Chapter 1: Processing of Personal Data by Private Persons
Section 2: Registration of Data Files
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Art. 41 Exemptions from the duty to register
1 Exempt from the duty to register data files are data files as defined in Article 11a paragraph 5 letters a and c–f DPA as well as the following data files (Art. 11a para. 5 let. b DPA):
- a.
- data files from suppliers or customers, provided they do not contain any sensitive personal data or personality profiles;
- b.
- data files whose data is used exclusively for purposes unrelated to specific persons, in particular in research, planning and statistics;
- c.
- archived data files and the data that are preserved solely for historical or scientific purposes;
- d.
- data files that contain only data that has been published or that the data subjects have themselves made generally accessible and whose processing they have not expressly prohibited;
- e.
- data that exclusively serves to fulfil the requirements of Article10;
- f.
- accounting records;
- g.
- secondary data files for personnel management of the controller of the data file, provided they do not contain any sensitive personal data or personality profiles.
2 The controller of the data files shall take the measures required to be able to provide the Commissioner or the data subjects on request with the information (Art. 3 para. 1) on data files not subject to the duty to register.
1 Amended in accordance with No. I of the Ordinance of 28 Sept. 2007, in force since 1 Jan. 2008 (AS 2007 4993).
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