Law note · Liechtenstein
DSG Datenschutzstelle Enforcement in Liechtenstein
The Datenschutzstelle enforces the DSG. One commentary source states violations may attract fines of up to 22 million Swiss francs or 4 percent of global annual turnover, a CHF-denominated figure tracking the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) EUR 20 million or 4 percent structure, since Liechtenstein uses the Swiss franc under its currency union with Switzerland rather than the euro; not independently confirmed against the DSG's own text this pass.
By analogy to the GDPR Article 82 structure the DSG is modeled on, the DSG is expected to carry its own compensation provision for a data subject who suffers damage from a DSG infringement; the specific article number was not confirmed and this is recorded at medium confidence, by structural inference rather than a read of the provision itself. No Liechtenstein-specific collective-redress mechanism was identified.
What it asks of an app
- Expect the Datenschutzstelle to have fining authority over your processing of personal data of a person in Liechtenstein, at a level reported to track the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 83 tiers, converted to Swiss francs.
- Expect a person who suffers damage from a DSG infringement to have a right to compensation from you as controller or processor, by analogy to GDPR Article 82.
When LexLint raises it
Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot, high_risk_decisions, processes_biometrics, processes_voice
Primary source: Secondary commentary, not independently confirmed against the DSG's own text this pass
the compensation-provision finding is a structural inference from the DSG's GDPR-modeled design, not a primary-text read