Federal Act
on Foreign Nationals and Integration
(Foreign Nationals and Integration Act, FNIA)¹

¹ Per­son­al data may only be dis­closed to third coun­tries if they guar­an­tee an ad­equate level of data pro­tec­tion in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 16 para­graph 1 FADP⁴³⁵.⁴³⁶

² If a third coun­try fails to guar­an­tee an ad­equate level of data pro­tec­tion, per­son­al data may be dis­closed to this coun­try in the fol­low­ing cases:

a.

the per­son con­cerned has giv­en their con­sent in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 6 and if applicable paragraph 7 FADP;

b.

dis­clos­ure is re­quired to pro­tect the life or phys­ic­al in­teg­rity of the per­son con­cerned and it is not pos­sible to ob­tain con­sent with­in a reas­on­able time; or

c.

dis­clos­ure is re­quired to safe­guard over­rid­ing pub­lic in­terests or to es­tab­lish, ex­er­cise or en­force leg­al rights in a court or be­fore an­oth­er com­pet­ent for­eign au­thor­ity.⁴³⁷

³ In ad­di­tion to the cases men­tioned in para­graph 2, per­son­al data may also be dis­closed if in spe­cif­ic cases ad­equate guar­an­tees en­sure ap­pro­pri­ate pro­tec­tion of the per­son con­cerned.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the ex­tent of the guar­an­tees re­quired and the mod­al­it­ies for provid­ing the guar­an­tees.

⁵ The data ob­tained from the Eurodac data­base may not be trans­mit­ted un­der any cir­cum­stances to:

a.

a state that is not bound by any of the Dub­lin as­so­ci­ation agree­ments;

b.

in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions;

c.

private en­tit­ies.⁴³⁸