The new EU General Data Protection Regulation in the Swiss SME practice: the journey is the reward?

The two SwissLegal lawyers Martin Frey and Carol Simona Rothenfluh, both facing the daily challenges of clients’ implementation issues with the new regulation, provide insight into the world of data protection.
Read more about this in the attached article (in German), as it was also published in the supplement to the Sonntagszeitung of 15 July 2018 on the topic of data protection ...

The new EU General Data Protection Regulation in the Swiss SME practice: the journey is the reward? (366 KB), pdf

Update

28 Aug 2026

The Swiss Transparency Register Is Coming: What SMEs Should Do Now to Prepare

On October 1, 2026, the revised Anti-Money Laundering Act and the new Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities and the Identification of Beneficial Owners—the TJPG for short—will take effect. The transparency register is legally governed by the TJPG and maintained by the Federal Office of Justice. This change by no means affects only banks or other financial intermediaries. In the future, the majority of Swiss stock corporations, limited liability companies, and cooperatives will be required to identify, verify, and document their beneficial owners and report them to the new registry.