The Swiss Data Protection Act (FADP and nFADP)

This section sets out details of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and highlights its guiding principles as well as the issues involved in this legislation.
The second part of this section provides an introduction to the revision of the Data Protection Act (the new Federal Act on Data Protection, or nFADP) and presents what is new in this legislation as well as the steps that will be put in place to guard against the risks related to the handling and processing of personal data.