FADP and GDPR for Switzerland-Based Businesses Serving EU Clients
If your business is based in Switzerland and you serve clients in the EU, you may need to align with Swiss FADP and, in many cases, GDPR. This page gives you the baseline, what usually triggers GDPR, and the fastest path to a clean, defensible setup that does not feel like duct tape.

Your Guide
Legally She Can is a Swiss-based legal consultancy in Zurich.
Vena Verga-Danemar is a licensed lawyer turned legal and business trust engineer, the TrustWright, and founder of Legally She Can, based in Zurich.
We work with founders and experts serving clients in Switzerland and the EU.
What you need to know at a glance
Quick Answers
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Swiss FADP is your baseline if you are Switzerland-based.
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GDPR can apply if you actively serve or target individuals in the EU, even from Switzerland.
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Fast first fix: Privacy Policy (Datenschutz or Datenschutzerklärung), cookies and tracking disclosure, and vendor DPAs for your core tools.
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Most compliance work lives in your tool stack, analytics, email marketing, scheduling, payments, and storage.
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Trust is the function of structure. When your setup is consistent, your clients understand you faster, and AI summaries misinterpret you less.
