What follows 2022? The year 2023 and various legal changes

The turn of the year is not only the opportunity to review the previous year or to prepare and perform the legal obligations such as the preparation of the balance sheet and income statement. The turn of the year is also always a preview of the legal changes that are to come in the new year. It is one of the duties of every business owner, board of directors or managing director to be aware of legal changes and to carry out any necessary risk assessments or to initiate measures to implement legal requirements. We would like to give you an overview of the legal changes - many times we have reported on them in detailed articles during the year. You can find everything in compact form here.

Data protection, financial market law, corporate lawSven KohlmeierDecember 21, 2022Wicki Partners AGWicki Partners AG, data protection, revision of data protection law, company law, revision of stock corporation law, stock corporation law2020, OR, DSG, revision, New Year's Day

Total revision of the Data Protection Act finally passed

In the final straight, the total revision of the Data Protection Act came to a standstill once again, as the National Council and the Council of States did not quite agree on some details. Today, the parliament finally got the draft law over the finish line.

As a result, the total revision is a moderate renewal and approximation to the GDPR, but less strict and comprehensive than originally envisaged.

Data protectionGuest author25 September 2020Wicki Partners AGData protection, DSG

Update on the total revision of the Data Protection Act

The National Council's State Policy Committee (SPK-NR) has concluded its deliberations on the bill for the total revision of the Data Protection Act(17.059). However, the bill was only narrowly adopted, by the casting vote of the president, after nine votes to nine with seven abstentions. It shows that there is still no agreement among the various interest groups and that the revision of the law will therefore take longer than originally planned. In addition, the Commission decided that the new law should only come into force after a transitional period of two years. This would mean that we will probably not have a new data protection law until around 2022/2023.

Data protectionGuest author21 August 2019Revision of the Data Protection Act, Data Protection Act, DPA

GDPR fine for a Dutch hospital due to insufficient TOMs

A Dutch hospital was fined because several unauthorised hospital employees accessed the electronic patient file of a prominent person (brief information in English as well as original report in Dutch).

Such incidents are unfortunately not isolated cases. In Switzerland, for example, the attempted sale of Michael Schumacher's patient file caused a stir, and in Germany, the Tugce case revealed that despite internal guidelines, an above-average number of hospital staff read Ms Tugce's patient file.

Data protectionGuest author22 July 2019DSG, DSGVO, data protection