Privacy Policy & Disclaimer
Privacy Policy
Arelya Law GmbH is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information that is provided to us or collected by us during the course of our business. We process personal information in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Act and to the extent applicable the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Arelya Law GmbH, Gotthardstrasse 26, CH- 6300 Zug, is responsible for your personal information provided to us or collected by us during the course of our business.
For questions or requests related to data processing by Arelya Law GmbH you may revert by mail to the address below or write to us via e-mail at dataprotection@arelya-law.com.
1. How we collect and use your personal information
In the course of our legal services, we collect and process personal information about clients, related persons, counterparties, authorities, courts, third parties and other persons as well as their respective representatives and employees. The type of personal information that we collect includes name and contact details (such as your address, e-mail address and telephone numbers), nationality, business interests, employment history and positions held as well as information of all kind from correspondence, contacts and interactions with us. We will also process information of all kind that is revealed to us in the course of our services or collected by us. This information may include special categories of sensitive data.
We collect personal information directly from you, from our clients or other parties to a matter and their respective representatives and employees. We may receive or collect personal information from third parties such as your employer, other organisations that you have dealings with, regulators, government agencies, court, law firms and other professional advisors. We may also collect personal information from publicly available sources.
We collect personal information about prospective clients, their representatives and beneficial owners as well as other business contacts as part of business development initiatives and our business acceptance process. The type of personal information we may collect includes name, contact details (such as your address, email address and telephone numbers), nationality, business interests, employment history and interactions with us. We obtain this information directly from you, from other business contacts, or from publicly avaiable open sources.
Arelya Law GmbH will only use your personal information if and to the extent that applicable law allows. We will therefore process your personal information if:
– it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or the organisation you work for;
– it is necessary in connection with a legal obligation;
– you have given your consent (where necessary) to such use or the organisation you work for has obtained your consent (where necessary) to share your information with us; or
– if we or a third party, in particular one of our clients, have a legitimate interest which is not overridden by your interests or your rights and freedoms. Such legitimate interests include the provision of legal services to our clients.
2. Sharing of data
We may share your personal information collected in the course of providing legal services with third parties (such as advisors, related parties, courts, authorities, counterparties and other persons) in Switzerland, the European Union or other countries if required or useful for providing our services.
Further, we may share your personal information with third parties where:
– you have given your express consent (in the scope of the GDPR, the justification in art. 6 para. 1 lit. A is authoritative in this case),
– the disclosure is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have on overriding interest worthy of protecting the non-disclosure of your data (in the scope of the GDPR, the justification of art. 6 para 1 lit. F is authoritative in this case),
– in the event that a legal obligation exists for the transfer (in the scope oft he GDPR, the justification according to art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR is decisive in this case), and
– this is legally permissible and necessary for the execution of contractual relationships with you (in the scope of application of the GDPR, the justification according to art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR is decisive in this case).
We use third parties who provide services on our behalf and may share your information with them, for example banks, insurance companies, accountant, or a technology suppliers who may have access to your personal information when providing software support.
3. How we protect your personal information
We put in place appropriate security measures to hold your personal information securely in electronic and physical form to protect it from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss.
Our partners and third party service providers who have access to confidential information are subject to confidentiality obligations.
4. How long we keep your personal data
We will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. We will further retain your personal information to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, including data security requires.
5. Cookies
We only use session cookies (concretes) on this website which are destroyed the moment you close your browser, or delete your history.
6. Your rights
You have the right:
– to request access to your personal information and certain information in relation to its procedding;
– to request the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us;
– to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
– to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information;
– to object to the processing of your personal information;
– to complain to a supervisory authority. In Switzerland, you can contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (www.edoeb.admin.ch) and outside Switzerland, the supervisory authority for your concerns.
7. Validity of this privacy notice
We reserve the right to update and change this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect any changes to the way in which we process your personal information or changing legal requirements. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this website. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
Disclaimer
The contents of this website are solely for the purpose of providing generic information. This website should not be relied upon as advice nor should it be used as a basis for any action or decision.
Arelya Law GmbH does not endorse, and is not responsible for, any third-party website content that may be accessed through our website.
While Arleya Law GmbH made every attempt to ascertain that the information contained in this website is accurate, we assumes no liability or responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in the contents of this website or for the results obtained from the use of it.
Please note that e-mail communication and browsing the internet is neither confidential nor secure due to technical reasons. Therefore, use of this communication medium takes place at your own risk. The use of electronic communication also represents your acknowledgement that we may also communicate with you by e-mail.
Although we check our mailbox on a daily basis, we cannot assume any guarantee for the punctual attention of e-mails sent to us. In urgent cases please also contact us by telephone and take into account the current local time.
Arelya Law GmbH further assumes no responsibility for, and makes no warranties that, functions contained on the website will be uninterrupted or error-free of viruses or other harmful components.
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Arelya Law GmbH be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from access or use of, or the inability to access or use, the information published on the website.
Arelya Law GmbH has not reviewed any of the websites which link to the website, and is not responsible for the content of off-site pages or other websites shall be at your own risk.