The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) is responsible to advise, educate and ensure the protection of personal data in Switzerland.

[4] The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner is responsible for the supervision of federal authorities and private bodies with respect to data protection and freedom of information legislation.

The cantons also have data protection and information commissioners.

The position of Federal Data Protection Commissioner was created in 1993,[5] with the entry in force (on 1 July 1993) of the Federal Act on Data Protection of 19 June 1992.

[3] The position was renamed Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner in 2006, with the entry in force (on 1 July 2006) of the Federal Act on Freedom of Information in the Administration of 17 December 2004.