imprint & privacy.

based on article 13 of the swiss federal constitution and the data protection provisions of the confederation (data protection act, DPA), everyone has the right to privacy and to protection against the misuse of their personal data. the operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. we treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

together with our hosting providers we make every effort to protect the databases as far as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse and falsification.

we point out that data transmission over the internet (for example when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

by using this website you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. this website can generally be visited without registration. in the process, data such as pages accessed or names of files retrieved, the date and the time are stored on the server for statistical purposes, without this data being related directly to your person. personal data, in particular name, address or e-mail address, is collected on a voluntary basis wherever possible. without your consent, the data is not passed on to third parties.

personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. a data subject is a person whose personal data is processed. processing covers any handling of personal data, irrespective of the means and procedures applied, in particular the storing, disclosing, obtaining, deleting, saving, altering, destroying and using of personal data.

we process personal data in accordance with swiss data protection law. in addition, and insofar as the EU GDPR applies, we process personal data on the following legal bases in connection with art. 6 para. 1 GDPR:

lit. a) processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
lit. b) processing of personal data in order to perform a contract with the data subject and to carry out corresponding pre-contractual measures.
lit. c) processing of personal data in order to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable law of the EU or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR applies in whole or in part.
lit. d) processing of personal data in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
lit. f) processing of personal data in order to safeguard the legitimate interests of ourselves or of third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms, fundamental rights and interests of the data subject prevail. legitimate interests are in particular our business interest in being able to provide our website, information security, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with swiss law.

we process personal data for the period necessary for the respective purpose or purposes. where longer retention obligations apply as a result of legal and other duties to which we are subject, we restrict the processing accordingly.

for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. you can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser address line changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the padlock symbol in your browser bar.

when SSL or TLS encryption is active, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

the provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits to us automatically. these are browser type and browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer and the time of the server request.

this data cannot be assigned to specific persons. it is not merged with other data sources. we reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete indications of unlawful use.

if you send us enquiries via the contact form, the details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, are stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. we do not pass this data on without your consent.

the copyright and all other rights to content, images, photographs or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or to the rights holders specifically named. written consent from the copyright holder must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any files.

anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable to prosecution and possibly to damages.

we may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. the current version published on our website applies. where the privacy policy forms part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of any update by e-mail or by other suitable means.

if you have questions about data protection, please write us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection named at the beginning of this privacy policy directly.

zürich, 29.05.2020
source: swissanwalt