{"id":1205,"date":"2026-09-23T10:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spluegenlaw.ch\/privacy-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:45:06","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spluegenlaw.ch\/en\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1205\" class=\"elementor elementor-1205 elementor-3\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f745b spacing_default container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d1f745b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc4b16f e-con-full read-width-big policy e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc4b16f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc62f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc62f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data Protection<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d9a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8d9a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>As of: September 2026<\/b><\/p><ol><li><b> What is this Privacy Policy about?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPersonal data\u201d or hereinafter also \u201cdata\u201d refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Spl\u00fcgen Rechtsanw\u00e4lte AG<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u201cSpl\u00fcgen Rechtsanw\u00e4lte,\u201d \u201cwe,\u201d or \u201cus\u201d) processes personal data as part of its business and legal activities. This particularly concerns personal data of existing and potential clients, persons associated with them, opposing parties and other participants in proceedings, courts and authorities, other lawyers and consultants, business partners, service providers, applicants, visitors to our website, and other persons with whom we are in contact.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this Privacy Policy, we explain how and for what purposes we process such personal data.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our data processing is governed in particular by the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (\u201cFADP\u201d) and the associated implementing provisions. In addition, statutory and professional regulations apply to our legal activities, in particular attorney-client privilege.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supplementary data protection or other notices may apply to individual data processing activities.<\/span><\/p> <ol start=\"2\"><li><b> Who is responsible for processing your data?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following entity is responsible for the data processing described in this Privacy Policy:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Spl\u00fcgen Rechtsanw\u00e4lte AG<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spl\u00fcgenstrasse 6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8002 Zurich<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Switzerland<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phone: +41 43 344 34 00<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:office@spluegenlaw.ch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">office@spluegenlaw.ch<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The internal contact person for data protection matters is:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Dr. Daniela Dardel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:dardel@spluegenlaw.ch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dardel@spluegenlaw.ch<\/span><\/a><\/p><p> <\/p> <ol start=\"3\"><li><b> How do we process data in connection with our services?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you mandate us or contact us regarding a potential mandate, we process personal data for the review, preparation, acceptance, execution, and handling of the mandate.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Initiation of Mandates<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With regard to a potential mandate, we process in particular the information that you provide to us or that we receive in connection with the potential mandate.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes in particular:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Name and contact details;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information on company, function, or professional position;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information on the subject matter and circumstances of the potential mandate;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correspondence and other communication;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documents and records submitted to us; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information about other persons involved or associated with you.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With regard to the acceptance or execution of a mandate, we may carry out necessary clarifications. These include, in particular, conflict, identity, sanctions, anti-money laundering, compliance, and, if applicable, credit checks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For these purposes, we may obtain information from you or from third parties and, in particular, consult public registers, sanctions lists, media, publicly accessible internet sources, and specialized information services.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Execution of Mandates<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we accept a mandate, we process the personal data required for the advice and representation of our clients.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes in particular:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information about the mandate relationship and the subject matter of the mandate;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructions from our clients;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Files, contracts, and other documents;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correspondence and other communication;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information on facts, transactions, and legal relationships;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information about opposing parties and other participants;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information about court, administrative, arbitration, and other proceedings;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information from meetings, negotiations, and clarifications;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal analyses and work results;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service, billing, and payment data; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information in connection with the termination and archiving of a mandate.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of our legal services, we may also obtain personal data from or disclose it to courts, authorities, opposing parties and their representatives, experts, witnesses, other consultants, and other participants in proceedings.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you provide us with personal data about other persons, such as employees, governing bodies, beneficial owners, family members, representatives, opposing parties, witnesses, or other participants in proceedings, we assume that the information concerned is correct and that you are authorized to transmit it. To the extent possible and appropriate, we ask you to inform the persons concerned of this Privacy Policy. Statutory and professional confidentiality obligations remain reserved.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the subject matter of a mandate, we also process particularly sensitive personal data. This may include, in particular, health data, information about private and intimate life, as well as information about administrative or criminal prosecutions and sanctions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process such data to the extent necessary for our legal activities, the protection of our clients&#8217; interests, or the fulfillment of statutory and professional obligations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of clients or other contractual partners that are companies or other legal entities, we process in particular personal data of their employees, governing bodies, and other contact persons, such as names, contact details, functions, and information from business communication.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"4\"><li><b> How do we process data in connection with communication and business relationships?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you communicate with us by email, telephone, letter, video conference, or in any other way, we process the personal data generated in the process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes in particular your contact details, the content of the communication, documents transmitted, and information about the type and time of communication.