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• Data Protection Act (FADP)
• Chapter 1: Purpose, Scope of Application and Federal Supervisory Authority
• Chapter 2: General Provisions
• Chapter 3: Duties of the Controller and of the Processor
• Chapter 4: Rights of the Data Subject
• Chapter 5: Special Provisions on Data Processing by Private Persons
• Chapter 6: Special Provisions on Data Processing by Federal Bodies
• Chapter 7: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
• Chapter 8: Criminal Provisions
• Chapter 9: Conclusion of International Treaties
• Chapter 10: Final Provisions
• Art. 1 FADP – Purpose
• Art. 2 FADP – Personal and material scope of application
• Art. 3 FADP – Territorial scope of application
• Art. 4 FADP – Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
• Art. 5 FADP – Definitions
• Art. 6 FADP – Principles
• Art. 7 FADP – Data protection by design and data protection by default
• Art. 8 FADP – Data security
• Art. 9 FADP – Processing by processors
• Art. 10 FADP – Data protection officer
• Art. 11 FADP – Code of conduct
• Art. 12 FADP – Record of processing activities
• Art. 13 FADP – Certification
• Art. 14 FADP – Representative
• Art. 15 FADP – Duties of the representative
• Art. 16 FADP – Principles
• Art. 17 FADP – Exceptions
• Art. 18 FADP – Publication of personal data in electronic form
• Art. 19 FADP – Duty to provide information when collecting personal data
• Art. 20 FADP – Exceptions from the duty to provide information and restrictions
• Art. 21 FADP – Duty to provide information in the case of an automated individual decision
• Art. 22 FADP – Data protection impact assessment
• Art. 23 FADP – Consultation of the FDPIC
• Art. 24 FADP – Notifications of data security breaches
• Art. 25 FADP – Right to information
• Art. 26 FADP – Limitations on the right to information
• Art. 27 FADP – Limitation on the right to information for the media
• Art. 28 FADP – Right to data portability
• Art. 29 FADP – Restrictions on the right to data portability
• Art. 30 FADP – Breaches of personality rights
• Art. 31 FADP – Grounds for justification
• Art. 32 FADP – Legal rights
• Art. 33 FADP – Control and responsibility in the case of the joint processing of personal data
• Art. 34 FADP – Legal basis
• Art. 35 FADP – Automated data processing as part of pilot trials
• Art. 36 FADP – Disclosure of personal data
• Art. 37 FADP – Objecting to the disclosure of personal data
• Art. 38 FADP – Offering documents to the Federal Archives
• Art. 39 FADP – Data processing for purposes not related to specific persons
• Art. 40 FADP – Private law activities by federal bodies
• Art. 41 FADP – Rights and procedures
• Art. 42 FADP – Procedure for disclosing official documents that contain personal data
• Art. 43 FADP – Election and status
• Art. 44 FADP – Term of office, re-election and termination of office
• Art. 44a FADP – Reprimand
• Art. 45 FADP – Budget
• Art. 46 FADP – Incompatibility
• Art. 47 FADP – Additional occupation
• Art. 47a FADP – Recusal
• Art. 48 FADP – Self-regulation of the FDPIC
• Art. 49 FADP – Investigation
• Art. 50 FADP – Powers
• Art. 51 FADP – Administrative measures
• Art. 52 FADP – Procedure
• Art. 53 FADP – Coordination
• Art. 54 FADP – Administrative assistance between Swiss authorities
• Art. 55 FADP – Administrative assistance for foreign authorities
• Art. 56 FADP – Register
• Art. 57 FADP – Information
• Art. 58 FADP – Further tasks
• Art. 59 FADP – Fees
• Art. 60 FADP – Violation of the duty to provide information, the right to information and the duty to cooperate
• Art. 61 FADP – Violation of duties of care
• Art. 62 FADP – Violation of the professional duty of confidentiality
• Art. 63 FADP – Disregard of decisions
• Art. 64 FADP – Corporate criminal liability
• Art. 65 FADP – Jurisdiction
• Art. 66 FADP – Statute of limitations for prosecution
• Art. 67 FADP – Conclusion of International Treaties
• Art. 68 FADP – Repeal and amendment of other legislation
• Art. 69 FADP – Transitional provisions relating to ongoing instances of processing
• Art. 70 FADP – Transitional provision relating to ongoing proceedings
• Art. 71 FADP – Transitional provision relating to the data of legal entities
• Art. 72 FADP – Transitional provision relating to the Commissioner's election and termination of office
• Art. 72a FADP – Transitional provision relating to the Commissioner’s employment contract
• Art. 73 FADP – Coordination
• Art. 74 FADP – Referendum and commencement
