Binding law — in force
Inform people of solely automated decisions and, on request, hear their view and have a natural person review the decision (Switzerland, FADP Art. 21)
Under Switzerland's Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP/DSG, SR 235.1) Art. 21, a controller must inform the data subject of any decision based exclusively on automated processing that has a legal consequence for them or significantly affects them (an automated individual decision); on request it must let them state their point of view, and they may require the decision to be reviewed by a natural person. This does not apply where the decision is directly connected with concluding or performing a contract and the request is granted, or where the person expressly consented to the automated decision. A private person who wilfully fails to inform is liable to a fine of up to CHF 250,000 (Art. 60). Detect a model-driven adverse decision with no automated-decision notice or no human-review route.
ch-fadp.automated-individual-decision-information-and-review · DSG Art. 21(1)-(3) (duty to inform of an automated individual decision; view and human review; exceptions) · official source · jurisdictions: CH