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Home/Regulation Tracker/Switzerland Federal Act on Data Protection (revised FADP) — automated individual decisions

Switzerland Federal Act on Data Protection (revised FADP) — automated individual decisions

Switzerland's revised privacy law introduced an automated-individual-decision duty in 2023 modelled on the GDPR, with the unusual feature that fines fall on individuals rather than companies. Switzerland has chosen sector rules plus the Council of Europe treaty over an AI act.

switzerlandfadpautomated decisions

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Article 21: inform individuals of decisions based exclusively on automated processing with legal or significant effects and allow them to state their position and request human review - Conduct a data protection impact assessment for high-risk processing such as extensive profiling

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fedlex.admin.chhttps://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2022/491/en

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