Data protection policy

Your privacy is important to us. We therefore only process your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection law, including the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act as amended from time to time and, where relevant, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018. We would be pleased to inform you about our treatment of your personal data which we receive or create in contact with you.

Types of personal data we process

Personal data are information which can be used to identify you or otherwise be assigned to you. We process certain personal data which you and third parties voluntarily provide to us, e.g., if you contact us via e-mail or other means of communication in attorney client or other relationships, wish to subscribe to or receive our newsletters and similar communications or are interested in an event or in our services.

The personal information we process may include your firstname and surnames, e-mail address, telephone numbers, language preferences, job titles, business and private mailing addresses, identity documents, further business relations such as bank data used for payment transactions in connection with our business relationship. If you disclose personal data of other persons (e.g., business partners, employees, consultants, representatives, other relations etc.) to us, please ensure that these persons are familiar with the present data protection declaration and only provide us with such personal data if you are permitted to do so and if the personal data of other persons is correct.

For various reasons, personal data may also originate from other public information and additional sources accessible to us in our relations with you, such as commercial registries, real estate registries, media and internet, company websites and information as well as data in connection with administrative or judicial proceedings.

We may use Cookies in specific cases. You can modify the parameters of your browser to prevent the storage of Cookies by choosing a “disable Cookies” option in your browser settings. We draw your attention to the fact that with the use of the “disable Cookies” option, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of the present website. In continuing to use the present website without modifying your parameters, you accept the use of Cookies.

We have recourse to the services of third parties to make use of specific typography signs such as Icons, Logos and Symbols on our Website, more specifically, we use the services of “Google Fonts”, proposed by Google.

We also use for our website extensions to be able to use additional functions, more specifically, we have recourse to Google reCAPTCHA, proposed by Google.

How we use your personal data

We use personal data in our attorney client and other business relations with you, namely during the execution of the mandate given to us and for communication purposes, e.g., for sending information letters, newsletters, invitations to events or lectures.

However, your personal data will neither be sold nor otherwise disclosed to third parties in any way; also, your personal data will not be used to serve to create “users’ profiles”.

Our external service providers and other auxiliaries (such as bookkeepers, IT specialists when maintaining or servicing our IT system) may also gain access to your personal data. This is also the case for foreign corresponding lawyers we contact on your behalf and with your advance approval when the execution of the mandate requires the intervention of a corresponding lawyer abroad.

Why and on what legal basis we process your personal data

As described above, we process your personal data for our attorney client or other business relationship with you and for communication purposes.

Where and how your personal data will be stored

SGC AVOCAT Etude Sibilla G. Cretti is a Swiss law firm, and all your personal data are processed and stored exclusively on servers in Switzerland. A transfer abroad, namely, to a corresponding lawyer during the execution of the mandate will require your prior approval.

How long we store your personal data

Your personal data will be stored for the above-mentioned purposes for as long as your mandate or other contractual relationship with us will not be terminated or – after its termination – for as long as you do not inform us that you no longer wish to receive communications from us. You can always contact us if this is the case.

Afterwards, your personal data will be archived and only stored for as long as this is required for us to comply with our legal or contractual duties of storage, evidence preservation and documentation. You can access, update, or change your personal data stored with us at any time. Finally, you can also have this personal data deleted as soon as we are no longer subject to any legal or contractual storage, evidence preservation and documentation obligations in this respect.

Our measures to protect your personal data

We use the technical, organizational, and other measures we deem appropriate to protect your personal data from loss, disclosure and, above all, from unauthorized access, such as network security solutions, access controls and restrictions as well as other controls and, if you wish us to do so, the use of pseudonyms and encryption software. We regularly review our security policies and processes with our IT specialists to ensure that your data is protected.

To comply with legitimate interests, we may be forced to disclose personal data in certain circumstances. This may be the case for (i) complying with statutory disclosure obligations, (ii) in legal disputes and (iii) for the collection of debts.

How you can reach or contact us

If you have any questions regarding the storage and processing of your personal data, please contact: sibilla.cretti@sgc-avocat.com.