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

¹ The crim­in­al li­ab­il­ity of busi­nesses is gov­erned by Art­icles 6 and 7 of the Fed­er­al Act of 22 March 1974²² on Ad­min­is­trat­ive Crim­in­al Law (ACLA).

² If a fine not ex­ceed­ing 50,000 francs is un­der con­sid­er­a­tion and if the iden­ti­fic­a­tion of the per­pet­rat­ors in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 6 ACLA re­quires meas­ures that would be dis­pro­por­tion­ate in view of the po­ten­tial pen­alty, the au­thor­ity may de­cide not to pur­sue these per­sons but in­stead to or­der the busi­ness to pay the fine (Art. 7 ACLA).