Guidelines
Personal data is subject to special legal protection. For example, the Data Protection Act of the Canton of Basel-Stadt specifies which data is to be given special protection: "Personal data requiring special protection includes, in particular, information about religious, ideological or political views or activities, personal confidentiality, mental, psychological or physical condition, the use of social counselling or assistance, and information about a criminal prosecution or conviction."
Reglemente & Richtlinien
Laws and Regulations
A number of laws and regulations concern the use of information technology. In particular, copyright law, criminal law (child pornography, etc.) and private law (insults, etc.) should be mentioned here.
- Art 13. of the Federal Constitution
- Federal law of 19 June 1992 on data protection (DSG)
- Federal Ordinance to the Data Protection Act
- Civil Code: Article 28
- Information and Data Protection Act Basel-City
- Data protection Canton Basel
- Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner
- Guidelines for the processing of personal data in the medical sector from the Federal Data Protection Commissioner
- Data Protection Officer Zurich