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In December 2008, Falciani was detained by Swiss authorities, who questioned him concerning suspected data theft. [4] [5] Released "overnight" by Swiss police, he fled with his family and the data files to France. On 20 January 2009, authorities in Nice initiated the search of the home Falciani's father, where he had been living.
The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner is responsible for the supervision of federal authorities and private bodies with respect to data protection and freedom of information legislation. It is affiliated with the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland. The cantons also have data protection and information commissioners.
The Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) [a] is a Swiss federal law that guarantees the right of access to information held by federal authorities in Switzerland. [1] It was adopted on 17 December 2004 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 July 2006.
The FDP was formed in 1894 from the Radicals, who had dominated Swiss politics since the 1830s, standing in opposition to the Catholic conservatives, and who from the creation of the federal state in 1848 until 1891 formed the federal government. The FDP remained dominant until the introduction of proportional representation in 1919.
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually.
The data were leaked anonymously by a person or group, who wrote in an accompanying statement, that they felt Swiss banking secrecy laws were "immoral", that "Swiss banks ..[were] collaborators of tax evaders", because "a significant number of these accounts were opened with the sole purpose of hiding their holder's wealth from fiscal institutions and/or avoiding the payment of taxes on ...
Trump officials halted work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the agency's public portal for reporting complaints about financial services companies continues to operate.
The FDP opposes Swiss membership in the European Union, saying that Switzerland can only remain a world leader if it remains outside the EU. [20] It strongly supports the bilateral accords that Switzerland has with the EU, however. [21] In the 2001 referendum, the FDP campaigned against opening negotiations to join the EU. [22]