Switzerland

FADP cookie rules and privacy notice, for small businesses.

The Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) covers processing that has an effect in Switzerland. Privacy Consent asks Swiss visitors for consent before tracking starts, a step beyond the Swiss opt-out rule.

Create your consent banner Generate Privacy Policy
FADPTelecommunications Act, Article 45cGDPR

By law

When the FADP applies to your business.

The FADP looks at the effect of processing, not the country where your business is registered. A business outside Switzerland falls under the FADP when its processing has an effect in Switzerland.

When the FADP and the Swiss cookie rules apply to a business, and what the business needs
Your businessWhat you needWhy
Processes personal data of people in Switzerland, from any country Privacy PolicyConsent banner FADP Article 3 applies to circumstances that have an effect in Switzerland, even when they start abroad.
Uses cookies or tracking on a website that people in Switzerland visit Consent banner Telecommunications Act Article 45c asks websites to tell visitors about cookies and their purpose, and to explain how to refuse them.
Processes sensitive personal data or profiles people with a high risk Consent banner FADP Article 6(7) asks for explicit consent for sensitive personal data and for high-risk profiling.
Processes data of people in Switzerland from abroad, at large scale, regularly and with a high risk Your own process FADP Article 14 asks for a Swiss representative only when all of these conditions apply.

What the FADP asks, and the TermsFeed product for each part.

The FADP and the Telecommunications Act set these rules for a website. TermsFeed products help with all 5, and your team answers each access request.

FADP and Swiss cookie requirements for a website, with the TermsFeed product for each
What the law asksWhere it comes fromHow TermsFeed helps
Tell people who you are, why you collect their data, and who receives it FADP, Article 19
  • Privacy Policy Generator
Name the countries that receive personal data from abroad transfers FADP, Article 19(4)
  • Privacy Policy Generator
Tell visitors about cookies, their purpose and how to refuse them Telecommunications Act, Article 45c
  • Privacy Consent
  • Cookies Policy Generator
Get explicit consent for sensitive data and high-risk profiling FADP, Article 6(7)
  • Privacy Consent
Answer requests for access to personal data FADP, Article 25
  • Handled by your team

How Privacy Consent handles visitors from Switzerland.

TermsFeed Privacy Consent treats Switzerland as an opt-in region, like the EU and the UK, and records every choice in the consent log.

  • A step beyond Swiss law

    Swiss law asks for information and a way to refuse. Privacy Consent asks Swiss visitors for consent before non-essential vendors load.

  • German, French and Italian

    The consent banner speaks German, French and Italian among 21 languages, and picks the language of each visitor.

  • Refuse at any time

    The Preferences Center lets each visitor refuse a category of cookies at any time, as Article 45c asks.

  • A record of every choice

    Privacy Consent keeps a dated record of every consent choice for a regulator or a client who asks, with CSV export on every plan.

  • Embeds that wait for consent

    Privacy Consent asks for consent before loading embedded content that collects data, such as YouTube videos and reCAPTCHA, with a note on embeds from vendors that process sensitive data.

  • The EU and the UK too

    Privacy Consent applies the same opt-in rules to visitors in the EU, the EEA and the UK.

What the laws ask

What privacy laws expect, and how TermsFeed covers it.

The FADP covers personal data in Switzerland, and the GDPR covers your visitors from the EU. Each row names the law, when it applies and the part TermsFeed handles.

Consent laws, what is at stake and how Privacy Consent covers each one
Law Applies when What it can cost How TermsFeed covers it
FADP Switzerland Processing has an effect in Switzerland, wherever the business is based (Article 3). Fines of up to CHF 250,000 on the responsible individuals, for wilful breaches such as a missing or false privacy notice (Articles 60 to 64).
  • A Privacy Policy that names your business, the purposes and the recipients of the data
  • Consent banner for Swiss visitors
  • Consent log of every choice
GDPR European Union A business offers goods or services to people in the EU, or monitors their behavior. Up to €20 million or 4% of worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher (GDPR, Article 83(5)).
  • A Privacy Policy that covers GDPR
  • Consent banner before tracking starts
  • Preferences Center to change or withdraw consent

A summary for orientation, not legal advice.

How Privacy Consent compares.

Free cookie plugins cover the basics, and doing it yourself means adding every script block and consent rule by hand. Privacy Consent keeps the rules for each region current, with a free plan to start.

Free cookie plugins, doing it yourself and TermsFeed Privacy Consent compared
Feature Free cookie plugins Doing it yourselfBanner and scripts coded by hand TermsFeed Privacy Consent
Price Free No fee, only your time Free plan. Paid plans from $9 a month
Blocks scripts until consent Varies Manual Yes, on every plan
Rules by visitor location Rarely Rarely Yes, from the Starter plan
Consent log Varies Rarely Yes, with export on every plan

Privacy Consent plans.

Every plan includes the consent banner, Google Consent Mode v2 and the Preferences Center. Paid plans add rules by visitor location managed by TermsFeed, more banner loads and more domains. On the Free plan, a banner that keeps using up its banner loads pauses until the next month or an upgrade.

Billing period

Switch to yearly to pay less.

Billed once a year.

Free

One small website that needs a consent banner.

$0 / month / year

Start for free
  • Included: 1 domain
  • Included: 15,000 banner loads a month
  • Included: 10 vendors
  • Included: Consent log kept 180 days
  • Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
  • Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
  • Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
  • Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
  • Included: Preferences Center
  • Included: Consent log export
  • Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines
Standard consent logic starts here

Starter

A business website with visitors from several countries.

$9 / month

$89 / year

Or $89 a year with yearly billing.

About $7.42 a month. Saves $19 a year against monthly billing.

