Terms and conditions
Limitation of liability
Although every care has been taken by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (hereinafter FINMA) to ensure the accuracy of the information published, no warranty can be given in respect of the accuracy, reliability, up-to-dateness or completeness of this information. In particular, statements relating to legal issues do not constitute legally binding information or opinions on the part of FINMA.
FINMA reserves the right to alter or remove the content, in full or in part, without prior notice.
In no event will FINMA be liable for any loss or damage of a material or immaterial nature arising from access to, use or non-use of published information, or from misuse of the connection or technical faults.
Links
Links to third-party websites lie outside the scope of responsibility of FINMA. Access and use of such websites occurs entirely at the user’s own risk. FINMA expressly states that it has no influence whatsoever over the content of any linked site. Responsibility for information and services of linked sites rests entirely with the relevant third parties.
No liability of any kind is assumed for such websites.
Copyright
Copyright, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Laupenstrasse 27, 3003 Bern.
Information on FINMA’s website is accessible to the public. Downloading or copying of texts, illustrations, photos or any other data does not entail any transfer of rights on the content.
Copyright and any other rights relating to texts, illustrations, photos or any other data available on the FINMA website are the exclusive property of FINMA or of any other expressly mentioned owners. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
Privacy notice
General information
Your data are safe in our hands. FINMA only collects the personal data that it needs to fulfil its tasks (data economy). Stored data are carefully managed and protected against any form of abuse.
Under Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and under federal data protection law, everyone is entitled to have their privacy protected and to have their personal data protected from abuse. FINMA complies with these provisions on its website and when providing its web services.
Scope of application
This privacy notice applies to the FINMA website in the ‘finma.ch’ domain, to web services operated by third parties on behalf of FINMA and to the personal data collected via these websites. This privacy notice may be amended at any time without prior notice. Where the FINMA website or pages operated on its behalf offer links to the websites of other providers, the privacy information and policies of those providers apply to their own pages.
Individual web services operated by third parties on behalf of FINMA have their own or additional data protection provisions that cover their specific use.
Links
FINMA has no influence over external pages to which it provides links, nor over external pages that provide links to FINMA pages. Accordingly, FINMA provides no guarantee in relation to such pages that the information they contain is accurate or that they are free of malware (such as viruses). Responsibility for the information and services provided on linked web pages or web services are entirely the responsibility of the third party concerned. FINMA accepts no responsibility or liability for such web pages or web services.
What happens to your data when you use the FINMA website and services?
a) Retention and erasure
The processing of personal data is limited to the data that are required to provide a properly functioning website or service and user-friendly content and services, or to the data that you have actively made available to us. The personal data that we collect are only retained for as long as they are needed in order to fulfil the purpose concerned. Certain data may be retained for longer in order to meet statutory requirements or other obligations.
b) Data stored for the purpose of web analytics and for operating purposes
If you access FINMA’s website and services, the following data may be stored: IP address, anonymised geolocation (if enabled in the browser), date and time, browser language, pages visited as well as the time of the visit and number of page visits, files downloaded and links accessed, browser version and operating system used, data for tracking email and social media campaigns (access channel used). These data are evaluated by web analytics tools (see below). FINMA does this in order to continuously improve its methods of communication and its website. The IP address is obscured by means of anonymisation (2 bytes masking) during web analytics, ensuring that personal data protection is fully taken into account. These data may also be analysed in order to ensure operations (e.g. by monitoring capacities).
Web analytics tools: FINMA uses the Matomo software solution for web analytics not related to specific persons. Matomo is operated as a managed service by a Swiss provider. Tracking is carried out using JavaScript within the domain (finma.ch) and is completely under FINMA’s control.
The stored data are under FINMA’s control and remain in Switzerland. The data are used exclusively for the specified purposes; they are not shared or combined with other data records.
c) Cookies
Cookies are used on various FINMA pages in order to make visiting the website and services attractive and to allow certain functions to be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer. Most of the cookies used (session cookies) are deleted from your hard disk at the end of the browser session. Other cookies remain on your computer and enable you to be recognised again when you make your next visit (permanent cookies).
You can stop cookies from being stored on your browser by restricting or deactivating the storage and reading of cookies. Please note that you will not be able to use certain functions of the website and services without enabling cookies.
Your rights
You have the right to request information on the processing of your personal data by FINMA at any time free of charge. Any request for information should be sent in writing, signed and accompanied by a copy of an identity document (passport or ID card) to: Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Legal and Compliance, Laupenstrasse 27, 3003 Bern. You may have further statutory rights, such as the right to have data erased or corrected, to have data processing restricted and to have data transmitted.
Collecting and storing data in log files is absolutely essential for the provision and operation of our website and services. As a result, users of our website and services have no right to object in this respect.
Data security
Website and web services: When you visit our website and web services, FINMA uses encrypted data communication based on TLS in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. You can see whether a page on the website is being transmitted in encrypted form by checking whether the lock symbol displayed in the address bar of your browser is closed.
General data processing: In addition, FINMA uses suitable technical and organisational security measures in its data processing in order to protect your data against accidental or wilful manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. FINMA’s security measures correspond to the current state of the art.
Operation and external partners
The web servers that are used to operate the website and services are technically maintained in Switzerland by Swiss providers.
Name of the data controller and contact details of the data protection advisor in accordance with data protection legislation
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is responsible for the data processing described here. If you have any questions about data processing or if you believe that FINMA may be infringing your rights by processing your personal data, please contact the Legal and Compliance group, FINMA’s data protection advisor, via law@finma.ch.
April 2026