1. Swiss operator
The operator has its registered office and actual management in Switzerland and assumes legal and operational product responsibility.
The standard
Criteria that can be explained.
Swiss Made App combines the Swiss origin of a service with additional transparency requirements for digital products.
Baseline: Swiss responsibility
For services, Swiss origin requires the company to have its registered office in Switzerland and to be actually managed from Switzerland. Swiss Made App adds product-specific criteria.
Five binding criteria
A product may use the mark only for the scope described in the register.
2. Accountable product governance
Key product, security, privacy and operating decisions have named responsibility in Switzerland.
3. Transparent data locations
Storage, processing and significant external service providers are described for the product.
4. Documented safeguards
Access control, encrypted transport, minimisation, change management and incident handling are documented.
5. Public, current entry
Operator, scope, status and date are public. Material changes require reassessment.
Assessment and status model
The assessment is a documented self-assessment by SMART GmbH, not external certification.
Define the product
The public scope and responsible entity are confirmed.
Review the evidence
Criteria are assessed against available organisational and technical records.
Update at least annually
Assessment is repeated annually and after material changes.
Limits of the statement
The mark does not guarantee freedom from outages, data loss, vulnerabilities or legal violations. It replaces no mandatory approval or independent audit.
Legal context
The use of “Swiss” indications of source and the Swiss cross is governed by Swiss law. The current information of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property is authoritative.