2C_275/2023: Geo­lo­ca­lizati­on pro­tec­ted under the Gen­e­va cab regulations

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  • On June 12, 2024, the Fede­ral Supre­me Court con­firm­ed the lega­li­ty of Geneva’s cab regu­la­ti­ons against con­sti­tu­tio­nal and data pro­tec­tion complaints.
  • GPS moni­to­ring is limi­t­ed to busi­ness trips; data reten­ti­on of six months or lon­ger in the event of a legal dis­pu­te is con­side­red proportionate.
  • Admi­ni­stra­ti­ve deter­mi­na­ti­on of tech­ni­cal GPS requi­re­ments is per­mis­si­ble; regu­la­ti­ons com­pa­ti­ble with Art. 27 and 13 BV and Art. 8 para. 1 ECHR.

The Fede­ral Supre­me Court has ruled with Judgment 2C_275/2023 of June 12, 2024 pro­tec­ted by the Gen­e­va cab regu­la­ti­ons. Various indi­vi­du­als and orga­nizati­ons had lodged com­plaints against the regu­la­ti­ons, in par­ti­cu­lar against pro­vi­si­ons on man­da­to­ry instal­la­ti­on of GPS systems for moni­to­ring the vehicles.

The Fede­ral Supre­me Court con­firms – within the scope of its reser­ved abstract review of stan­dards (BGE 148 I 160 E. 2) – the lega­li­ty of the regu­la­ti­ons. In par­ti­cu­lar, the GPS moni­to­ring is limi­t­ed to the pro­fes­sio­nal use of the vehic­les, and the sto­rage peri­od of the data of six months and lon­ger in the event of a legal dis­pu­te is pro­por­tio­na­te. The fact that the tech­ni­cal requi­re­ments for the GPS system are deter­mi­ned by the admi­ni­stra­ti­on on the basis of the regu­la­ti­ons was also per­mis­si­ble becau­se the­re was no rea­son to fear an exten­si­on to pri­va­te jour­neys. Against this back­ground, the regu­la­ti­ons are com­pa­ti­ble with the requi­re­ments of Art. 27 BV (eco­no­mic free­dom), Art. 13 BV (data pro­tec­tion) and Art. 8 para. 1 ECHR, fol­lo­wing pre­vious case law of the Fede­ral Supre­me Court and the ECHR.