This report depicts the relevant law concerning individuals’ disclosure of their personal data in Switzerland. Because of the expected total revision, this report does not only cover the Data Protection Act in its current version, but also the version that is to come into force by next year....

This report deals with Japanese data law within the framework of a comparative study from legal studies, cultural studies and business informatics, which aims to investigate the extent to which decisions to disclose personal data are based on a cultural imprint as well as on the existing legal...

About the rough structure of the document: First, addressing the accompanying cultural conditions – which interact with the legal system in the focus – an attempt is made to provide an initial sketch of the ‘cultural vectors of data disclosure’ in the US (see A.I.1. and A.I.2.). These...

This publication systematizes the European Commission’s Proposal for a Data Act. The text of the Proposal is presented in a structured form, along with the pertinent recitals and references to existing legislation. Where appropriate, the contents of the Proposal are outlined and briefly put...

This paper introduces the research design of the interdisciplinary project Vectors of data disclosure – A comparative study of the use of personal data from a legal, cultural studies, and information systems perspective[1], funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital...