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Actually, they are not. They are excepted from the law as they are not big telecommunications providers in Switzerland. ProtonVPN is not storing logs and you can see the 2017 update on their blog here: https://protonmail.com/blog/swiss-surveillance-law/

Below snip from blog:

"In the months since the law was first introduced, we have had repeated contact with the Swiss government and held a meeting at our office together with legal counsel and members of the PTSS. In our meetings, we discussed the practical challenges of implementing such a law, and helped to advise policy makers on the most sensible implementation. We appreciate that the Swiss government has recognized the leading role that Proton Technologies AG plays in developing the cybersecurity tools of the future, along with the role that we play in the economic re-orientation of Geneva, and Switzerland as a whole towards the high tech sector, and sought a meeting with us to discuss how to ensure both security and privacy in the digital age. As a participant in these discussions, we can confirm unequivocally that upon implementation, the provisions regarding data retention introduced by the BÜPF will exempt companies like ProtonMail and ProtonVPN which are not major telecommunications operators. This is in addition to the points in the article below, which still hold."