Many Swiss cantons and municipalities impose a registration duty: hosts must register overnight guests. The exact requirements (data scope, deadlines, reporting channel) are set by the municipality or canton.
Which data is recorded?
Typically name, home address, date of birth, nationality, and ID type and number. This data is particularly sensitive and may only be processed for the registration purpose and only for as long as necessary.
Retention & data protection
- Store registration data only for the legally required period, then delete it.
- Inform guests transparently about purpose and retention (privacy notice).
- Secure the data technically — no open spreadsheet, no unencrypted storage.
Digital instead of paper
CheckInShine offers a guest-registration feature with a configurable automatic deletion period and a per-property guest privacy notice — so you meet the duty digitally and in a privacy-compliant way. This overview is not legal advice; your municipality’s rules govern.