Our references

As our department is not the only one to deal with the various themes linked to this subject, we have built up a network of reliable partners with whom we collaborate in the fields of heritage, academia and music, just as we benefit from the expertise and work carried out by international organisations.

The UNIL internal directives that apply to our activity are as follows:

• Directive 0.12: Information resources and archives of the University of Lausanne (new version dated 30.03.2015).
• Directive 0.3: Code of ethics concerning the borrowing of quotations and the use of various sources.
• Guideline 0.5: Obligation to provide information and conservation of documents relating to individuals.
• Guideline 0.6: Transmission of information relating to the protection of privacy.
• Guideline 6.9: Computer files and protection of personal data.

The laws and regulations of the Canton of Vaud that apply to our business are mainly as follows:

• Law on archiving (LArch) of 14 June 2011
• Information Act (LInfo) of 24 September 2002
• The Personal Data Protection Act (LPrD) of 11 September 2007
• Law on the University of Lausanne (LUL) of 6 July 2004

and their respective implementing regulations.

At federal level, certain laws or ordinances supplement our domestic regulatory framework. These are the main texts.

• Federal law of 19 June 1992 on data protection (LPD)
• Federal Law on copyright and related rights of 9 October 1992.
• Code of Obligations of 30 March 1911.
• Ordinance of 24 April 2002 on the keeping and preservation of account books (Olico).
• Ordinance on the electronic authentic instrument (OAAE) of 23 September 2011.
• Law of 19 December 2003 on certification services in the field of electronic signatures (Electronic Signature Law, SCSE).
• Ordinance of the Federal Department of Finance of 11 December 2009 on electronic data and information (OelDI).
• Ordinance of 18 June 2010 on electronic communication within the framework of administrative procedures.
• Ordinance of 18 June 2010 on electronic communication within the framework of civil and criminal proceedings and proceedings relating to debt collection and bankruptcy.