Data Protection Officer of the University

The University of Basel places great value on the protection of personal data and compliance with the relevant statutory regulations.
Personal data is widely used within the University of Basel. This makes data protection relevant to everyone, whether as a person whose data is collected and processed, or as an employee, student, or researcher who collects and processes data.

28 January 2026 - Data Protection Day

European Data Protection Day will take place on 28 January 2026. It was established in 2006 and has been held annually ever since. The date marks the anniversary of the adoption by the Council of Europe of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data.

The data and information classification directive that came into force on 1 October 2025 supports the implementation of the requirements of the European Data Protection Convention.

The mandatory ADAM self-study learning course on data classification provides the essential foundations for the correct and responsible handling of information and data at the University of Basel.

Complete the ADAM self-study learning course now and contribute to effective data protection.

More information on European Data Protection Day can be found here: Data Protection Day - 28 January

The cooperation and sensitivity of every individual is needed to ensure the university can provide effective data protection.

Data protection is a form of protection of personal rights. Contrary to the implication of the term “data protection”, it is not data, but people who are protected from violation of their personal rights by incorrect or illegal handling of their data.

One of the Data Protection Officer's most important tasks is to provide expert advice and concrete support for members of the University of Basel in all matters relating to data protection: from general questions to declarations of consent, from approval of new IT services to review of the compliance of research projects with data protection.

You can contact the Data Protection Officer's team by Email at any time: datenschutz@unibas.ch