Mechanisms of data collection

Machine-supported translation — please verify against the German master version. — Original German version

How US intelligence services and law-enforcement agencies access worldwide data — and why Swiss data in US cloud services is systematically captured along the way.

Original illustration in German; a translated illustration is not available.

Methods of US data interception against Swiss data — overview

Sub-pages in this section

#	Page	About
1	The selector — what it is, how it emerges	Machine-readable identifier — smallest unit of collection.
2	FISA Section 702 — the invisible general warrant	Legal basis for mass collection of non-US persons.
3	Cloud Act — the doctrine of three words	US providers must hand over data — wherever stored.
4	Hyperscaler architecture — Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple	The concentrated market power of US cloud providers.
5	Lawful Access Programmes — PRISM and its successors	Snowden programmes and their regulatory successors.
6	Incidental Collection — how Swiss persons get caught up	The technical consequence: uninvolved third parties are captured.