If the law passes in its current form,

  • Swiss email and VPN providers with just 5,000 users are forced to log IP addresses and retain the data for six months

  • ID or driver’s license, maybe a phone number, are required for the registration process of various services - rendering the anonymous usage impossible.

  • Data must be delivered upon request in plain text, meaning providers must be able to decrypt user data on their end (except for end-to-end encrypted messages exchanged between users).

the law is not introduced by or via the Parliament, but instead the Swiss government