Federal Act
on Data Protection
(Data Protection Act, FADP)

¹ If per­son­al data are pro­cessed ex­clus­ively for their pub­lic­a­tion in the ed­it­or­i­al sec­tion of a peri­od­ic­ally pub­lished me­di­um, the con­trol­ler may re­fuse, re­strict or delay the pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion for one of the fol­low­ing reas­ons:

a.

The data re­veals the sources of the in­form­a­tion.

b.

The pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion would al­low ac­cess to drafts of pub­lic­a­tions.

c.

The pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion would com­prom­ise the free­dom of the pub­lic to shape their own opin­ions.

² Journ­al­ists may also re­fuse, re­strict or delay the pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion if they are us­ing the per­son­al data ex­clus­ively as an aid to their own per­son­al work.