EDÖB
Source Passport
CH-R-00002-2
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- Legal name
- Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter (EDÖB)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Type
- Regulator
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Head
- Adrian Lobsiger (Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name on record, not yet checked
- Who leads it on record, not yet checked
- How it is funded not disclosed
- Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- Public body
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- EDÖB
- PFPDT
- IFPDT
- FDPIC
- Registration number Pending check
- Established by the Bundesgesetz über den Datenschutz (DSG) (federal authority, no company register entry)
- Registered address Pending check
- Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- EDÖB homepage, read 2026-10-14 (Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter (EDÖB); address Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern; tasks under the DSG and the Öffentlichkeitsgesetz)
- EDÖB 'Kontakt', read 2026-10-14 (address; 'Als unabhängige Behörde obliegen dem Eidgenössischen Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragten (EDÖB) Aufgaben in den Bereichen Datenschutz und Öffentlichkeitsprinzip')
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owner or founding authority Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type Bundesversammlung (the EDÖB reports annually to the Federal Assembly, Art. 57 DSG) Direct State or public body - State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Answers to Pending check
- Swiss Confederation (independent federal authority under the DSG; reports to the Bundesversammlung)
2 sources
- EDÖB 33. Tätigkeitsbericht 2025/2026 (PDF, published 29/30 June 2026), read 2026-10-14 (foreword signed 'Adrian Lobsiger, Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter', Bern, 31 March 2026; 'Der EDÖB erstattet der Bundesversammlung jährlich Bericht über seine Tätigkeit' (Art. 57 DSG); limited resources due to the strained federal budget)
- EDÖB 'Tätigkeitsbericht des EDÖB', read 2026-10-14 (annual report to the Bundesversammlung and Bundesrat)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- How it is funded
- Not disclosed
- Budget and funding bodies
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Agencies and funds under it
- Not disclosed
- Public-office or party roles of board members
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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