Switzerland: Privacy

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Switzerland’s financial-technology sector runs on data — and since the revised Federal Act on Data Protection took effect, the rules for handling that data have become materially stricter. This article sets out what FinTech providers operating in or into Switzerland need to know, how the data protection regime works in practice, and how it dovetails with the financial-market rules supervised by FINMA

In Switzerland, data protection is primarily governed by the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection of 25 September 2020 (Data Protection Act, FADP)...

In a new landmark ruling, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has clarified that non-accused third parties may also invoke protection of legal privilege, privacy and other legally protected secrets, such as the medical secret, in the context of unsealing proceedings.

Automated vehicles are rolling data centers that continuously collect, process, and transmit vast amounts of data to navigate safely.

In a landmark decision 7B_550/2024 of 23 January 2026, the Federal Supreme Court overturned its recent case law to permit criminal prosecution authorities to make a preventive mirror copy of an electronic device...