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title: "Swiss FADP Article 27: Limitation on the right to information for the media"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/swiss-fadp/article-27"
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# Swiss FADP Article 27: Limitation on the right to information for the media

_Chapter 4_

1 If personal data are processed exclusively for their publication in the editorial section of a periodically published medium, the controller may refuse, restrict or delay the provision of information for one of the following reasons: (a) The data reveals the sources of the information. (b) The provision of information would allow access to drafts of publications. (c) The provision of information would compromise the freedom of the public to shape their own opinions.

2 Journalists may also refuse, restrict or delay the provision of information if they are using the personal data exclusively as an aid to their own personal work.

Source text reproduced from Fedlex, Classified Compilation SR 235.1, English translation, version in force from 1 September 2023 and marked for verification against the official source. Cross-checked against a second reproduction.