commiss decis juli pursuant direct ec european parliament council adequ protect person data provid switzerland notifi document number text eea relev ec commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard direct ec european parliament council octob protect individu regard process person data free movement data articl thereof pursuant direct ec member state requir provid transfer person data countri place countri question ensur adequ level protect member state law implement provis direct compli prior transfer commiss find countri ensur adequ level protect case person data transfer member state addit guarante pursuant direct ec level data protect assess light circumst surround data transfer oper set data transfer oper respect condit work parti protect individu regard process person data establish direct issu guidanc make assess approach data protect countri adequaci assess carri decis base articl direct ec enforc arbitrarili unjustifi discrimin countri condit prevail constitut disguis barrier trade regard commun present intern commit swiss confeder legal standard protect person data bind legal effect feder canton level feder constitut amend referendum april enter forc januari person privaci respect protect misus data feder court basi previou constitut provis develop case law lai gener principl applic process person data qualiti data process access person concern request correct destruct data principl bind feder canton swiss data protect act june enter forc juli implement rule provis act access person concern notif process oper independ supervisori author transfer data foreign countri laid order feder council act appli process person data feder bodi entir privat sector process oper carri canton bodi pursuant feder law process subject canton provis data protect canton adopt legisl data protect area compet public hospit educ direct canton tax polic remain canton data process govern regulatori act principl canton case law sourc content canton provis canton provis exist canton adher constitut principl field respons canton author transfer person data public author neighbour countri purpos mutual assist safeguard import public interest case public hospit protect vital interest person concern octob switzerland ratifi council europ convent protect individu regard automat process person data convent aim reinforc protect person data ensur free circul contract parti subject except parti provid directli applic convent lai intern commit feder canton commit concern basic principl protect contract parti implement intern law mechan cooper contract parti compet swiss author provid author contract parti request inform law administr practic data protect inform specif instanc automat process data assist person resid abroad exercis inform exist process oper data access data correct delet judici remedi legal standard applic switzerland cover basic principl adequ level protect natur person except limit provid order safeguard import public interest applic standard guarante judici remedi independ supervis carri author feder commission invest power investig intervent provis swiss law civil liabil appli event unlaw process prejudici person concern interest transpar order safeguard abil compet author member state ensur protect individu process person data decis except circumst suspens specif data flow justifi notwithstand find adequ protect work parti protect individu regard process person data establish articl direct ec deliv opinion level protect provid swiss law account prepar decis measur provid decis accord opinion committe establish articl direct ec adopt decis articl purpos articl direct ec activ fall scope direct switzerland consid provid adequ level protect person data transfer commun articl decis concern adequaci protect provid switzerland view meet requir articl direct ec affect condit restrict implement provis direct pertain process person data member state articl prejudic power action ensur complianc nation provis adopt pursuant provis articl direct ec compet author member state exercis exist power suspend data flow recipi switzerland order protect individu regard process person data case compet swiss author determin recipi breach applic standard protect substanti likelihood standard protect infring reason ground believ compet swiss author take adequ time step settl case issu continu transfer creat immin risk grave harm data subject compet author member state made reason effort circumst provid parti respons process establish switzerland notic opportun respond suspens ceas standard protect assur compet author concern commun notifi thereof member state inform commiss delai measur adopt basi paragraph member state commiss inform case action bodi respons ensur complianc standard protect switzerland fail secur complianc inform collect paragraph evid bodi respons ensur complianc standard protect switzerland effect fulfil role commiss inform compet swiss author present draft measur accord procedur articl direct ec view repeal suspend decis limit scope articl decis amend time light experi function swiss legisl commiss evalu function decis basi inform year notif member state report pertin find committe establish articl direct ec includ evid affect find articl decis protect switzerland adequ mean articl direct ec evid decis implement discriminatori commiss present draft measur accord procedur establish articl direct ec articl member state measur compli decis latest end period dai date notif member state articl decis address member state brussel juli commiss frederik bolkestein member commiss oj opinion adopt work parti quot transfer person data countri appli articl eu data protect direct quot dg markt europa websit host european commiss http europa eu int comm intern market en media dataprot wpdoc index htm websit http convent coe int treati en cadreintro htm opinion adopt work parti dg markt europa websit cite footnot