Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Isenring Law

What does this privacy policy regulate?

This privacy policy contains information on how personal data is collected and processed in the context of a client relationship with Isenring Law attorneys.

How can you reach us?

Isenring Law is responsible for the processing of personal data as described in this privacy policy. You can reach us as follows:

Isenring Law
Attorney Dr. Bernhard Isenring
General Wille Strasse 201
Postfach 572
8706 Meilen

If you have any questions about our handling of personal data or other data protection concerns, please feel free to contact us at isenring@isenringlaw.ch.

What personal data do we process and for what purposes do we process your data?

We process personal data (data that directly or indirectly identifies natural persons) that we receive from you or third parties involved as part of the client relationship or that we collect ourselves.
You or the data subjects provide us with some of the personal data yourself when you or they contact us by e-mail or telephone and request our services. This includes, for example, name and contact details as well as information about the role of the data subject at the company or organization for which you or the respective contact persons work or on whose behalf you or they contact us. We also process personal data that we receive in our correspondence with third parties (namely clients, counterparties, authorities and courts and their employees or other contact persons) as part of the client relationship (e.g. name, contact details, date of birth, details of employment, income situation, family circumstances or state of health). We also collect some personal data ourselves, e.g. from public registers or websites.
We therefore process the following personal data as part of a client relationship:

Client data and data for mandate management: first and last names and contact details of the contact persons, position and title, associated company / position, industry, any cross-connections (e.g. shareholder or related parties) and further background information from publicly accessible sources (e.g. commercial register), any referring person, content of inquiry and mandate, counterparties and their representatives and further information for checking any conflicts of interest;
Client data: Communication with clients, courts, opposing counsel and third parties, advisory documentation, information disclosed to us by or on behalf of clients, opposing parties, courts, authorities and other parties to proceedings or which we create in the course of our services;
Performance and billing data: Details of services provided and invoiced, invoice data, proof of services, invoices, payments, bank details;
Supplementary information: Information in connection with participation in our events and other information provided to us by clients.

We mainly process personal data in order to provide, document, invoice and improve our services. This includes processing to fulfill legal requirements (e.g. to check for any conflicts of interest) and to enforce or defend against legal claims. We also process the personal data of our clients in order to communicate with them, respond to inquiries and send them information about our law firm and invitations to events, courses, conferences or lectures.
We may also process contact details of clients or their employees or other contact persons for marketing purposes (using any means of communication such as email, social media, post or telephone) in order to inform them about publications, events, news, services or products that may be of interest.
We have a legitimate interest in the processing of personal data corresponding to the purposes mentioned. Some processing is also necessary so that we can fulfill our contractual obligations towards you or our legal obligations (e.g. retention obligations).

Do we pass on your data to third parties and how do we process your data?

In order to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, it may be necessary for us to disclose personal data to the following categories of recipients: External service providers, clients, counterparties and their legal representatives, business partners with whom we may need to coordinate the provision of legal services, authorities and courts, legal expenses insurers and other experts.
We would like to point out that we may also pass on personal data to data processors as part of the management of the mandate, in particular to IT providers and other providers who make IT applications available (e.g. collaboration platforms, cloud services, translation tools) or provide support and other services for the purposes listed in this privacy policy on our behalf. We then use certain IT services and means of communication that may be associated with data security risks (e.g. email, video conferencing). It is your responsibility to inform us if you require special security measures.
We may transfer personal data to recipients (such as counterparties or authorities) in countries that do not guarantee a level of data protection comparable to Swiss law. We may 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 to 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 consented or if it is not possible to obtain your consent within a reasonable period of time and the disclosure is necessary for the performance of a contract or to enforce legal claims.

What rights do you have in relation to your personal data?

In particular, data subjects have the right to information about the personal data stored about them and the purpose of data processing, the right to rectification and erasure or restriction of processing of their personal data, the right to object to processing, the right to seek a judicial remedy from a competent supervisory authority and the right to data portability/transferability. Please note, however, that conditions and exceptions apply to these rights. To the extent permitted or required by law, we may refuse requests to exercise these rights. For example, we may or must retain or otherwise continue to process the personal data despite a request to erase the personal data or restrict processing for legal reasons.
If you have any questions or would like to exercise such a right, please contact us by e-mail at isenring@isenringlaw.ch or by post:

Isenring Law
General Wille Strasse 201
Postfach 572
8706 Meilen

A data subject also has the option provided for in the Data Protection Act to contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (www.edoeb.admin.ch).

How is this privacy policy adapted?

It may be necessary to amend this privacy policy, for example if the law or the way in which we process personal data changes. In this case, the new version will be published on our website.
Please note that no consent is required from clients, their employees or other contact persons for the data protection declaration. The privacy policy merely provides information about the nature, scope and purpose of the use of personal data by Isenring Law. We reserve the right to unilaterally change the content of the aforementioned privacy policy at any time and without notice. It is therefore recommended that you regularly consult the data protection declaration on our website.