Privacy policy
MathisLegalzone Advokatur

Table of contents

1. What is this privacy policy about?

2. Who is responsible for processing your data?

3. For what purposes do we process which of your data?

4. Where does the data come from?

5. To whom do we disclose your data?

6. Will your personal data also be transferred abroad?

7. What rights do you have?

8. How are cookies, similar technologies and social media plug-ins used on our website and other digital services?

9. What else needs to be considered?

10. Can this privacy policy be amended?

1. What is this privacy policy about?

MathisLegalzone Advokatur, ("MathisLegalzone", hereinafter also"we","us") is a law firm based in Zurich. As part of our business activities, we obtain and process personal data, in particular personal data about our clients, associated persons, counterparties, courts and authorities, law firms, professional and other associations, visitors to our website, participants in events, recipients of newsletters and other bodies or their respective contact persons and employees (hereinafter also referred to as"you"). We provide information about this data processing in this privacy policy.

 

If you provide us with data about other persons (e.g. family members, representatives, counterparties or other associated persons), we assume that you are authorized to do so and that this data is correct and that you have ensured that these persons are informed about this disclosure, insofar as a legal obligation to provide information applies (e.g. by bringing this privacy policy to their attention in advance).

 

2. Who is responsible for processing your data?

The data controller responsible for the processing described in this privacy policy is

Andrea Silvio Mathis, lic. iur.
Basteiplatz 7
CH-8001 Zurich
asm@legalzone.ch

 

3. For what purposes do we process which of your data?

If you make use of our services, use www.legalzone.ch (hereinafter"website"), or otherwise have dealings with us, we obtain and process various categories of your personal data. In principle, we may obtain and otherwise process this data for the following purposes in particular:

 

• Communication: We process personal data so that we can communicate with you and with third parties, such as parties to proceedings, courts or authorities, by email, telephone, letter or otherwise (e.g. to respond to inquiries, in the context of legal advice and representation and the initiation or execution of contracts). For this purpose, we process in particular the content of the communication, your contact details and the marginal data of the communication.
   
• Initiation and conclusion of contracts: With regard to the conclusion of a contract, such as in particular a contract to establish a client relationship, with you or your client or employer, which also includes the clarification of any conflicts of interest, we may in particular process your name, contact details, powers of attorney, declarations of consent, information about third parties (e.g. contact persons, family details and counterparties). contact persons, family details and counterparties), contract contents, date of conclusion, creditworthiness data and all other data that you provide to us or that we collect from public sources or third parties (e.g. commercial register, credit agencies, sanctions lists, media, legal expenses insurance or from the Internet).
   
• Administration and processing of contracts: We obtain and process personal data so that we can comply with our contractual obligations towards our clients and other contractual partners (e.g. suppliers, service providers, correspondence law firms, project partners) and, in particular, provide and claim contractual services. This also includes data processing for client management (e.g. legal advice and representation of our clients before courts and authorities and correspondence) as well as data processing for the enforcement of contracts (debt collection, legal proceedings, etc.), accounting and public communication (if permitted). For this purpose, we process in particular the data that we receive or have collected as part of the initiation, conclusion and execution of the contract as well as data that we create as part of our contractual services or that we collect from public sources or from other third parties (e.g. courts, authorities, counterparties, information services, media, detective agencies or from the Internet). This data may include, in particular, minutes of meetings and consultations, notes, internal and external correspondence, contractual documents, documents that we prepare and receive in the context of proceedings before courts and authorities (e.g. statements of claim, appeals and complaints, judgments and decisions), background information about you, counterparties or other persons as well as other mandate-related information, proof of performance, invoices and financial and payment information.
   
• Operation of our website: In order to operate our website securely and stably, we collect technical data, such as IP address, information about the operating system and settings of your end device, region, time and type of use. We also use cookies and similar technologies. For further information, see section 8.
   
• Improvement of our electronic offers: In order to continuously improve our website, we collect data about your behavior and preferences, for example by analyzing how you navigate through our website.
   
• Security purposes and access controls: We obtain and process personal data in order to ensure and continuously improve the appropriate security of our IT and other infrastructure. This includes, for example, monitoring and controlling electronic access to our IT systems and physical access to our premises, analyzing and testing our IT infrastructures, system and error checks and creating backup copies. For documentation and security purposes (preventive and to investigate incidents), we also keep access logs and visitor lists in relation to our premises.
   
• Compliance with laws, directives and recommendations from authorities and internal regulations ("compliance"): We obtain and process personal data to comply with applicable laws (e.g. anti-money laundering, tax obligations or our professional obligations), self-regulations, certifications, industry standards, our corporate governance and for internal as well as external investigations in which we are a party (to proceedings) (e.g. by a law enforcement or supervisory authority or a mandated private body).
   
