Article 35
Automated data processing as part of pilot trials
- Before a formal enactment comes into force, the Federal Council may authorise the automated processing of sensitive personal data or other data processing under Article 34 paragraph 2 letters b and c if:
- a. the tasks for which the processing is required are regulated in a formal law that is already in force;
- b. adequate measures have been taken to limit any violation of the data subjects' fundamental rights to a minimum; and
- c. a test phase before the enactment comes into force is essential for the practical implementation of the data processing, in particular for technical reasons.
- The Federal Council shall obtain the FDPIC's opinion beforehand.
- The competent federal body shall submit an evaluation report to the Federal Council no later than two years after the start of the pilot trial. In the report, it shall propose the continuation or discontinuation of the processing.
- Automated data processing must in every case be discontinued if no formal enactment containing the required legal basis has come into force within five years of the start of the pilot trial.