Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (Swiss FADP)

• Article 1 Purpose
• Article 2 Personal and material scope of application
• Article 3 Territorial scope of application
• Article 4 Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner

Section 1: Definitions and Principles

• Article 5 Definitions
• Article 6 Principles
• Article 7 Data protection by design and data protection by default
• Article 8 Data security
• Article 9 Processing by processors
• Article 10 Data protection officer
• Article 11 Code of conduct
• Article 12 Record of processing activities
• Article 13 Certification

Section 2: Data Processing by Private Controllers with Registered Office or Domicile Abroad

• Article 14 Representative
• Article 15 Duties of the representative

Section 3: Cross-Border Disclosure of Personal Data

• Article 16 Principles
• Article 17 Exceptions
• Article 18 Publication of personal data in electronic form

• Article 19 Duty to provide information when collecting personal data
• Article 20 Exceptions from the duty to provide information and restrictions
• Article 21 Duty to provide information in the case of an automated individual decision
• Article 22 Data protection impact assessment
• Article 23 Consultation of the FDPIC
• Article 24 Notifications of data security breaches

• Article 25 Right to information
• Article 26 Limitations on the right to information
• Article 27 Limitation on the right to information for the media
• Article 28 Right to data portability
• Article 29 Restrictions on the right to data portability

• Article 30 Breaches of personality rights
• Article 31 Grounds for justification
• Article 32 Legal rights

• Article 33 Control and responsibility in the case of the joint processing of personal data
• Article 34 Legal basis
• Article 35 Automated data processing as part of pilot trials
• Article 36 Disclosure of personal data
• Article 37 Objecting to the disclosure of personal data
• Article 38 Offering documents to the Federal Archives
• Article 39 Data processing for purposes not related to specific persons
• Article 40 Private law activities by federal bodies
• Article 41 Rights and procedures
• Article 42 Procedure for disclosing official documents that contain personal data

Section 1: Organisation

• Article 43 Election and status
• Article 44 Term of office, re-election and termination of office
• Article 45 Budget
• Article 46 Incompatibility
• Article 47 Additional occupation
• Article 48 Self-regulation of the FDPIC

Section 2: Investigation of Violations of Data Protection Regulations

• Article 49 Investigation
• Article 50 Powers
• Article 51 Administrative measures
• Article 52 Procedure
• Article 53 Coordination

Section 3: Administrative Assistance

• Article 54 Administrative assistance between Swiss authorities
• Article 55 Administrative assistance for foreign authorities

Section 4: Other Tasks of the FDPIC

• Article 56 Register
• Article 57 Information
• Article 58 Further tasks

Section 5: Fees

• Article 59

• Article 60 Violation of obligations to provide access and information or to cooperate
• Article 61 Violation of duties of care
• Article 62 Violation of the professional duty of confidentiality
• Article 63 Disregard of decisions
• Article 64 Corporate criminal liability
• Article 65 Jurisdiction
• Article 66 Statute of limitations for prosecution

• Article 67

• Article 68 Repeal and amendment of other legislation
• Article 69 Transitional provisions relating to ongoing instances of processing
• Article 70 Transitional provision relating to ongoing proceedings
• Article 71 Transitional provision relating to the data of legal entities
• Article 72 Transitional provision relating to the Commissioner's election and termination of office
• Article 73 Coordination
• Article 74 Referendum and commencement