• Risk management and corporate governance: We obtain and process personal data as part of risk management (e.g. to protect against criminal activities) and corporate governance. This includes, among other things, our business organization (e.g. resource planning) and corporate development (e.g. acquisition and sale of business units or companies).
   
• Job application: If you apply for a job with us, we obtain and process the relevant data for the purpose of reviewing the application, carrying out the application process and, in the case of successful applications, preparing and concluding a corresponding contract. In addition to your contact details and the information from the relevant communication, we also process the data contained in your application documents and the additional data we can obtain about you, e.g. from job-related social networks, the internet, the media and references, if you consent to us obtaining references. Data processing in connection with the employment relationship is the subject of a separate privacy policy.
   
• Other purposes: Other purposes include, for example, training and education purposes as well as administrative purposes (e.g. accounting).

 

4. Where does the data come from?

• From you: You (or your end device) provide us with the majority of the data we process (e.g. in connection with our services, the use of our website and apps, or communication with us). You are not obliged to disclose your data, with exceptions in individual cases (e.g. legal obligations). However, if you wish to conclude contracts with us or make use of our services, for example, you must provide us with certain data. The use of our website is also not possible without data processing.
   
• From third parties: We may also obtain data from publicly accessible sources (e.g. debt collection registers, land registers, commercial registers, media or the internet including social media) or receive such data from (i) authorities, (ii) your employer or client who either has a business relationship with us or is otherwise involved with us, as well as from (iii) other third parties (e.g. clients, counterparties, legal expenses insurers, credit agencies, associations, contractual partners). This includes in particular the data that we process in the context of the initiation, conclusion and execution of contracts as well as data from correspondence and discussions with third parties.

 

5. To whom do we disclose your data?

In connection with the purposes listed in section 3, we transfer your personal data in particular to the categories of recipients listed below. If necessary, we will obtain your consent for this or have our supervisory authority release us from our professional duty of confidentiality.

 

• Service providers: We work with service providers in Switzerland and abroad who (i) process data on our behalf (e.g. IT providers), (ii) on our joint responsibility or (iii) on their own responsibility that they have received from us or collected for us. These service providers include, for example, IT providers, banks, insurance companies, other law firms or consulting firms). We generally enter into contracts with these third parties regarding the use and protection of personal data.
   
• Clients and other contractual partners: This initially refers to clients and other contractual partners of ours for whom the transfer of your data arises from the contract (e.g. because you work for a contractual partner or they provide services for you). This category of recipients also includes entities with which we cooperate, such as other law firms in Switzerland and abroad or legal expenses insurance companies. The recipients generally process the data under their own responsibility.
   
• Authorities and courts: We may disclose personal data to offices, courts and other authorities in Switzerland and abroad if this is necessary for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations and in particular for the conduct of our mandate, or if we are legally obliged or entitled to do so or if this appears necessary to protect our interests. These recipients process the data under their own responsibility.
   
• Counterparties and persons involved: Insofar as this is necessary for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations, in particular for the management of the mandate, we also pass on your personal data to counterparties and other persons involved (e.g. guarantors, financiers, affiliated companies, other law firms, persons providing information or experts, etc.).
   
• Other persons: This refers to other cases where the involvement of third parties arises from the purposes set out in section 3. This concerns, for example, delivery addressees or payment recipients specified by you, third parties in the context of representation relationships (e.g. your lawyer or your bank) or persons involved in official or court proceedings. We may also pass on your personal data to our supervisory authority, in particular if this is necessary in individual cases to release you from our professional confidentiality obligation. If we cooperate with the media and transmit material to them (e.g. photos), you may also be affected. As part of our corporate development, we may sell or acquire businesses, parts of businesses, assets or companies or enter into partnerships, which may also result in the disclosure of data (including your data, e.g. as a client or supplier or as their representative) to the persons involved in these transactions. In the course of communication with our competitors, industry organizations, associations and other bodies, data relating to you may also be exchanged.

 

All these categories of recipients may in turn involve third parties, so that your data may also become accessible to them. We can restrict processing by certain third parties (e.g. IT providers), but not by other third parties (e.g. authorities, banks, etc.).

 

6. does your personal data also end up abroad?

We process and store personal data mainly in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA), but potentially in any country in the world, depending on the case - for example via subcontractors of our service providers or in proceedings before foreign courts or authorities. Your personal data may also be transferred to any country in the world as part of our work for clients.

