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Section 1Aim, Scope and Definitions

Art. 1 - Aim Art. 2 - Scope Art. 3 - Definitions

Section 2General Data Protection Provisions

Art. 4 - Principles Art. 5 - Correctness of the data Art. 6 - Cross-border disclosure Art. 7 - Data security Art. 8 - Right to information Art. 9 - Limitation of the duty to provide information Art. 10 - Limitations of the right to information for journalists Art. 10a - Data processing by third parties Art. 11 - Certification procedure Art. 11a - Register of data files

Section 3Processing of Personal Data by Private Persons

Art. 12 - Breaches of privacy Art. 13 - Justification Art. 14 - Duty to provide information on the collection of sensitive personal data and personality profiles Art. 15 - Legal claims

Section 4Processing of Personal Data by Federal Bodies

Art. 16 - Responsible body and controls Art. 17 - Legal basis Art. 17a - Automated data processing in pilot projects Art. 18 - Collection of personal data Art. 18a - Duty to provide information on the collection of personal data Art. 18b - Restriction of the duty to provide information Art. 19 - Disclosure of personal data Art. 20 - Blocking disclosure Art. 21 - Offering documents to the Federal Archives Art. 22 - Processing for research, planning and statistics Art. 23 - Private law activities of federal bodies Art. 24 - Repealed Art. 25 - Claims and procedure Art. 25bis - Procedure in the event of the disclosure of official documents containing personal data

Section 5Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner

Art. 26 - Appointment and status Art. 26a - Reappointment and termination of the term of office Art. 26b - Secondary occupation Art. 27 - Supervision of federal bodies Art. 28 - Advice to private persons Art. 29 - Investigations and recommendations in the private sector Art. 30 - Information Art. 31 - Additional tasks Art. 32 - Repealed

Section 6Legal Protection

Art. 33 - 1 Legal protection is governed by the general provisions on the administration of federal justice.

Section 7Criminal Provisions

Art. 34 - Breach of obligations to provide information, to register or to cooperate Art. 35 - Breach of professional confidentiality

Section 8Final Provisions

Art. 36 - Implementation Art. 37 - Implementation by the cantons Art. 38 - Transitional provisions Art. 38a - Transitional provision to the Amendment of 19 March 2010 Art. 39 - Referendum and commencement

f. the data subject has made the data generally accessible and has not expressly prohibited its processing;

b. it is not prohibited by a statutory or contractual duty of confidentiality.

3 Normally there is no breach of privacy if the data subject has made the data generally accessible and has not expressly prohibited its processing.

3 The plaintiff may request that notification of third parties or the publication of the correction, destruction, blocking, and in particular the prohibition of disclosure to third parties, the marking of the data as disputed or the court judgment.

c. the data subject has given his consent in an individual case or made his data general accessible and has not expressly prohibited its processing.

c. the data subject has made the data generally accessible and has not expressly prohibited disclosure; or