Personendaten · personal data
The Swiss Data Protection Act now protects natural persons only. Its definition of personal data governs the whole framework, including the rules on processing assigned to processors.
Request a demoThe term in four languages
- German
- Personendaten
- French
- données personnelles
- Italian
- dati personali
- English
- personal data
Definition
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. The Act also defines sensitive personal data, which call for stronger safeguards. Examples are data on religious or political views, on health or the private sphere, or on administrative and criminal proceedings or sanctions. Processing must be lawful, carried out in good faith and proportionate.
Swiss federal acts are published in German, French and Italian, and all three versions are equally authoritative. The English term shown here comes from the Federal Administration's English translation, published on Fedlex for information only. Where there is no translation, it follows common usage.
Full glossaryThe term in an official text
powered by Neur.onIn diesem Gesetz bedeuten: a. Personendaten: alle Angaben, die sich auf eine bestimmte oder bestimmbare natürliche Person beziehen;
In this Act: a. personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person;
Source: Fedlex, Data Protection Act. In Corrext, this segment and the ones around it appear in Fast lookup CHnell, each with its reference.