Jusletter IT

Cloud providers, hosters of online stores and other business partners offer storing services for companies and private individuals that substantially simplify the access and editing of data saved online. The unpleasant surprise, however, can apply when such service partners go bankrupt: the Swiss bankruptcy law does not include a data owner’s right to access or claim digital data that is saved on data mediums of insolvent businesses. The author analyses the issue and demonstrates solution approaches for facing the challenges in practice. (ah)