🇱🇮Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein applies the GDPR through the EEA and supplements it with the DSG

Liechtenstein's Data Protection Act (DSG) implements the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive within the EEA framework. The current official consolidation is effective from 1 April 2026. The Datenschutzstelle supervises compliance.

National rules with practical impact

The DSG contains detailed rules for video surveillance of publicly accessible spaces, public-sector DPOs, sensitive-data safeguards, secondary use, research and statistics, public-interest archives, confidentiality, scoring and credit reporting. It also contains national procedural, criminal and administrative-penalty provisions.

Video surveillance must meet a specified necessity or legitimate-interest ground, be visibly disclosed, remain purpose-bound and be deleted promptly when no longer needed. Recordable surveillance must generally be notified to the Datenschutzstelle before operation. Research data must be protected with specific safeguards, anonymised when the purpose permits and kept separately from identifying features until then.