Privacy Policy

1.What is this privacy statement about?

“Personal data” (or hereinafter also “data”) is all information that can be associated with a specific person. In this privacy policy we explain how we use data, primarily in the context of our business activities and in connection with our website. If you would like further information about our data processing, please contact us (Section 2).

2. Who is responsible for processing your data?

RISE – Attorneys at Law is responsible for data processing under this privacy policy.

RISE – Attorneys at Law

Langstrasse 113

Postfach 8666
8036 Zürich

You may provide us with data that also relates to other persons (e.g., related persons, deputies or represented persons, parties to proceedings, etc.). In this case, we assume that these data are correct and that you may transmit them to us. Since we often have no direct contact with these persons and are not allowed or able to inform them directly about our data processing, we ask you to inform these persons - if possible - on your part about our data processing (e.g., by referring to this data protection statement).


3. How do we process data in connection with our services?

f you mandate us or if you are in contact with us with regard to a mandate, we process data for the preparation and, if necessary, the execution of a mandate.

  • If you are in contact with us with regard to a mandate, we obtain and use data, e.g., if you send us instructions, documents and other information. This applies in particular to data that you disclose to us, e.g., name and contact details, information on the subject of a possible mandate and its further circumstances, the documents related to this and the communication with you. If you involve other companies or persons in addition to us (e.g., deputies, law firms or other bodies), we may - in accordance with your instructions - exchange information with these companies or persons.

  • With regard to a possible mandate, we may carry out appropriate investigations, e.g., money laundering, conflict and creditworthiness checks, which relate to you or to related persons. For these purposes, we may obtain relevant information from information providers, e.g., from public registers (e.g., the commercial register), the media and the Internet.

  • If we conclude a mandate agreement with you, we process the data from the run-up to the conclusion of the agreement and information on the mandate agreement (e.g., the conclusion date and the subject matter of the agreement). We also process personal data during and after the term of a mandate. This concerns, for example, information on our services, on discussions and meetings, on payments, on mutual claims, on the termination of a mandate and - should disputes arise in connection with the contract - also on these and corresponding proceedings. In the course of our services, we may obtain and process further personal data, for example in connection with investigations, communication with authorities, parties to proceedings, experts and third parties and in connection with participation in court, administrative and other proceedings.

For contractors who are companies, we process fewer personal data because data protection law only covers data of natural persons (i.e., people). However, we do process data of the contact persons with whom we are in contact, e.g., name, contact details, professional details and details from communication, and details of management persons etc. as part of the general information about companies for which we provide services.


4. How we process data in connection with our website?

When using our website, certain data is collected for technical reasons and temporarily stored in log files (log data), in particular the IP address of the end device, information about the Internet service provider and the operating system of your end device, information about the referring URL, information about the browser used, date and time of access, and content accessed when visiting the website. This data is used so that our website can be operated, but also for system security and stability.

Our website does not use any analysis or tracking services. Our website also does not set cookies.


5. How can we disclose personal data?

We may first disclose personal data to our clients in the context of a mandate. However, we also disclose data to other bodies - insofar as we are released from the lawyer's duty of confidentiality protected by criminal law (Art. 321 of the Criminal Code) - e.g., authorities, courts, parties to proceedings, experts and other third parties.

Your e-mails are securely stored at Hostfactory. In addition, we use NAS (Network Attached Storage) for data backup in our office. Furthermore, your data backups are stored at the premises of Tekko GmbH. We use the services of Infomaniak to back up your data.

6. Are there any other treatments?

Yes, because many processes are not possible without processing personal data, including common and unavoidable internal processes:

  • Communication with you: If we are in contact with you by e-mail, by telephone or in any other way, we process information about communication content via the type, time and place of communication. Please note that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. For the best possible protection of e-mail communication, we also intermittently use the encryption services of IncaMail and PrivaSphere. However, it is not possible to guarantee complete protection of data against access by unauthorised third parties.

  • Compliance with legal requirements: We may disclose data to authorities as part of legal obligations or powers and to comply with internal regulations.

  • IT security: We also process data for monitoring, controlling, analysing, securing, and checking our IT infrastructure, but also for backups and archiving data. We do not use servers with locations outside of Switzerland for this.

  • Other purposes: We process data to the extent necessary for other purposes such as administration (e.g., contact management, accounting), enforcement and defence of claims, evaluation and improvement of internal processes as well as to safeguard other legitimate interests.


7. How long do we process personal data?

We process your personal data as long as it is necessary for the purpose of processing, as long as we have a legitimate interest in storing it (e.g., to enforce legal claims) and in any case as long as data is subject to a legal obligation to retain it.

8. What are your rights?

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data under certain conditions and with certain restrictions:

  • You can request a copy of your personal data and further information on our data processing;

  • You can object to our data processing;

  • You can have incorrect or incomplete personal data corrected or completed or supplemented by a note of objection;

  • You have the right to receive certain personal data in a structured, common and machine-readable format, insofar as the corresponding data processing is based on your consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract;

  • insofar as we process data on the basis of your consent, you may revoke your consent at any time. The revocation is only valid for the future, and we reserve the right to continue to process data on a different basis in the event of a revocation.

If you wish to make use of such a right, please contact us (point 2). As a rule, we will have to check your identity (e.g., by means of a copy of your identity card).

Data subjects also have the right to enforce their data protection rights through legal channels or to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority. The data protection supervisory authority for private responsible parties and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).