[2566] Constitution of Switzerland, 1999, available at http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/sz00000_.html.
[2567] Bundesgesetz über den Datenschutz, DSG vom 19. Juni 1992 (Stand 2000) (Swiss Data Protection Statute from June 19, 1992 (in the updated version of 2000), available at http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/2/235.1.de.pdf.
[2568] Eidgenössisches Justiz - und Polizeidepartement: Entwurf zur Teilrevision dess Bundesdatenschutzgesetzes,(Federal department of justice and police: Pre-draft for a Partial Revision of the Federal Data Protection Act), August 2001, available at http://www.ofj.admin.ch/themen/datenschutz/vn-ber-d.pdf.
[2569] Data Protection Working Party - Article 19, Opinion 5/99 on the Level of Protection of Personal Data in Switzerland, June 7, 1999, available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg15/en/media/dataprot/wpdocs/wp22fr.pdf.
[2570] European Union, Press Release, "Commission Adopts Decisions Recognising Adequacy of Regimes in United States, Switzerland and Hungary," July 27, 2000, available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/media/dataprot/news/safeharbor.htm.
[2571] Homepage http://www.edsb.ch/.
[2572] Préposé fédéral de la protection des données, 8e Rapport d'activités 2000/2001, available at http://www.edsb.ch/framesf.html.
[2573] Summary of Various Topics of the 10th Annual Report, July 1, 2003, available at http://www.edsb.ch/e/doku/pressemitteilungen/2003/2003-07-01b.htm;10. Tätigkeitsbericht (10th annual report), available at http://www.edsb.ch/d/doku/jahresberichte/tb10/tb10d.pdf.
[2574] Préposé fédéral de la protection des données, 7e Rapport d'activités 1999/2000, available at http://www.edsb.ch/framesf.html.
[2575] 10. Tätigkeitsbericht 2002/2003, page 91 (10th annual report), available at http://www.edsb.ch/d/doku/jahresberichte/tb10/tb10d.pdf.
[2576] Art. 66-73, Procédure pénale fédérale (Federal Criminal Procedure Code), Loi du 23 Mars 1979 sur la protection de la vie privée (Law on the Protection of Privacy, March 23, 1979).
[2577] Telecommunications Law (LTC) of April 30, 1997. Ordonnance du 1er décembre 1997 sur le service de surveillance de la correspondance postale et des télécommunications (Decree on the Monitoring of Mail Correspondence and Telecommunications, December 1, 1997), available at http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c780_11.html.
[2578] Loi fédérale sur la surveillance de la correspondance postale et des telecommunications, available at www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c780_1.html and its implementing decree, Ordonnance du 31 octobre 2001 sur la surveillance de la correspondance par poste et télécommunication (OSCPT), 780.11 from October 31, 2001, available at www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c780_11.html.
[2579] Conseil National, Heures de Questions: Session d'hiver 1999, Réponse du Conseil fédéral concernant les écoutes téléphoniques (Answer by the Federal Council, Decembre 20, 1999, available at http://www.parlament.ch/afs/data/f/gesch/1999/f_gesch_19993427.htm.
[2580] "Phonetapping on the Increase," July 23, 2003, available at http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=1000096.
[2581] "Les utilisateurs de portables devront âtre identifiables," Service de base française, June 20, 2000.
[2582] Digital Cellular Report, January 15, 1998.
[2583] See http://cryptome.com/swisscom-nix.htm.
[2584] "Report of the Federal Data Protection Commissioner Concerning the Processing of Personal Data by Swisscom SA in the Field of Mobile Telephony," July 6, 1998, available at http://jya.com/swisscom-log.htm.
[2585] Id.
[2586] Statewatch bulletin, Volume 3, Number 1, January-February 1993.
[2587] "Phone Taps Raise Ire Of Swiss Public, Media," Christian Science Monitor, March 14, 1997.
[2588] "Swiss Court Hands Mossad Spy a Suspended One-year Sentence," Associated Press, July 10, 2000.
[2589] Loi fédérale BWIS verordnung VWIS, ISIS.
[2590] Conseil national 01-1068 - Question ordinaire de Dardel - Personnes enregistrées dans les systèmes de données JANUS et ISIS - Réponse du Conseil fédéral du 5 septembre 2001.
[2591] Summary of Various Topics of the 10th Annual Report, July 1, 2003, available at http://www.edsb.ch/e/doku/pressemitteilungen/2003/2003-07-01b.htm, see also: 10. Tätigkeitsbericht (10th annual report), at 25 http://www.edsb.ch/d/doku/jahresberichte/tb10/tb10d.pdf.
[2592] "Pressespiegel des Eidgenössischen Datenschutzbeauftragten, Juni/Juli 2003," at 27-28, (Press Overview of the Swiss DPA) available at http://www.edsb.ch/d/aktuell/pressespiegel-juni-juli.pdf.
[2593] W.Bar, Adelgunde Kratzer & M. Strehler, "Swiss Federal DNA Profile Information System - EDNA," available at http://www.promega.com/geneticidproc/ussymp12proc/abstracts/bar.pdf.
[2594] Id.
[2595] "8,521 DNA Profiles Already Collected," Le Temps, August 18, 2001. available at http://www.dnaresource.com/8-31%20Summary.pdf; Bundesamt für Justiz (Federal Department of Justice) DNA - Profil - Gesetz, available at http://www.ofj.admin.ch/themen/dna-profil/intro-d.htm.
[2596] Sec. 28 of the Civil Code, 10 December 1907.
[2597] Code pénal, Titre troisième: Infractions contre l'honneur et contre le domaine secret ou le domaine privé, Art. 173-179.
[2598] Sec. 328 of the Code of Obligations. See International Labour Organization, Conditions of Work Digest, Volume 12, 1/1993.
[2599] Telecommunications Law (LTC) of 30 April 1997.
[2600] Office fédéral de la statistique, La protection des données dans la statistique médicale, 1997 http://www.admin.ch/bfs/stat_ch/ber14/statsant/ff1403c.htm.
[2601] Code pénal, Art. 320-322.
[2602] Ordonnance du 14 juin 1993 concernant les autorisations de lever le secret professionnel en matière de recherche médicale (OALSP), available at http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c235_154.html.
[2603] Ordinance du 18 mai 1994 relative à la carte d'identité suisse, available at http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c143_3.html.
[2604] "Swiss News," Information Access Company, November 1, 1999. See also, Paolo S. Grassi and Daniele Calvarese, The Duty of Confidentiality of Banks in Switzerland, 7 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 329 (on effects of money laundering legislation on limiting banking privacy).
[2605] "Switzerland's Villiger Says Bank Secrecy still Needed," AFX News Limited, June 7, 2000.
[2606] "Swiss Tighten Money Laundering Laws," Private Banker International, October 13, 2000.
[2607] Lukas Muhlemann resigned on April 18, 2002.
[2608] "Fight European Union Stand on Secrecy, Swiss Banker Urges," Financial Times (London), January 23, 2001.
[2609] "Lutte contre le terrorisme," available at http://www.ofj.admin.ch/themen/terror/intro-f.htm.
[2610] "Bilanz des Datenschutzbeauftragten," Wochenzeitung WoZ, July 4, 2002.
[2611] "Data Protection Chief Criticizes US," July 1, 2003, available at http://www.nzz.ch/2003/07/01/english/page-synd3996292.html.
[2612] Id.
[2613] Id.
[2614] Signed October 2, 1997; ratified October 2, 1997; entered into force February 1, 1998.
[2615] Signed November 23, 2001.