 

If a recipient is located in a country without adequate data protection, we contractually oblige the recipient to comply with an adequate level of data protection (we use the revised standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are available here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?, including the supplements required for Switzerland), unless the recipient is already subject to a legally recognized set of rules to ensure data protection. We may also disclose personal data to a country without adequate data protection without concluding a separate contract if we can rely on an exemption clause for this. An exception may apply in particular in the case of legal proceedings abroad, but also in cases of overriding public interests or if the performance of a contract that is in your interest requires such disclosure (e.g, if we disclose data to our correspondence offices), if you have given your consent, or if it is not possible to obtain your consent within a reasonable period of time and the disclosure is necessary to protect your life or physical integrity or that of a third party, or if it concerns data that you have made generally accessible and whose processing you have not objected to. We may also rely on the exception for data from a register provided for by law (e.g. HR), which we have legitimately obtained access to. We may also rely on the exception for data from a register provided for by law (e.g. HR), which we have legitimately obtained access to.

 

7. What rights do you have?

You have certain rights in connection with our data processing. In accordance with applicable law, you may in particular request information about the processing of your personal data, have incorrect personal data corrected, request the erasure of personal data, object to data processing, request the disclosure of certain personal data in a commonly used electronic format or its transfer to other controllers.

 

If you wish to exercise your rights against us, please contact us; you will find our contact details in section 2. In order for us to rule out misuse, we must identify you (e.g. with a copy of your ID, if necessary).

 

Please note that conditions, exceptions or restrictions apply to these rights (e.g. to protect third parties or business secrets or due to our professional duty of confidentiality). We reserve the right to black out copies for reasons of data protection or confidentiality or to supply only excerpts.

 

8. how are cookies, similar technologies and social media plug-ins used on our website and other digital services?

When you use our website (including the newsletter and other digital services), data is collected that is stored in logs (in particular technical data). We may also use cookies and similar technologies (e.g. pixel tags or fingerprints) to recognize website visitors, evaluate their behavior and identify preferences. A cookie is a small file that is transmitted between the server and your system and makes it possible to recognize a specific device or browser.

 

You can set your browser so that it automatically rejects, accepts or deletes cookies. You can also deactivate or delete cookies in individual cases. You can find out how to manage cookies in your browser in the help menu of your browser.

 

Neither the technical data collected by us nor cookies generally contain any personal data.

 

We also use our own tools and third-party services (which may themselves use cookies) on our website, in particular to improve the functionality or content of our website (e.g. integration of videos or maps) and to compile statistics.

 

Some of the third-party providers we use may be located outside Switzerland. Information on the disclosure of data abroad can be found in section 6. In terms of data protection law, some of them are "only" processors on our behalf and some are controllers. Further information on this can be found in the data protection declarations.

 

9. What else should be noted?

We do not assume that the EU General Data ProtectionRegulation ("GDPR") is applicable in our case. However, should this be the case in exceptional cases for certain data processing, this Section 10 also applies exclusively for the purposes of the GDPR and the data processing subject to it.

 

We base the processing of your personal data in particular on the fact that

• it is necessary as described in section 3 for the initiation and conclusion of contracts and their administration and enforcement (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR;
   
• it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by third parties as described in para. 3, namely for communication with you or third parties, to operate our website, to improve our electronic offers and registration for certain offers and services, for security purposes, for compliance with Swiss law and internal regulations for our risk management and corporate governance and for other purposes such as training and education, administration, evidence and quality assurance, organization, implementation and follow-up of events and to safeguard other legitimate interests (see section 3) (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR);
   
• it is required or permitted by law on the basis of our mandate or our position under the law of the EEA or a member state (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR) or is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of other natural persons (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR);
   
• you have consented to the processing separately, e.g. via a corresponding declaration on our website (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR).

 

Please note that we will generally process your data for as long as required by our processing purposes (see section 3), the statutory retention periods and our legitimate interests, in particular for documentation and evidence purposes, or if storage is technically necessary (e.g. in the case of backups or document management systems). If there are no legal or contractual obligations or technical reasons to the contrary, we generally delete or anonymize your data after the storage or processing period has expired as part of our normal processes and in accordance with our retention policy.

 

If you do not provide certain personal data, this may mean that it is not possible to provide the associated services or conclude a contract. We always indicate where personal data requested by us is mandatory.

 

The right to object to the processing of your data set out in section 7 applies in particular to data processing for the purpose of direct marketing.

 

If you do not agree with our handling of your rights or data protection, please let us know (see contact details in section 2). If you are located in the EEA, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your country. A list of authorities in the EEA can be found here: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_de.

 

10. can this privacy policy be amended?

This Privacy Policy does not form part of any contract with you. We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. The version published on this website is the current version.