(Old) links related to the total revision of the Swiss Data Protection Law

Rosenthal, Der Vorentwurf für ein neues Datenschutzgesetz: Was er bedeutet, Jusletter v. 20.2.2017

This is excellent reading material – covers some very interesting aspects of Swiss privacy today (e.g. data subject access rights under current law)

http://datenrecht.ch/rosenthal-der-vorentwurf-fuer-ein-neues-datenschutzgesetz-was-er-bedeutet-jusletter-v-20-2-2017/

Results of the Vernehmlassung and Botschaft of the Bundesrat

https://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/de/home/aktuell/news/2017/2017-09-150.html

Summary of changes by David Vasella (post- vs. pre-Vernehmlassung Draft)

http://swissblawg.ch/2017/09/entwurf-des-datenschutzgesetzes.html

CNIL guide 2018 – “Security of Personal Data”

in English, incl.

  • Raising user awareness
  • Authenticating users
  • Access Management
  • Logging access and managing incidents
  • Securing workstations
  • Securing mobile data processing
  • Protecting the internal network
  • Securing servers
  • Securing websites
  • Ensuring continuity
  • Archiving securely
  • Supervising maintenance and data destruction
  • Managing data processors
  • Securing exchanges with other organisations
  • Physical security
  • Supervising software development
  • Encrypting, guaranteeing integrity and signing
  • Assess the security level of the personal data in your organisation

https://www.cnil.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/cnil_guide_securite_personnelle_gb_web.pdf