SecureSafe is used by the court to transmit confidential data about public court hearings to accredited journalists.
Chiara Steffen
Client Relationship Manager
Phone +41 44 515 11 11
Initial situation
According to § 4 of the Ordinance of the Supreme Court on the Admission and Position of Court Reporters of 26th August 1988 (SHR 320.511), the Supreme Court and the Cantonal Court are obliged to duly inform the admitted court reporters of the dates of court sessions open to the media, including the names of the parties. The judiciary needs a secure tool to transmit lists of public hearings to journalists. These lists contain confidential data such as the full names of the parties involved (defendants and complainants).
Profile
High Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen
- Legal form: Second-instance judicial authority
- Seat: Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
- Sector: Administration
- Number of employees: >35
How SecureSafe helps the justice system
Team safe
More than 30 accredited media company employees and freelance journalists have access to the Supreme Court Team Safe. Here, the High Court stores the list of court hearings that are accessible to the public – in non-anonymised form.
High security
SecureSafe encrypts the files twice during data transport from the Supreme Court to the Team Safe and from the Team Safe to the media professionals. In addition to transport encryption (HTTPS), the data is also encrypted with AES-256.
Privacy
SecureSafe protects the personal data of journalists as well as the non-anonymised lists provided by the judiciary in Team Safe. For maximum data protection, neither the High Court nor SecureSafe has access to the journalists' login information.