• Data Protection Ordinance (DPO)
• Chapter 1: General Provisions (DPO)
• Chapter 2: Obligations of the Controller (DPO)
• Chapter 3: Rights of the Data Subject (DPO)
• Chapter 4: Special Provisions on Data Processing by Private Persons (DPO)
• Chapter 5: Special Provisions on Data Processing by Federal Bodies (DPO)
• Chapter 6: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (DPO)
• Chapter 7: Final Provisions (DPO)
• Art. 1 DPO – Principles
• Art. 2 DPO – Goals
• Art. 3 DPO – Technical and organisational measures
• Art. 4 DPO – Logging
• Art. 5 DPO – Processing regulations for private persons
• Art. 6 DPO – Processing regulations for federal bodies
• Art. 7 DPO – Processing by Processors
• Art. 8 DPO – Assessing the adequacy of the data protection offered by a State, territory, specified sector in a State, or international body
• Art. 9 DPO – Data protection clauses and specific guarantees
• Art. 10 DPO – Standard data protection clauses
• Art. 11 DPO – Binding corporate rules
• Art. 12 DPO – Code of conduct and certification
• Art. 13 DPO – Modalities of the duty to provide information
• Art. 14 DPO – Retention of the data protection impact assessment
• Art. 15 DPO – Report of breaches of data security
• Art. 16 DPO – Modalities
• Art. 17 DPO – Responsibility
• Art. 18 DPO – Deadline
• Art. 19 DPO – Exception to the requirement not to charge fees
• Art. 20 DPO – Scope of the right
• Art. 21 DPO – Technical requirements for implementation
• Art. 22 DPO – Deadline, modalities and responsibility
• Art. 23 DPO – Data protection officer
• Art. 24 DPO – Exemption from the obligation to keep a record of processing activities
• Art. 25 DPO – Appointment
• Art. 26 DPO – Requirements and tasks
• Art. 27 DPO – Obligations of the federal body
• Art. 28 DPO – Contact point for the FDPIC
• Art. 29 DPO – Duty to provide information in the event of the disclosure of personal data
• Art. 30 DPO – Duty to provide information in the event of the systematic collection of personal data
• Art. 31 DPO – Notifying the FDPIC of Projects for the Automated Processing of Personal Data
• Art. 32 DPO – Mandatory nature of the pilot trial
• Art. 33 DPO – Procedure for authorising the pilot trial
• Art. 34 DPO – Evaluation report
• Art. 35 DPO – Data Processing for Purposes not related to Specific Persons
• Art. 36 DPO – Seat and permanent secretariat
• Art. 37 DPO – Method of communication
• Art. 37a DPO – Conclusion and amendment of declarations of intent
• Art. 38 DPO – Notice of decisions, guidelines and projects
• Art. 39 DPO – Processing personal data
• Art. 40 DPO – Self-regulation
• Art. 41 DPO – Cooperation with the National Cybersecurity Centre
• Art. 42 DPO – Register of processing activities by federal authorities
• Art. 43 DPO – Code of conduct
• Art. 44 DPO – Fees
• Art. 45 DPO – Repeal and amendment of other legislation
• Art. 46 DPO – Transitional provisions
• Art. 47 DPO – Commencement
• Guide
• Messengers compared
• Crash course on the Act
• Viewpoint
• Element (Matrix) and data protection
• Session and data protection
• Signal and data protection
• Telegram and data protection
• Threema and data protection
• WhatsApp and data protection
• Wire and data protection
• Why I don’t use WhatsApp
• What is my employer allowed to know about me?
• Credit databases: what credit agencies store about you
• Data breach at a company – what should you do?
• Children’s data on the internet
• So much for “I have nothing to hide” – why data protection concerns everyone
• Your neighbour’s video surveillance – what is allowed?
• Stopping advertising and address trading
• An overview of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection
• Your rights under the Federal Act on Data Protection
• Obligations of companies under the FADP
• Data security and data breaches
• Transferring data abroad
• Data protection in digital marketing
• Data protection in healthcare, finance, work and school
• Artificial intelligence, big data and blockchain
• Data protection for SMEs: the essentials in practice
• Current developments in data protection
• Learning about data protection: awareness in everyday life and at work
• Summary and where to get help
• For businesses and associations
• Legal notice
• Privacy policy
• Contact
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• Report to the FDPIC

Guide (German)

• Archiv
• DSGVO-Rekordstrafe gegen Meta
• EU-Datenschutz-Angemessenheitsbeschluss für die Schweiz