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title: "Switzerland — Children & Vulnerable Groups | Data Protection Monitor"
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# Switzerland — Children & Vulnerable Groups | Data Protection Monitor

### D9Children & Vulnerable Groupsred5 sub-modules1 claimRed▾#

General legislative intent to protect minors is confirmed, but no specific operative mechanism (age threshold, parental consent procedure, profiling ban) was substantiated by available sources.

Primary framework Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), revised version (general provisions)

Supervisory authority [Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC / EDÖB)](http://www.edoeb.admin.ch)

Traffic-light rationale — Red General legislative intent to protect minors is confirmed, but no specific operative mechanism (age threshold, parental consent procedure, profiling ban) was substantiated by available sources.

#### Sub-modules (5)

#### Age VerificationRed

No specific statutory age-of-consent threshold for data processing under the FADP was confirmed in this research pass.

Absence provenance: unavailable . Searched: Swiss FADP minors children data protection special categories genetic biometric Article 5.

#### Parental ConsentAmber

The revFADP's revision process was explicitly framed as seeking alignment with European standards on the protection of minors, though the specific parental-consent mechanism was not detailed in sources reviewed.

Claims (1):

- The revFADP's revision was explicitly framed as seeking to include provisions complying with European standards on, among other things, the protection of minors.

#### Minor Profiling BansRed

No minor-specific profiling ban was confirmed in this research pass.

Absence provenance: unavailable . Searched: Switzerland minor profiling ban FADP.

#### Education SettingsRed

No education-setting-specific children's-data rules were confirmed in this research pass.

Absence provenance: unavailable . Searched: Switzerland education data protection children FADP.

#### Dependent AdultsRed

No dependent-adult-specific data protection provisions were confirmed in this research pass.

Absence provenance: unavailable . Searched: Switzerland dependent adults elderly data protection FADP.

Category narrative 53 words

The revFADP's legislative history explicitly cites the protection of minors as one of the European-standard alignment goals of the revision. However, specific mechanisms — an age-of-consent threshold for data processing, statutory parental-consent procedures, minor-specific profiling bans, education-setting rules, and dependent-adult protections — were not confirmed with the specificity available in this research pass.

no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief

Evidence 1

Sources and claims (1)
- Probable[OneTrust DataGuidance](https://www.dataguidance.com/opinion/switzerland-revised-fadp-high-risk-profiling) — The revFADP's revision was explicitly framed as seeking to include provisions complying with European standards on, among other things, the protection of minors.observed 2026-08-03