
Swiss Data Commissioner Downgrades U.S. for Inadequate Personal Data Protection
Following a reassessment of the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, Adrian Lobsiger, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland (Commissioner), has downgraded the U.S. ranking in terms of its data protection practices. The Commissioner concluded in his policy paper of September 8, 2020, that the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, does not provide “adequate protection under certain circumstances.”