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


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Art. 62 Violation of the professional duty of confidentiality

1 Any per­son who, while prac­tising his or her pro­fes­sion, ac­quires know­ledge of secret per­son­al data for the pur­pose of that pro­fes­sion but there­after wil­fully dis­closes such data shall on com­plaint be li­able to a fine not ex­ceed­ing 250,000 francs.

2 The same pen­alty shall ap­ply to any per­son who wil­fully dis­closes secret per­son­al data that has come to his or her know­ledge while car­ry­ing on an activ­ity for or while train­ing with a per­son sub­ject to a duty of con­fid­en­ti­al­ity.

3 The dis­clos­ure of secret per­son­al data after ceas­ing to prac­tise a pro­fes­sion or after com­plet­ing train­ing is also a crim­in­al of­fence.

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