Federal government gives data security good marks
In terms of data protection, Switzerland can perform relatively well compared to other countries. In particular, the concepts of open data and shared data are promising approaches.
A report by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) concludes that Switzerland does "relatively well" in the area of data processing and data security compared to the EU. For example, the concepts of Open Data and Shared Data are fundamentally based on the principle of voluntariness. These would reflect the liberal conception of the Swiss economy and culture and guarantee the private sector the greatest possible independence, it continues.
These elements are "priority and promising approaches" for the voluntary exchange of factual data in the private sector. In this context, the IGP points to the changes in the European environment: A common goal should be to either make Swiss data spaces technically and legally compatible with their European counterparts, or to ensure that private sector actors in our country have access to European data spaces, the IPI writes in a release.
Source: www.ige.ch