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process such data in particular:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to process inquiries;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to initiate and execute mandates and other contractual relationships;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to communicate with clients, business partners, and third parties;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to document our communication;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to maintain our business relationships; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to fulfill statutory and professional requirements.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may use the contact details of existing and former clients, business partners, and other professional contacts to the extent permitted by law to provide information about our activities, events, or other professionally relevant topics.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can object to such use of your contact details at any time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we hold events, we may process personal data in particular for the invitation, organization, execution, and follow-up of the event.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the extent that we use information about clients or mandates for lawyer directories, rankings, references, publications, or comparable purposes, we comply with our statutory and professional confidentiality obligations and, where necessary, obtain the prior consent of the client concerned.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"5\"><li><b> How do we process data in connection with our website?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When using our website, certain data is processed for technical reasons and stored in log files.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may include in particular:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the IP address;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">date and time of access;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pages and content accessed;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">information about the browser used;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">information about the operating system and device used;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technical error and log data; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">information about the website from which you reached our website.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process this data in particular to provide our website, ensure its security and stability, and to identify and resolve technical problems.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the extent that we use cookies or comparable technologies, you can control their use depending on the type of cookie via your browser or the settings options provided for this purpose.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the extent that third-party services or content are integrated into our website, the providers concerned may process technical data and, if applicable, use cookies or comparable technologies.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"6\"><li><b> Where does the personal data come from?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We receive a significant part of the personal data we process directly from you, in particular when you:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact us;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mandate us or consider a mandate;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provide us with documents or information;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communicate with us;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use our website; or<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">apply for a position with us.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of our legal activities, we also regularly receive personal data from third parties.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes in particular:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our clients;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">employees, governing bodies, and associated persons of our clients;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opposing parties and their representatives;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">courts, authorities, and other public bodies;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other lawyers and consultants;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">experts, witnesses, and other participants in proceedings;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">banks, insurance companies, and other service providers;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">information and compliance service providers; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other persons connected with the respective facts.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may also obtain personal data from publicly accessible sources. This includes in particular public registers, official publications, media, websites, and other publicly available information sources.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are generally not obliged to disclose personal data to us. However, certain information is required so that we can process an inquiry, review a potential mandate, conclude a contract, or provide our services. Without this information, we may therefore not be able to accept a mandate or provide a requested service.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"7\"><li><b> To whom do we disclose personal data?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our legal activities are subject to statutory and professional confidentiality obligations, in particular attorney-client privilege.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We only disclose personal data to the extent that this is necessary and permissible for the fulfillment of our tasks and mandates, an appropriate authorization or waiver exists, or the disclosure is provided for by law.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of our activities, personal data may be disclosed to the following categories of recipients in particular:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Clients and other contractual partners:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We disclose personal data to our clients and other contractual partners to the extent necessary for the execution of the respective mandate or contract.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Courts and authorities:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal data may be disclosed in particular to courts, arbitration tribunals, administrative, supervisory, law enforcement, and other authorities, to the extent necessary for the management of the mandate or provided for by law.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Opposing parties and other participants in proceedings:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the context of consultations, negotiations, and proceedings, personal data may be disclosed to opposing parties and their representatives as well as other persons involved.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Other consultants and professionals:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes in particular other lawyers and correspondence firms, notaries, tax advisors, trustees, experts, translators, and other experts, to the extent that they are involved in connection with a mandate.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Service providers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use service providers who support us in the operation of our law firm. This may include, in particular, providers of IT, hosting, cloud, and communication services, providers of law firm and document management systems, banks and other financial service providers, accounting service providers, postal, shipping, and courier services, as well as providers of archiving and document destruction services.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service providers process personal data on our behalf or under their own data protection responsibility, depending on their function.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When engaging service providers, we take into account our statutory and professional confidentiality obligations in addition to data protection requirements. We select service providers carefully and ensure through appropriate contractual, organizational, and technical measures that personal data is adequately protected and existing confidentiality obligations are maintained.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"8\"><li><b> Does personal data also go abroad?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of our activities, personal data may also be disclosed to recipients outside of Switzerland or processed there.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may be the case in particular:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for mandates with an international connection;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in proceedings before foreign courts or authorities;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when engaging foreign correspondence firms, experts, or other service providers; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when using IT, cloud, communication, or other service providers with processing abroad.