The Revised Swiss Data Protection Act – What's New?

In September 2020, the Swiss parliament adopted the new Federal Data Act on Protection ("FADP"). The law is expected to enter into force in September 2023, although the respective ordinance, which will provide for more details, was still being drafted at the time of publication of this article.

Although the basic data protection principles that apply today will not fundamentally change with the new law, there are some sticking points that need to be taken into account. As we all know, the devil is in the details.

Not only big corporations but also small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) should consider data protection from a governance and risk perspective, and the new FADP offers the ideal (and probably mandatory) opportunity to do so.