Switzerland Laws
Verleumdung in Switzerland: Art. 174 StGB and Why Truth Is No Defence
Verleumdung under Art. 174 StGB: the knowing falsity requirement, why truth is no defence, the aggravated form, and how it differs from Art. 173.
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Defamation in Switzerland: Üble Nachrede (Art. 173 StGB) and Beschimpfung (Art. 177 StGB)
Swiss defamation under Art. 173 StGB (üble Nachrede) and Art. 177 StGB (Beschimpfung): the penalties, the limited truth defence and the complaint deadline.
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Switzerland Laws
Video Surveillance and Private Cameras in Switzerland: Art. 179quater StGB
Swiss law on home, doorbell and dashcam footage under Art. 179quater StGB and the nDSG: what a camera may capture, and what a filmed neighbour can do.
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Switzerland Laws
Is It Legal to Record a Conversation in Switzerland? Art. 179ter StGB Explained
Switzerland is not a one party consent country. Recording a private conversation you are part of, without consent, is a crime under Art. 179ter StGB.
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Switzerland Laws
Switzerland Recording Law: Audio Recording, Video Surveillance and Criminal Liability
How Swiss law splits recording into audio and video offences under Art. 179bis to 179quinquies StGB, and why a participant needs consent too.
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Netherlands Laws
Privacy Law in the Netherlands: the AVG, the AP and the Right Route
Dutch privacy law runs on the AVG and the Uitvoeringswet AVG, supervised by the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens. Which body decides what, and where to go.
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Netherlands Laws
Neighbour Security Cameras in the Netherlands: Camera bij Buren
When a home camera loses the household exemption under artikel 2 lid 2 onder c AVG, the AP camera rules, and the civil route against a neighbour's camera.
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Netherlands Laws
AVG in the Netherlands: the Uitvoeringswet AVG and the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
How the AVG works in the Netherlands: what the Uitvoeringswet AVG adds, what the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens can do, your rights and the 72-hour rule.
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Netherlands Laws
Drone Rules in the Netherlands: Registration, No-Fly Zones and the AVG
Dutch drone rules explained: the open, specifiek and gecertificeerd categories, when RDW registration is triggered, no-fly zones, and how the AVG applies.
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Netherlands Laws
Complaint to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens: Tip, Klacht and the Faster Route
Complaining to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens: tip versus klacht versus datalektip, the prior-contact rule, the real timelines and the artikel 35 route.
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Switzerland Laws
Führerausweisentzug in der Schweiz: Die Entzugsleitern nach Art. 16 SVG
Führerausweisentzug Schweiz: die Stufen nach Art. 16 SVG bei leichter, mittelschwerer und schwerer Widerhandlung, mit den jeweiligen Rückblickfristen.
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Switzerland Laws
Verkehrsrecht Schweiz: Bussen, Strafverfahren und Führerausweisentzug
Verkehrsrecht Schweiz: wie ein Vorfall zugleich eine Ordnungsbusse, ein Strafverfahren nach SVG und einen separaten Führerausweisentzug auslösen kann.
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