30th Annual Report 2022/2023: New law strengthens the FDPIC
Bern, 26.6.2023 - The totally revised Data Protection Act, including its implementing legislation, comes into force on 1 September 2023. The FDPIC's work to ensure a smooth transition to the new law is proceeding according to plan. The new website will be continuously updated and the reporting portals accessible there will all be in operation by the date the new law comes into force. From this point on, the FDPIC will gradually expand its investigative activities in the exercise of its new powers. This requires an efficient use of resources, to which, among other measures, the publication of a new factsheet for IT activists should contribute. In view of the growing number of exemptions from scrutiny under the Freedom of Information Act and the increasingly common use of emergency law, the FDPIC will from now on publish a list of all exemptions permitted under specific federal acts.