Privacy...
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Swiss Courts Raise the Bar for Data Processing Justification
A series of recent rulings by the Swiss Courts have raised the bar for data processing justification under Swiss law. Whilst Switzerland is not part of the European Economic Area, and is therefore not subject to the European Data Protection Directive, its data privacy rules contain a number of similar, or at least recognisable, principles. ...