(Non-Personal) Data Sharing in Switzerland

JOTTERAND, Alexandre. (Non-Personal) Data Sharing in Switzerland: Legal Landscape and Practical Implications. sic!, 9/2025, p. 440–455.

Abstract (AI generated)

This article examines the legal framework for data sharing in Switzerland. It focuses on the exchange of non-personal data between businesses (B2B), while also covering government-to-business (G2B) and business-to-government-to-business (B2G2B) models. It analyses the legal and practical consequences of the absence of ownership rights in non-personal data, and the resulting reliance on contractual and technical mechanisms to organise access and use. It also discusses data trusts, data intermediaries, trusted data spaces and open data licences, and assesses how they fit into Swiss law, in contrast with recent EU initiatives such as the Data Act.