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a recipient is located in a state whose legislation does not guarantee adequate data protection according to Swiss law, we ensure contractually that the same protection as in Switzerland is guaranteed. This includes, in particular, recognized standard data protection clauses (e.g., standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission) and, if necessary, additional protective measures.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In cases provided for by law, personal data may also be disclosed abroad on the basis of an exception, for example if the disclosure is necessary for the execution of a contract or for the establishment, exercise, or enforcement of legal claims, takes place in connection with proceedings before a foreign authority, or the person concerned has expressly consented.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"9\"><li><b> What other data processing takes place?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to processing in connection with mandates, we process personal data in particular for the following purposes:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Administration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process personal data for the organization and management of our law firm, in particular for contact and mandate management, accounting, billing, and payment transactions.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Compliance with legal and professional requirements:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process personal data to comply with statutory, regulatory, and professional obligations as well as internal requirements.<\/span><\/p><p><b>IT and information security:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process data to secure our IT systems and other infrastructure, to monitor and control technical access, for error analysis, to prevent and investigate security incidents, and for data backup and archiving.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Legal claims:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may process personal data to the extent necessary to establish, exercise, or enforce our own or third-party legal claims or to defend against claims.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Improvement of our services:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may use information from our business activities to review and further develop our internal processes and services. In doing so, we particularly observe our statutory and professional confidentiality obligations. To the extent possible and appropriate, we use anonymized or aggregated information for this purpose.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Applications:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br\/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you apply for a position with us, we process in particular your contact details, application documents, and other information relevant to the application process to review your application and, if necessary, to prepare an employment contract.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"10\"><li><b> How long do we process personal data?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process and store personal data for as long as is necessary for the respective processing purpose.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, we store personal data in particular as long as:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statutory or professional retention obligations exist;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this is necessary to document our activities;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contractual obligations exist;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">claims can be asserted or defended; or<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we have a legitimate interest in retention for other reasons.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In doing so, we take into account in particular the applicable statutory limitation and retention periods.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the respective reasons for retention no longer apply, personal data is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized as part of our usual processes, unless further retention is required or permitted.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"11\"><li><b> How do we protect personal data?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from loss, unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, and unauthorized disclosure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our protective measures are based on the type, scope, and purpose of the data processing as well as the sensitivity of the data concerned.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our employees and engaged persons are subject to the respectively applicable statutory, contractual, or professional confidentiality obligations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite appropriate security measures, risks in electronic data processing and communication cannot be completely excluded.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of ordinary emails, in particular, confidentiality during transmission cannot be technically fully guaranteed. For particularly confidential information, suitable secure communication channels can be used by arrangement.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"12\"><li><b> What rights do you have?<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the framework of the applicable data protection law and under the respective legal conditions, you have in particular the right:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to request information as to whether we process personal data about you;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to receive a copy of your personal data and other information provided for by law about its processing;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to have incorrect or incomplete personal data corrected or supplemented;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to request the deletion or destruction of personal data;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to object to a specific data processing activity or to request its omission;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to request the surrender of certain personal data in a common electronic format or its transfer to another controller under the legal conditions; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to revoke a given consent at any time with effect for the future.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal conditions, exceptions, and restrictions apply to these rights. Their exercise may be restricted in particular to the extent necessary to protect third parties, due to statutory provisions, or due to our statutory and professional confidentiality obligations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, we may redact information in a disclosure or only disclose it in part to the extent necessary to protect attorney-client privilege or other protected interests.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Dr. Daniela Dardel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spl\u00fcgen Rechtsanw\u00e4lte AG<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spl\u00fcgenstrasse 6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8002 Zurich<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+41 43 344 34 00<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:dardel@spluegenlaw.ch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dardel@spluegenlaw.ch<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may require appropriate proof of your identity before we process a corresponding request.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also contact the <\/span><b>Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> regarding data protection concerns.<\/span><\/p><ol start=\"13\"><li><b> Changes to this Privacy Policy<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Privacy Policy is not part of a contract. We may adapt it at any time, in particular if our data processing activities or the legal requirements change.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current version published on our website is authoritative.<\/span><\/p><p><b>As of: October 2026<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Protection As of: September 2026 What is this Privacy Policy about? \u201cPersonal data\u201d or hereinafter also \u201cdata\u201d refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. The Spl\u00fcgen Rechtsanw\u00e4lte AG (\u201cSpl\u00fcgen Rechtsanw\u00e4lte,\u201d \u201cwe,\u201d or \u201cus\u201d) processes personal data as part of its business and legal activities. 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