Cri­mi­nal Records Act (14.053): Par­lia­ment regu­la­tes access to cri­mi­nal records in a new way (revi­si­on of dif­fe­ren­ces completed)

In its deli­be­ra­ti­ons on the Busi­ness 14,053 (Cri­mi­nal Records Act, VOSTRA) sett­led the last dif­fe­ren­ces (mee­ting of 13.6.2016) (Media release). The busi­ness is now rea­dy for the final vote in parliament.

Unli­ke the Fede­ral Coun­cil had pro­po­sed, the ent­ry in the cri­mi­nal regi­ster is to remain for life not only for life sen­ten­ces, but also for cer­tain serious vio­lent and sexu­al offen­ses. The plan­ned cor­po­ra­te cri­mi­nal regi­ster will be drop­ped in its place. With regard to data pro­tec­tion, the­re will now be not just one but four dif­fe­rent excerp­ts from the cri­mi­nal regi­ster in order to regu­la­te access to the requi­red infor­ma­ti­on in a more gra­nu­lar and thus more pro­por­tio­na­te man­ner. Pri­va­te indi­vi­du­als will also be able to request infor­ma­ti­on from the aut­ho­ri­ties about queries con­cer­ning them.