General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Switzerland

SEC Lifts Moratorium on Registering Swiss Investment Advisers

Ropes & Gray LLP on 6/18/2025

On June 10, 2025, the SEC issued a press release announcing that, effective immediately, it would resume processing new and pending registration applications of investment advisers with their principal office and place of...more

US SEC Gives Green Light to Swiss-Based Investment Adviser Registration Applications

Mayer Brown on 6/11/2025

On June 10, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will immediately resume processing new and pending registration applications of investment advisers with their principal office and place of...more

Legislative Update: Swiss Data Protection Act took effect September 1

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/11/2023

The new Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, known by the acronym “nFADP,” took effect on September 1. The law was enacted by the Swiss parliament in 2020. The law introduces new rights for Swiss citizens, but also...more

EU-US Data Privacy Framework Goes Live: What Are the Practical Implications?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/1/2023

The new framework provides an additional route for personal data transfers from the EEA to the US. On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (EC) took the final step to enable businesses to start relying on the new EU-US...more

The New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework in Half a Dozen FAQs

BakerHostetler on 7/13/2023

On July 10, 1962, NASA launched Telstar 1, the first active communications satellite linking Europe and the United States through live television transmission. Sixty-one years later, on July 10, 2023, the European Commission...more

Swiss FDPIC recognizes new EU SCC

Hogan Lovells on 9/30/2021

On 27 August 2021, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) formally recognised the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) for international transfers from Switzerland to third countries if...more

European Court of Justice Invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 10/1/2020

This past July, a decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the European Union-United States Privacy Shield framework (EU-U.S. Privacy Shield), one mechanism through which companies could transfer personal...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/3/2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for May 2018

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/20/2018

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

Jones Day on 3/15/2017

On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

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