Amendment of the Ordinance on Civil Status, 28 November 1988.
This Amendment inserts into the Swiss Ordinance on Civil Status of 1 June 1953 provisions relating to the electronic management of data. It provides that the authorization of such systems of management is left to cantonal authorities and that the cantonal authorities are to furnish information about such systems to the Federal Office of Civil Status. It also provides rules on limited access to data, reports based on data, and forms, among other things. In addition, the Amendment makes a number of small changes in the Ordinance relating to names, security of data, publication, foreign domicile, and the application of national law, among other things.
D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D012106:Research; D013557:Switzerland
Communication; Data Collection--legal aspects; Developed Countries; Europe; Information Distribution--legal aspects; Laws And Statutes; Research Methodology; Switzerland; Western Europe