Codes of Conduct
Article 11 of the Data Protection Act (FADP) allows professional, industry and trade associations, not to mention federal bodies, to draw up their own codes of conduct and submit them to the FDPIC for an opinion. These opinions are published. They may contain objections or suggest modifications or clarifications. A positive opinion from the FDPIC will give rise to the presumption that the conduct defined in the code complies with data protection law. It also allows private data controllers, under certain conditions, to dispense with an impact assessment or can provide a guarantee of an adequate level of protection that allows data to be disclosed abroad.