Art. 38 DPO

Notice of decisions, guidelines and projects

Chapter 6: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner

Statutory textStatus: 1 December 2025

¹ The departments and the Federal Chancellery shall notify the FDPIC of their decisions in anonymised form and of their guidelines relating to data protection.

² The federal authorities shall submit all legislative drafts to the FDPIC that relate to the processing of personal data, data protection and access to official documents.

Source: Version on FedlexThis translation is not an official version. Only the German, French and Italian versions are legally binding.

In brief

The departments and the Federal Chancellery notify the FDPIC of their decisions relating to data protection in anonymised form and of their guidelines. Federal bodies submit to it all legislative drafts relating to the processing of personal data, data protection or access to official documents.

What does this mean for me?

This rule concerns the federal administration. For you, it means: the FDPIC sees new rules affecting your data while they are still in draft form.

Explanation by mydatenschutz.ch in plain language – not legal advice. The statutory text is authoritative.