Switzerland is not in the EU.Your visitors there still get a say.
ConsentCenter applies Swiss rules to Swiss visitors: clear information and an easy refusal by default, explicit consent where the FADP asks for it.
- 01 Inform
- 02 Ask
- 03 Respect
Click a provision to read what it says.
The Swiss model is not “no consent needed”.
It is “tell people, and let them say no”.
Swiss law generally asks for transparency and a right to object rather than prior consent for every cookie, but the revised FADP requires explicit consent for sensitive data and high-risk profiling. Treating Switzerland as either the EU or as unregulated gets one of those wrong.
Where this goes wrong first.
EU banner, Swiss visitors
Showing the EU flow is defensible, but it may ask for more than you need. Showing nothing is not defensible at all.
Sensitive data treated like analytics
Explicit consent is required for sensitive personal data and high-risk profiling. A generic notice does not meet that bar.
No record of the information given
The duty to inform is the core of the Swiss model. Without a record of what was shown, it is hard to show it happened.
What changes for you.
Inform Swiss visitors clearly and give them an easy way to refuse.
Collect explicit consent where sensitive data or profiling requires it.
Answer access requests and keep a record of what was shown.
How it works
Inform
Tell Swiss visitors what is processed and why, in their language.
Ask
Request explicit consent where sensitive data or profiling is involved.
Respect
Apply refusals and answer access requests with a record.
How the banner should look.
A ConsentCenter banner set up for the Swiss FADP. Click it: accept, reject or open the preferences.
Allowed to run: Strictly Necessary
What it is doing
- The visitor is told what cookies do and how to refuse them.
- Refusing is offered on the first layer.
- Explicit consent is collected separately for sensitive purposes.
- This opt-in flow also satisfies EU visitors on the same site.
What the text actually says.
- FADP Article 6(6)
- Where consent is required, it is valid only if given voluntarily for one or more specific processing operations after adequate information.
- FADP Article 6(7)
- Consent must be explicit for processing sensitive personal data and for high-risk profiling.
- FADP Article 19
- The controller must inform the data subject appropriately about the collection of personal data, including when it is not collected from them directly.
- Telecommunications Act Article 45c
- Processing data on another person’s device by telecommunications is allowed only if users are informed about it and its purpose, and told they can refuse it.
Paraphrased for brevity and provided for orientation, not as legal advice. Which obligations apply to your organisation is a question for your own counsel, and ConsentCenter does not determine it for you.
The products that apply
Frequently asked questions
Not always one asking for prior consent. Swiss law requires information about cookies and a way to refuse, and explicit consent in specific cases. Many Swiss sites still use a consent banner because they also serve EU visitors.
Unlike the GDPR, fines under the revised FADP are criminal sanctions against responsible individuals, of up to CHF 250,000, rather than against the company.
No product can do that. ConsentCenter provides the information, consent and request machinery; what you owe under Swiss law is for your counsel.
Bring us your Swiss FADP question.
Show us the consent question you cannot currently answer — the choice that did not propagate, the record you could not reproduce — and we will walk through exactly how ConsentCenter handles it.