Section 1: Aim, Scope and Definitions
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Art. 2 Scope
1 This Act applies to the processing of data pertaining to natural persons and legal persons by:
- a.
- private persons;
- b.
- federal bodies.
2 It does not apply to:
- a.
- personal data that is processed by a natural person exclusively for personal use and which is not disclosed to outsiders;
- b.
- deliberations of the Federal Assembly and in parliamentary committees;
- c.
- pending civil proceedings, criminal proceedings, international mutual assistance proceedings and proceedings under constitutional or under administrative law, with the exception of administrative proceedings of first instance;
- d.
- public registers based on private law;
- e.
- personal data processed by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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