The federal government operates an information system to support the statutory tasks of the federal government and the cantons relating to animal experiments.
The information system contains the following personal data:
data concerning administrative and criminal prosecutions and sanctions;
data concerning authorisations and the monitoring of animal experiments;
data concerning authorisations and the monitoring of laboratory animal housing, breeding and trading facilities;
data concerning notifications of lines and strains that have a significant clinical pathological phenotype;
data concerning continuing education and training;
data necessary for the publication of animal experiment statistics;
data necessary for user and system administration.