Information event on «State electronic proof of identity (e-ID)»

We are pleased to invite you to the information event on the e-ID Act on 26 April 2017: we will meet from 14:15 to 16:45 at the Hotel Bern, Zeughausgasse 9, 3011 Bern.

The present draft of a Federal Act on Recognised Electronic Means of Identification (e-ID Act, in consultation since February) proposes to hand over state electronic identification to companies and organisations that are certified for this purpose. Over the past few months, the Swiss Data Alliance has studied the concept underlying the bill in depth. We are of the opinion that, in this form, it will hardly succeed. However credible the companies and organisations that are certified as issuers of state electronic identity documents may be – users will never place the same trust in them as in a state body that performs this task as a sovereign function. Yet this undivided trust is the basis for a successful electronic Swiss passport and thus the foundation for the success of the digital economy and administration in Switzerland.

The Swiss Data Alliance wants to present its position on the e-ID to interested organisations, companies and individuals and to put it up for discussion. To this end, we are inviting you to an information event on 26 April, from 14.15 to 16.45, at the Hotel Bern (registration: see below). The position paper and further documents on the e-ID are enclosed with this invitation or can be requested from the email addresses given below. The Swiss Data Alliance’s comments on the e-ID Act will be sent to the registered participants of the event of 26 April.

Registration and any questions to:

André Golliez, President of the Swiss Data Alliance Telephone: +41 79 669 05 52
Email: golliez@opendataconsulting.ch

Christian Laux, Vice-President of the Swiss Data Alliance Telephone: +41 79 737 57 74
Email: christian.laux@lauxlawyers.ch

Who is the Swiss Data Alliance?

The Swiss Data Alliance was founded on 22 March 2017 by the following associations: the Swiss telecommunications association asut, the Swiss association of ICT providers Swico, the association Daten und Gesundheit, the Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services and the association Opendata.ch.

The Swiss Data Alliance is committed to a forward-looking data policy in Switzerland: data is an intangible resource from which everyone can benefit. For data to unfold its full innovative potential, it must be as openly accessible and freely usable as possible. The right balance must be found between the claims of companies to protection of their investments and free use of their business data, those of individuals to protection of their privacy and participation in the exploitation of their personal data, and those of the public to open access to the administrative and research data it finances.

The Swiss Data Alliance’s founding document is available at /swiss-data-alliance/.