Data Protection Revisited - Report on the Law of Data Disclosure in Switzerland

This report depicts the relevant law concerning individuals’ disclosure of their personal data in Switzerland. Because of the expected total revision, this report does not only cover the Data Protection Act in its current version, but also the version that is to come into force by next year. This report follows a structure as to which it is possible to identify similarities and divergences between the old and the new law in various factors that might influence one’s decision to disclose one’s personal data, such as transparency, legal protection, or various organizational compliance. The findings shall help us establish the legal and cultural understanding of the concept of privacy in Switzerland as well as enable a comparative study with other data protection regimes worldwide