Questions tagged [switzerland]
Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the contrary of Switzerland and its cantons.
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Are unmatched asterisks allowed in ads?
I received a flyer which advertises a "free" service trial. The word "free" appears three times overall and each time it has an asterisk, but neither on the front nor on the back ...
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Fake company. What charges to raise in Swiss law?
Which are in Switzerland the possible charges against a self-employed person that never declared his professional activity but uses a company name to be invoiced and has a company website?
The ...
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Can a country exit the TRIPS Agreement without exiting the WTO?
Is it possible for a country to exit the TRIPS Agreement without exiting the WTO?
My question is basically whether or not the TRIPS Agreement is an essential part of the WTO or basically ...
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Copy of ID card: blacken / hide fields that are not relevant (Switzerland)
In recent c't there is an article about GDPR (Sorry for the German). In Switzerland there is so far no GDPR, but we have a similar mechanism called Auskunftsrecht.
In article there is written that ...
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Cyclist contacts overtaking car - who is at fault?
Say a car narrowly overtakes a cyclist who at that moment starts to signal that they want to turn by extending their arm outwards toward the car. The car left so little room that the cyclist ...
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Legal protections for an expired email domain
Recently, there was a question on Information Security which asked what could be done to protect the confidentiality of his contacts in the case that his custom email domain expires and someone else ...
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"No logs" in Switzerland and Internet crime
ProtonVPN says that their servers are in Switzerland and that:
Under Swiss law, we are not obligated to save any user connection logs, nor can we be forced to perform targeted logging on specific ...
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Does creating an unpaid event poster for a commercial event constitute commercial use?
Licenses of artworks or stock photos often state that they are free for non-commercial use.
Assume I create a poster for an event. I do not sell the poster, but the event is commercial (has an entry ...
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Can I legally publish a compilation of copyrighted material without licence? How?
I have bought a book A which contains much content, and a second book B which relies on some of that content. I took the time to compile only the content from A that is relevant for use with B into a ...
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How can a country reclaim money held in Swiss bank(s)?
Suppose, a 3rd world country X had a corrupt/autocratic government in the 90's. Politicians embezzled a lot of public money and deposited them in various banks in Switzerland.
In the 2010's, that ...
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Swiss naturalization
My crude understanding has been that one can become a citizen of Switzerland only by becoming a citizen of one of the cantons, and one can become a citizen of a canton only by becoming a citizen of a ...
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Why do legal documents often have a place next to the date?
I am talking about Switzerland. So why is there often a line for the place next to the date? Is it for some historic reason, to be easier to archive or is it to prevent fraud? Does anybody know more ...
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Is this a pyramid scheme? If so, how do I stop it?
A dear, yet very naive friend of mine has fallen into the hands of what I think to be a pyramid company (operating from switzerland). I've talked with this friend of mine for a while yet she is ...
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How is this Swiss university job application not age discrimination?
I see a reference to age discrimination under Swiss law which says:
The prohibition of age discrimination is a fundamental right guaranteed by the
Swiss Federal Constitution (Article 8, ...
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Aviation regulation in Liechtenstein, Dominica and Tuvalu?
I have understood that both Liechtenstein, Dominica and Tuvalu are not members of ICAO. I have also read that Liechtenstein have delegated the application of treaty to Switzerland.
My question is the ...
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