🔒 Privacy Policy

📋 1. General Information

This Privacy Policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data by ITLawAssist, Bahnhofstrasse 23, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland (hereinafter "we" or "ITLawAssist"). This statement applies to all IT legal services, legal consultation, and digital services that we offer to our clients.

The protection of your personal data is our highest priority. We process your data exclusively within the framework of the legal provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Swiss data protection law. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have regarding your personal information.

🎯 2. Data Collection and Processing Purposes

We collect and process your personal data exclusively for the following purposes:

  • IT Legal Services: For the proper execution of commissioned legal consultation, guidance through legal procedures, contract review, and other legal services.
  • Client Care: For communication with our clients, answering inquiries, and providing support services.
  • Contract Processing: For fulfilling our contractual obligations and processing payments.
  • Compliance and Legal Conformity: For fulfilling legal retention and reporting obligations in the area of legal consultation and technology law.
  • Quality Assurance: For continuous improvement of our services and client satisfaction.

💾 3. Types of Data Collected

We process the following categories of personal data:

  • Basic Data: Name, address, phone number, email address, date of birth
  • Legal Data: Legal information, case details, jurisdiction, business information
  • Business Data: Company information, legal documents, contracts, agreements
  • Contract Data: Contract details, scope of services, payment information
  • Communication Data: Email correspondence, phone calls, consultation records

Special categories of personal data (e.g., health data, political opinions) are generally not processed unless this is necessary for the fulfillment of our IT legal services and you have expressly consented.

⚖️ 4. Legal Basis for Processing

The processing of your personal data is based on the following legal grounds:

  • Contract Fulfillment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR): The processing is necessary for the fulfillment of our IT legal services contract.
  • Legal Obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR): The processing is necessary for the fulfillment of legal obligations (e.g., retention obligations, reporting obligations).
  • Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR): The processing is necessary for the protection of our legitimate interests (e.g., quality assurance, business development).
  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR): You have given your express consent to processing for specific purposes.

🔐 5. Data Security and Storage Period

We implement comprehensive technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or manipulation. These include:

  • Encryption of data transmission and storage
  • Regular security updates and system maintenance
  • Access controls and authorization management
  • Secure backup systems and emergency plans
  • Training of our employees in data protection regulations

The storage period of your data is determined by legal retention periods (usually 10 years for legal documents) as well as the duration of our business relationship. After these periods expire, your data will be securely deleted or anonymized.

🤝 6. Disclosure to Third Parties

Your personal data will only be disclosed to third parties in the following cases:

  • Authorities and Courts: To the extent legally required (e.g., legal proceedings, reporting obligations)
  • Data Processors: Reliable IT service providers who support us in data processing (under strict data protection conditions)
  • Cooperation Partners: Specialized consultants or experts, to the extent necessary for the provision of our services
  • Legal Obligation: In the event of a court order or official request

In all cases, we ensure that the recipients maintain appropriate data protection standards and use the data only for the intended purposes.

🛡️ 7. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of Access: You can request information about the data we process
  • Right of Rectification: You can request the correction of incorrect data
  • Right of Erasure: You can request the deletion of your data, provided no legal retention obligations exist
  • Right of Restriction: You can request the restriction of processing
  • Right of Objection: You can object to the processing of your data
  • Data Portability: You can request the transfer of your data to another provider
  • Withdrawal of Consent: You can withdraw given consent at any time

📞 8. Contact

If you have questions about data protection or want to exercise your rights, you can contact us at any time:

ITLawAssist
Bahnhofstrasse 23
8001 Zurich, Switzerland
Email: privacy@itlawassist.com
Phone: +41 44 789 4561