On September 1, 2023, the new Swiss law on data protection will come into force. All Swiss websites will have to comply with it.

This new law is inspired by the standards of the European GDPR, however, with important nuances, especially at the level of enforcement.

Structure of this conference:

A. Data protection – introduction

1. Importance of data in the digital age
2. Some important stakes and challenges of data protection
3. The European law (GDPR) of 2018

B. The new Swiss data protection law

1. Background and legal-political issues of the new Swiss law
2. Important principles of the new data protection law (transparency, protection of individuals, justification of collected data, etc.)
3. What changes for private individuals
4. What changes for companies

C. Compliance of websites in SwitzerlandSWITZERLAND

1. Know the data collected and used on your own website
2. Eliminate the collection of unnecessary personal data
3. Technical considerations in the context of WordPress
4. Explain to customers/website visitors the purpose and context of personal data collected (writing a privacy policy, etc.)

Speaker

• Pascal Hämmerli