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Objective
This Act shall seek to protect the personality and the fundamental rights of those individuals about
whom data is processed.
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Scope
This Act shall regulate the processing of data about physical and legal persons undertaken by:
a) private individuals
b) Federal authorities
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It shall not apply to:
a) personal data that is processed by a natural person exclusively for personal use and that is
not disclosed to a third party;
b) deliberations of the Federal Parliament and Parliamentary Committees;
c) pending civil, penal, or international legal assistance proceedings, or public or administrative
law proceedings, with the exception of administrative proceedings of the first instance;
d) public registers relating to private law matters;
e) personal data processed by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Definitions
The expressions below shall be defined as follows:
a) SHUVRQDOGDWD GDWD : all information relating to an identified or identifiable person,
b) SHUVRQVDIIHFWHG: the physical or legal persons about whom data is processed,
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1 [BS 3]. The provisions cited now correspond to Articles 95, 122, 123 and 173 paragraph 3 of the Federal Constitution of
18 April 1999 (SR )
2 Version in accordance with Annex Section 13 of the Jurisdiction Act of 24 March 2000, in force since 1st January 2001 (SR
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