Legal basis Data protection
Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation
Federal Act
Ordinance
Guidelines
Legal basis: Previous Data Protection Act (valid until 31.08.2023)
Today, the new entirely revised Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) enters into force. Thereby, the Schengen Data Protection Law, which implemented the Regulation (EU) 2016/680, is being abrogated. The rules of Regulation (EU) are included in the new FADP.
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International legal basis
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)