Re: But who is pulling the strings of the courts?
Switzerland is not the privacy haven that it used to be.
.. but on the other hand you should also not believe the loud US propaganda. Switzerland still has better privacy laws (and, let's not forget, actual proper enforcement of them) than even Europe.
The only problem is that you have to be able to read law in French, Italian or German to understand how it works and to avoid the few tripwires in matters involving multiple jurisdiction.