Art. 4 - PrinciplesArt. 5 - Correctness of the dataArt. 6 - Cross-border disclosureArt. 7 - Data securityArt. 8 - Right to informationArt. 9 - Limitation of the duty to provide informationArt. 10 - Limitations of the right to information for journalistsArt. 10a - Data processing by third partiesArt. 11 - Certification procedureArt. 11a - Register of data files
Art. 16 - Responsible body and controlsArt. 17 - Legal basisArt. 17a - Automated data processing in pilot projectsArt. 18 - Collection of personal dataArt. 18a - Duty to provide information on the collection of personal dataArt. 18b - Restriction of the duty to provide informationArt. 19 - Disclosure of personal dataArt. 20 - Blocking disclosureArt. 21 - Offering documents to the Federal ArchivesArt. 22 - Processing for research, planning and statisticsArt. 23 - Private law activities of federal bodiesArt. 24 - RepealedArt. 25 - Claims and procedureArt. 25bis - Procedure in the event of the disclosure of official documents containing personal data
Art. 26 - Appointment and statusArt. 26a - Reappointment and termination of the term of officeArt. 26b - Secondary occupationArt. 27 - Supervision of federal bodiesArt. 28 - Advice to private personsArt. 29 - Investigations and recommendations in the private sectorArt. 30 - InformationArt. 31 - Additional tasksArt. 32 - Repealed
b. data subjects: natural or legal persons whose data is processed;
1 Personal data may not be disclosed abroad if the privacy of the data subjects would be seriously endangered thereby, in particular due to the absence of legislation that guarantees adequate protection.
b. the Federal Council has exempted the processing from the registration requirement because it does not prejudice the rights of the data subjects;
c. he uses the data exclusively for publication in the edited section of a periodically published medium and does not pass on any data to third parties without informing the data subjects;
1 Anyone who processes personal data must not unlawfully breach the privacy of the data subjects in doing so.
e. processes personal data for purposes not relating to a specific person, in particular for the purposes of research, planning and statistics and publishes the results in such a manner that the data subjects may not be identified;
c. the results are published in such a manner that the data subjects may not be identified.
5 If a recommendation is not complied with or is rejected, he may refer the matter to the department or to the Federal Chancellery for a decision. The decision is communicated to the data subjects in the form of a ruling.
2 If the Commissioner establishes in a case investigation under Article 27 paragraph 2 or under Article 29 paragraph 1 that the data subjects are threatened with a disadvantage that cannot be easily remedied, he may apply to the President of the division of the Federal Administrative Court responsible for data protection for interim measures to be taken. The procedure is governed by analogy by Articles 79–84 of the Federal Act of 4 December 1947 on Federal Civil Procedure.
6 It regulates how data files must be secured where the data may constitute a danger to life and limb for the data subjects in the event of war or other crisis.
Within a year of the commencement of this Act, the controllers of data files must take the required measures to inform data subjects in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 4 and Article 7a.
