Chapter 1
Swiss FADP Article 1: Purpose
This Act has the purpose of protecting the personality and fundamental rights of natural persons whose personal data is processed.
Switzerland enacts in German, French and Italian. This is Fedlex's English translation, which Fedlex itself publishes without legal force. Where a word matters, the German, French or Italian text governs and this page does not. Every other instrument in this library is reproduced from its own authentic language text; this one is the exception and says so on every page.
Source: official text on Fedlex. Last checked 29 October 2026.