Commentaries: Art. 102ebis

SEM may use video surveillance equipment and systems inside and outside buildings that it manages in connection with the asylum procedure and may make video and audio recordings in order to protect property and persons, in particular asylum seekers, SEM employees and employees responsible for care and security, from any form of threat.
The video and audio recordings shall be stored for four months and then automatically destroyed unless they are required in criminal proceedings or for an administrative investigation conducted by SEM.
The recordings may be passed on to the prosecution authorities.
SEM security managers and their superiors may view the recordings in the course of an administrative or criminal investigation.
The Federal Council shall regulate the modalities of video surveillance. It shall in particular specify which buildings or parts of buildings may be placed under video surveillance, and regulate the storage of recordings, their protection against misuse and their handover to the prosecution authorities.