International cooperation

Effective data protection also requires cooperation between data protection authorities at international level and the development of cross-border standards. It must be possible to provide coordinated responses in the case of transnational data processing, which has become a ubiquitous reality, and to guarantee the same rights to all persons whose data is processed (the data subjects), regardless of their place of residence. To this end, the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner (FDPIC) participates in the work of the following bodies:

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