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by throwaway9d0291 1952 days ago
I'm not sure what you're asking for specifically. The Swiss data protection act is here [0] and is reasonably comprehensive, especially compared to the US, in which data protection is essentially nonexistent.

As for it being tested, I can assure you that it's taken very seriously. One ruling that demonstrates that is [1], in which Switzerland's highest court ruled that an individual's right to privacy has higher precedence than a copyright-owner's right to police copyright infringement.

There's also a constitutional right to privacy [2], though the Swiss constitution is a little different to the American one.

One notable and enormous hole in Switzerland's record however is the BÜPF [3], which, as I understand it, requires ISPs to log DNS requests, among other things. That shouldn't be relevant here though, so long as Quad9 doesn't become a telecommunications provider.

[0]: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1993/1945_1945_1945/en

[1]: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/privacy-triumphs-in-internet-pi...

[2]: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404/en#art_13

[3]: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2018/31/en