Unfortunately, the claim of data being stored in Switzerland is often used to give customers a false sense of security. This is because the location of the data alone is not sufficient to ensure its protection. The swiss hosting label provides transparency in cloud-based services. The label ensures both B2B and B2C customers can tell which service providers and/or applications can assure the customer that data can only be accessed via Swiss authorities and in accordance with Swiss law. The supervisory function of the Swiss authorities ends when the company is controlled from outside Switzerland.
swiss hosting is a promise of a specific legal status – not a technical one. This statement does not relate to how well the data is technically protected. It relates solely to data protection – not technical data security.