Today, a lar­ge num­ber of so-cal­led web­cams can be sel­ec­ted on the Inter­net. The­se are video came­ras that pro­vi­de live images – e.g. of tou­rist regi­ons – at cer­tain inter­vals or at the user’s request. The web­cams are used for enter­tain­ment pur­po­ses and are inten­ded to make the cor­re­spon­ding web­sites more attrac­ti­ve to visitors.These expl­ana­ti­ons refer to web­cams direc­ted at gene­ral­ly acce­s­si­ble are­as (such as streets, par­king lots, train sta­ti­ons, depart­ment stores, etc.) in Switzerland.

Source: FDPIC – Data pro­tec­tion-com­pli­ant ope­ra­ti­on of webcams