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  • Included: 1 domain
  • Higher than the plan before: 125,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
  • Higher than the plan before: 25 vendors
  • Higher than the plan before: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
  • Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
  • Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
  • Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
  • Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
  • Included: Preferences Center
  • Included: Consent log export
  • Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines
  • Plus
  • Higher than the plan before: 125,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
  • Higher than the plan before: 25 vendors
  • Higher than the plan before: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
  • Included: Standard consent logic: banner rules by visitor location
  • Included: Geolocation rules managed by TermsFeed
  • Included: Multi-language banner
  • Included: Custom banner colors beyond the light and dark palettes
  • Included: Remove TermsFeed branding
  • Included: Basic consent analytics

Pro

A growing business with several websites.

$24 / month

$229 / year

Or $229 a year with yearly billing.

About $19.08 a month. Saves $59 a year against monthly billing.

Choose Pro Choose Pro
  • Higher than the plan before: 5 domains
  • Higher than the plan before: 500,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
  • Higher than the plan before: Unlimited vendors
  • Included: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
  • Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
  • Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
  • Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
  • Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
  • Included: Preferences Center
  • Included: Consent log export
  • Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines
  • Included: Standard consent logic: banner rules by visitor location
  • Included: Geolocation rules managed by TermsFeed
  • Included: Multi-language banner
  • Included: Custom banner colors beyond the light and dark palettes
  • Included: Remove TermsFeed branding
  • Plus
  • Higher than the plan before: 5 domains
  • Higher than the plan before: 500,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
  • Higher than the plan before: Unlimited vendors
  • Included: Full consent analytics

Business

High-traffic websites and businesses with many brands.

$59 / month

$569 / year

Or $569 a year with yearly billing.

About $47.42 a month. Saves $139 a year against monthly billing.

Choose Business Choose Business
  • Higher than the plan before: 25 domains
  • Higher than the plan before: 3,000,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.21 per extra 1,000
  • Included: Unlimited vendors
  • Included: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
  • Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
  • Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
  • Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
  • Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
  • Included: Preferences Center
  • Included: Consent log export
  • Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines
  • Included: Standard consent logic: banner rules by visitor location
  • Included: Geolocation rules managed by TermsFeed
  • Included: Multi-language banner
  • Included: Custom banner colors beyond the light and dark palettes
  • Included: Remove TermsFeed branding
  • Included: Full consent analytics
  • Plus
  • Higher than the plan before: 25 domains
  • Higher than the plan before: 3,000,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.21 per extra 1,000
  • Included: Overage 30% lower than Pro

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Frequently asked questions about the FADP.

Answers to the questions small businesses ask about Swiss data protection and cookies.

Do I need a cookie banner in Switzerland?

Does the FADP apply to my business outside Switzerland?

The FADP applies to your business outside Switzerland when your processing has an effect in Switzerland. Article 3 sets this effects test, even for processing that starts abroad.

Selling to people in Switzerland or tracking Swiss visitors has an effect in Switzerland. Check the table on this page to see which rules fit your business.

Who pays FADP fines?

FADP fines fall on the responsible individuals, up to CHF 250,000, for wilful breaches. Cantonal prosecutors bring the cases, and negligence is not punishable.

A business pays instead only when the fine is CHF 50,000 or less and finding the responsible people takes disproportionate effort (Article 64).

Do I need a Swiss representative?

You need a Swiss representative only when your processing of data of people in Switzerland is large-scale, regular and high-risk. FADP Article 14 lists 4 conditions, and all 4 apply together.

Most small businesses that sell to Swiss customers meet none of the large-scale and high-risk conditions.

Does the TermsFeed Privacy Policy cover the FADP?

The Privacy Policy Generator has no section that names the FADP. The policy lists your contact details, the purposes and the recipients of the data, which Article 19 of the FADP asks for.

Check that the policy names the countries that receive personal data when you send data abroad (Article 19(4)).

More solutions.

Each solution page lists what a law or a platform asks of your website, and which TermsFeed product covers each part.

GDPR Consent from visitors in the EU before cookies load, with a Privacy Policy and a record of every consent. UK GDPR Consent before cookies under PECR, the 2026 analytics exception, and a Privacy Policy for UK visitors. CCPA+CPRA A Privacy Policy, the Do Not Sell or Share link and Global Privacy Control, for California residents. US state privacy laws Opt-outs, Global Privacy Control and privacy notices for the 19 US states with privacy laws in effect. Canada (PIPEDA and Law 25) PIPEDA consent and Quebec Law 25, with tracking off until Quebec visitors agree. LGPD (Brazil) Visitors from Brazil get clear privacy information, a reject button and revocable consent. COPPA The privacy notice for websites and apps aimed at children under 13, and the 2025 rule changes. Shopify Privacy Consent in your theme, connected to the Shopify Customer Privacy API. WordPress Privacy Consent on any WordPress theme, the WordPress Consent API, and free legal pages with AutoTerms. Wix Privacy Consent in Wix Custom Code, with the Wix cookie banner turned off. Squarespace Privacy Consent in Squarespace Code Injection, and Squarespace Analytics in your Cookies Policy. Webflow Privacy Consent in the Webflow Head code, with embeds that wait for consent. Online stores A Privacy Policy, a Return and Refund Policy and a consent banner for stores that sell online. SaaS Terms and Conditions, a Privacy Policy and a consent banner for software sold by subscription. Mobile apps The Privacy Policy and EULA that the Apple App Store and Google Play ask for. Global Privacy Control The browser opt-out signal 10 US states require, honored by Privacy Consent on every plan. Google Consent Mode v2 Consent signals for Google Ads and Google Analytics 4, sent from Privacy Consent with code from the docs.