Switzerland: Individual liability in revised Swiss data protection law
Progress
Current status
adopted
25 Sep 2020 adopted
Scope
Implementers
Switzerland
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Adoption of revised Swiss data protection law incl. individual staff liability
The Swiss parliament adopts the revised data protecion law which includes an individual staff liability clause. Individual staff members are thus liable for data governance violations with fines up to 250`000 Swiss Francs.
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
adoption
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament