The EU Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters was implemented in Switzerland by amending the Data Protection Act. In doing so, the federal bodies were obliged, on the one hand, to inform the data subject of any acquisition of data and, on the other hand, to retain personal data if its destruction would harm the interests of the data subject. In addition, the StGB and the Schengen Information Exchange Act set out the conditions under which data obtained from a Schengen state may be forwarded to a third state, an international body or a natural or legal person.
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