Transfers Subject to Swiss Law
With respect to transfers of Personal Data from Switzerland, Schedule D or Schedule E (as applicable) shall be deemed to have the following differences to the extent required by the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection:
- References to the GDPR in the Standard Contractual Clauses are to be understood as references to the FADP insofar as the data transfers are subject exclusively to the FADP and not to the GDPR.
- The term “member state” in Standard Contractual Clauses shall not be interpreted in such a way as to exclude Data Subjects in Switzerland from the possibility of suing for their rights in their place of habitual residence (Switzerland) in accordance with Clause 18(c) of the Standard Contractual Clauses.
- References to Personal Data in the Standard Contractual Clauses also refer to data about identifiable legal entities until the entry into force of revisions to the FADP that eliminate this broader scope.
- Under Annex I.C of the Standard Contractual Clauses (Competent Supervisory Authority):
(i) Where the transfer is subject exclusively to the FADP and not the GDPR, the supervisory authority is the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Where the transfer is subject to both the FADP and the GDPR, the supervisory authority is the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner insofar as the transfer is governed by the FADP, and the supervisory authority is as set forth in the Standard Contractual Clauses insofar as the transfer is governed by the GDPR.Â
