Application for Inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. DPF Supplemental List of Arbitrators

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Application for Inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. DPF Supplemental List of Arbitrators

Eligible individuals who wish to be considered for inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. DPF Supplemental List of Arbitrators are invited to submit applications.  Applications must be typewritten, electronically submitted, and headed “Application for Inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. DPF Supplemental List of Arbitrators.”  Applications must include the following information, and each section of the application should be labeled and numbered as indicated below:

    • Applicant’s name.
    • Applicant’s mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

    1. Independence
    • Description of the applicant's affiliations with any organization that has self-certified under either the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) or the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), or the United States, Switzerland, European Union, or any EU Member State or any other governmental authority, public authority, or enforcement authority.

    2. Integrity
    • The respective names, job titles (as applicable), mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three individuals willing to provide information concerning the applicant’s qualifications for service, including the applicant’s character, reputation, reliability, and judgment.
    • Description of the applicant’s willingness and ability to make time commitments necessary to be an arbitrator.

    3. Expertise
    • Demonstration of admittance to practice law in the United States.
    • Relevant academic degrees and professional training and licensing.
    • Current employment, including job title and description of responsibility, as well as name and mailing address of employer, and name, job title, telephone number, and e-mail address of supervisor or other reference.
    • Employment history, including the dates and mailing addresses of each prior position and a summary of responsibilities.
    • Description of expertise in U.S. privacy law and Swiss data protection law, and, as appropriate, any other European data protection law.
    • Description of training or experience in arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution, if applicable.
    • A list of publications, testimony, and speeches, if any, concerning U.S. privacy law and Swiss data protection law, with copies appended. 







Public Burden Statement
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0625-0281 (expires 07/31/2026). Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 240 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to ITA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer at [email protected].

Privacy Act Notice

Information collected through applications for inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. DPF Supplemental List of Arbitrators will be covered by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Privacy Act System of Records Notice 23 and will not be made publicly available.  Evaluation of applications for inclusion on the list of arbitrators will be undertaken by the Department and the Swiss Federal Administration.  Submission of an individual’s application will be considered written consent to share the individual’s information with the Swiss Federal Administration to enable joint development of the list of arbitrators. This collection is covered by the Department of Commerce’s Privacy Act System of Records Notice (SORN) Dept-23: Information Collected Electronically in Connection with Department of Commerce Activities, Events, and Programs.