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

¹ The Com­mis­sion­er's term of of­fice amounts to four years and may be ex­ten­ded twice. It be­gins on the first day of Janu­ary fol­low­ing the start the Na­tion­al Coun­cil's le­gis­lature peri­od.

² The Com­mis­sion­er may ter­min­ate his or her em­ploy­ment con­tract at the end of any month sub­ject to a peri­od of six months' no­tice. The Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee may in an in­di­vidu­al case al­low the Com­mis­sion­er a short­er peri­od of no­tice if there are no sub­stan­tial in­terests that pre­clude this.¹⁵

³ The United Fed­er­al As­sembly may re­move the Com­mis­sion­er from of­fice be­fore the end of the term of of­fice if he or she:

a.

has wil­fully or through gross neg­li­gence com­mit­ted a ser­i­ous vi­ol­a­tion of his or her of­fi­cial du­ties; or

b.

has per­man­ently lost the ca­pa­city to carry out his or her of­fi­cial du­ties.