Credit Suisse inquiry will keep files secret for 50 years

[tehwebguy]

Wow, I sure hope nobody with access to these documents has an any moral compass, it would be so tragic if someone leaked them, like, today.

[garciasn]

Those with a moral compass have already leaked information previously, likely leading to the fall of the bank itself: https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/20/credit-suisse-s...

[AndyMcConachie]

If you ever needed proof of the relationship between banks and intelligence agencies here it is.

[rahimnathwani]

Confusingly, the 1998 law (which reduced the delay to 30 years) has an exception which seems like it might apply to a lot of situations:

  Art. 11 Extended retention period for personal data
  1 Archive records that are classified according to the names of people and which contain sensitive personal data or personality profiles are subject to a retention period of 50 years, unless the person concerned has consented to their consultation.