The Digital Services Act passed last year is already relevant for so called "very large online platforms and search engines" since 25 August 2023. These services already need to comply with all new obligations under the act.
According to the parliamentary initiative of the Green Group of 15 June 2023, the nDSG should be amended in Art. 21bis nDSG.
After more than 15 years, the Canton of Zurich is undergoing a total revision of its law on information and data protection (IDG).
The European Union (EU) has recently adopted regulations in the digital field and is actively working on new ones. From the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA) to the AI Act, freshly passed by the Parliament, important changes in the EU area are on the horizon.
In just under two months, the completely revised version of the FADP will enter into force, which will provide the federal data protection supervisory authority in particular with new instruments so that the FDPIC can intensify its supervisory activities.
The Swiss Forum for Communications Law (SF-FS)) takes the half-round birthday of the GDPR as an opportunity to take a look not only back but also into the future.
The Swiss Forum for Communications Law (SF-FS)) takes the half-round birthday of the GDPR as an opportunity to take a look not only back but also into the future.
Switzerland's new data protection law will come into force on September 1st, 2023.
Following FINMA's initial categorisation of tokens and their assessment under financial market law in its guidance on initial coin offerings (ICOs), the EU also categorised them in a proposal for a regulation on markets in crypto-assets ("MiCA").
Congress has approved a bill that would require companies of major importance to U.S. national interests to report if they were hacked or paid a ransom after a ransomware attack.
Am 16. Februar 2022 wurde die Vernehmlassung zur geplanten Teilrevision des Bundesgesetzes betreffend die Überwachung des Post- und Fernmeldeverkehrs (BÜPF, SR 780.1), durch den Bundesrat veranlasst. Bis zum 23. Mai 2022 können sich Interessierte zur vorgesehenen Teilrevision äussern.
EU emissions trading serves as a central instrument of the European Union to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (such as CO2) in a sustainable and economically favourable way.
