Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal data protection law applied to appeal files still pending in an administrative procedure.
Solution extraite
No. Once the appeal was filed, the administrative procedure was pending, so the procedural law applied and excluded the data protection statute.
Motifs extraits
The exclusion of data protection law for civil, criminal, and administrative procedures avoids conflict with specific procedural rules on communication, hearing, evidence exchange, and notification. Pending appeals are governed by the procedural law regardless of which body received them.