d. public registers based on private law;

f. disclosure: making personal data accessible, for example by permitting access, transmission or publication;

h. federal bodies: federal authorities and services as well as persons who are entrusted with federal public tasks;

d. disclosure is essential in the specific case in order either to safeguard an overriding public interest or for the establishment, exercise or enforcement of legal claims before the courts;

a. this is required to protect overriding public interests, and in particular the internal or external security of the Confederation;

1 The controller of a data file that is used exclusively for publication in the edited section of a periodically published medium may refuse to provide information, limit the information or defer its provision provided:

b. access to the drafts of publications would have to be given;

c. the freedom of the public to form its opinion would be prejudiced.

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;

6 The Federal Council regulates the modalities for the declaration of data files for registration, the maintenance and the publication of the register, the appointment and duties of the data protection officer under paragraph 5 letter e and the publication of a list of controllers of data files that are relieved of the reporting obligation under paragraph 5 letters e and f.

1 A breach of privacy is unlawful unless it is justified by the consent of the injured party, by an overriding private or public interest or by law.

d. processes personal data on a professional basis exclusively for publication in the edited section of a periodically published medium;

f. collects data on a person of public interest, provided the data relates to the public activities of that person.

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.

1bis Federal bodies may also disclose personal data within the terms of the official information disclosed to the general public, either ex officio or based on the Freedom of Information Act of 17 December 2004 if:

a. the personal data concerned is connected with the fulfilment of public duties; and

b. there is an overriding public interest in its disclosure.

3bis Federal bodies may make personal data generally accessible by means of automated information and communication services if a legal basis is provided for the publication of such data or if they make information accessible to the general public on the basis of paragraph1bis. If there is no longer a public interest in the accessibility of such data, the data concerned must be removed from the automated information and communication service.

a. essential public interests or clearly legitimate interests of a data subject so require or

2 In cases of general interest, he informs the general public of his findings and recommendations. He may only publish personal data subject to official secrecy with consent of the authority responsible. If it refuses its consent, the President of the division of the Federal Administrative Court responsible for data protection makes the final decision.

h. he shall raise the level of public awareness of data protection matters.