FDJP publishes the draft of the FADP

As of today (Sep­tem­ber 15, 2017) Media release the FDJP has

• the draft fede­ral law on the total revi­si­on of the Fede­ral Data Pro­tec­tion Act and the amend­ment of other enact­ments on data pro­tec­tion (E‑DSG);
• the mes­sa­ge on the E‑DSG;
• the draft fede­ral decree on the appr­oval of the exch­an­ge of notes bet­ween Switz­er­land and the EU; as well as
• the report on the sum­ma­ry of the results of the con­sul­ta­ti­on pro­ce­du­re

published. The cata­log of punis­ha­ble acts and the amount of the fines have been redu­ced com­pared to the preli­mi­na­ry draft: The maxi­mum fine is to be CHF 250,000 (instead of the CHF 500,000 pro­vi­ded for in the preli­mi­na­ry draft). The punis­ha­bi­li­ty of negli­gent acts has been waived.

Accor­ding to the Fede­ral Coun­cil, the bill is desi­gned to be eco­no­mic­al­ly com­pa­ti­ble, with the adjust­ments not going bey­ond EU legis­la­ti­on. The con­sul­ta­ti­on was taken into account by refrai­ning from a Swiss Finish. The FDPIC has today also issued a short state­ment dispensed.

The draft will now be dis­cus­sed in the Natio­nal Coun­cil. The minu­tes of the deli­be­ra­ti­ons will be published under the fol­lo­wing link: www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20170059.