Data Pro­tec­tion Day 2019

On the occa­si­on of Data Pro­tec­tion Day, the fede­ral and can­to­nal data pro­tec­tion aut­ho­ri­ties dis­cus­sed com­mon chal­lenges in the are­as of elections/ballots, poli­ce and AHV num­bers on Janu­ary 28, 2019.

1. Elections/Votes: In the upco­ming par­lia­men­ta­ry elec­tions next fall, tho­se elec­ted in the Gui­de from last Decem­ber The prin­ci­ples for­mu­la­ted for data pro­ce­s­sing in the poli­ti­cal con­text are being applied for the first time. The main aim is to make the use of digi­tal media and tech­no­lo­gies in elec­tions (and votes) reco­gnizable and com­pre­hen­si­ble to the voter, thus taking into account the con­cern for a free and undis­tor­ted vote.
2. Poli­ce: In the near future, the Fede­ral law imple­men­ting the (EU) Direc­ti­ve 2016/680 (fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of the Schen­gen acquis) will enter into force. Howe­ver, the Fede­ral Coun­cil reso­lu­ti­on requi­red for ent­ry into force is not yet available, and the date of ent­ry into force has not yet been set. – In addi­ti­on to various amend­ments to the laws appli­ca­ble in the Schen­gen area in cri­mi­nal mat­ters, the new, litt­le-known Schen­gen Data Pro­tec­tion Act will also be imple­men­ted; this will com­ple­te the first stage of the data pro­tec­tion law revi­si­on bill and imple­ment the requi­re­ments of the Schen­gen acquis in the area of cri­mi­nal law.
3. Syste­ma­tic use of the AHV num­berWith a new direc­ti­ve curr­ent­ly in the con­sul­ta­ti­on pha­se, the Adap­t­ati­on of the AHV law it is inten­ded to gene­ral­ly allow admi­ni­stra­ti­ons at the fede­ral, can­to­nal and muni­ci­pal level to use the AHV num­ber as an iden­ti­fier out­side the social secu­ri­ty sec­tor as well. This pro­ject is con­side­red by the data pro­tec­tion aut­ho­ri­ties to be asso­cia­ted with con­sidera­ble risks, which are to be taken into account with increa­sed requi­re­ments for such pro­ce­s­sing, name­ly the obli­ga­ti­on to con­duct regu­lar risk impact assessments.