As privacy in banking breaks down, will Switzerland become the private email resource for the world?

https://www.pogowasright.org/protonmail-wins-swiss-appeal-over-surveillance-rules/

Protonmail wins Swiss appeal over surveillance rules

Michael Shields reports some good news for Protonmail users who were concerned by a recent case in which Swiss authorities required Proton to log a user’s IP address.

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court upheld its appeal against the Swiss Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Service (PTSS) over its status and obligations to monitor traffic.

The court confirmed that email services cannot be considered telecommunications providers in Switzerland, and thus are not subject to the data retention requirements imposed on them.

Read more on Reuters.

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PTSS had decided in September 2020 that Proton and ProtonVPN could no longer benefit from limited surveillance obligations, but had to store data necessary for surveillance and be available to answer its questions around the clock.

The court overturned that ruling and sent the case back for a fresh decision.

The verdict followed a Swiss Supreme Court ruling in April that providers of chat, instant messaging, Internet video or telephone services, or email services such as Threema, WhatsApp, iMessage, Zoom, Teams, Chime or Skype were not telecom service providers but rather "over-the-top" (OTT) service providers.

"Together, these two rulings are a victory for privacy in Switzerland and a victory for Swiss tech startups as they exempt them from onerous telco regulations and handing over certain user information in response to Swiss legal orders," Proton said in a statement.

So what is everyone else doing? Is there a consensus?

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Perspective.

https://www.reuters.com/article/retail-robots-ocado/focus-in-ocados-world-the-rise-of-the-machines-is-unstoppable-idUSL8N2RF4UD

In Ocado's world, the rise of the machines is unstoppable

In a warehouse in London’s suburbs, thousands of robots swarm in a mesmerising dance across the top of a grid the size of six football pitches, racing to supply groceries to the British capital’s shoppers.

… Jensen says automation is “the number one boardroom pre-occupation for retailers”, driven not just by the shortage of workers but also an acknowledgement that the pandemic has moved the dial on online groceries.

Analysts expect online ordering to make up 15-20% of total grocery sales in major markets in the medium term.

Many grocers have concluded that in densely populated areas the old model of solely store picking online orders for delivery may not be the best use of capital.

Firms such as Walmart and Tesco have been working with tech groups such as Dematic, Fabric and Alert Innovation, mostly with a focus on smaller-scale micro fulfilment centres, often next to stores.