Datenschutz - Rechtsanwalt - Notariat

1. CONTROLLER
The company nigon Rechtsanwälte Notariat, Marktplatz 18, CH-4051 Basel, (hereinafter referred to as 'NIGON') is the data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and the corresponding national legislation.

2. PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED BY NIGON
2.1. NIGON processes personal data that you transfer to us
• when you contact us by email, individually, via our contact form or in any other way;
• in relation to our services; or
• as part of the recruitment process.
2.2. NIGON uses various technologies to gather and store information when you visit our website. For example, NIGON may collect information on the type of device that you use to access our website, your IP address and geographical location, your operating system and browser version, the content, features and web pages that you access, and the search terms that you enter on our website.

3. HOW NIGON USES YOUR PERSONAL DATA
NIGON may use your personal data as follows:
(1) To provide services for you.
(2) To promote our services. This includes sending newsletters, promotional material, quotations and other communications that may be of interest to you.
(3) If you have applied for a position with us, to review and process your application.
(4) To comply with regulatory and legal requirements.
(5) To establish, exercise or defend our legal rights or to take legal action.
(6) For our legitimate business interests, such as to perform business analytics and maintain our business operations.
(7) To review your feedbacks and enquiries.
(8) To enable us to prevent or respond to actual or potential fraud or illegal activity.

4. GROUNDS FOR USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use the following legal grounds for processing your personal data:
(1) Consent: If necessary, NIGON obtains your consent for the processing of your personal data.
(2) Fulfilment of a contract: NIGON may need to process your personal data in order to conclude a contract with you or to fulfil our obligations arising from a contract with you.
(3) Legitimate interests: NIGON may use your personal data for our legitimate interests, examples of which are provided above.
(4) Compliance with laws and regulations: NIGON may process your data to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

5. THIRD PARTIES TO WHICH WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION
5.1. NIGON may also disclose your personal data to third parties outside of the company. Such third parties may include:
(1) Agencies/lawyers/tax experts, accountants, and other sub-contractors that are subject to a confidentiality agreement and may only use your personal data for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
(2) Third parties that play an essential role in the provision of our services, such as transport companies, payment service providers, credit agencies, email and web hosting providers, etc.
(3) Other parties as required by law, such as when NIGON is obliged to disclose your personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation.
5.2. If NIGON transfers your personal data outside of Europe, it will ensure that your data is protected and transferred in accordance with the legal requirements that apply for the information. This can be achieved in various different ways, for example:
• The country to which NIGON is sending the personal data may be recognised having the same level of data protection as Switzerland and the European Union,
• The recipient may in some cases have signed a contract based on model contractual clauses that have been approved by the European Union and that impose an obligation to protect your personal data, or
• If the recipient is based in the USA, it may be a certified member of the EU-US Privacy Shield.

6. STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The period for which NIGON will retain your personal data varies and is primarily dependent on:
• The purpose for which NIGON is using your personal data: NIGON will store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose, and
• Legal obligations: Laws and regulations can stipulate a minimum period for which NIGON must retain your personal data.
NIGON will ensure that appropriate safeguards are implemented for the storage of personal data.

7. YOUR RIGHTS
7.1. Right of access
You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed. Where this is the case, you are entitled to access this personal data and the information in accordance with Art. 8 of the Swiss Data Protection Act and Art. 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
You have the right to request information about whether the personal data in question is transferred to a third country or an international organisation.
7.2. Right to rectification
You have the right to demand that the controller rectifies and/or completes the personal data being processed if it is incorrect or incomplete. The controller must rectify the data without undue delay.
7.3. Right to erasure
You may demand that the controller deletes personal data concerning you without undue delay; the controller is obliged to delete this personal data without undue delay where one of the following reasons applies:
(1) The personal data concerning you is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
(2) You withdraw consent and there are no other legal grounds for processing.
(3) Your personal data has been unlawfully processed.
(4) The personal data has to be deleted for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
7.4. Right to be informed
Should you assert the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to which the personal data has been disclosed of this rectification or deletion of the personal data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You are entitled to be informed about these recipients by the controller.
7.5. Right to withdraw consent
You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent regarding data privacy at any time. This withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing performed based on the consent provided up until the time of withdrawal.

8. CONTACT
NIGON provides the following contact regarding the protection of your rights:
Nigon Rechtsanwälte Notariat
Marktplatz 18
CH-4051 Basel
Schweiz
Telephone: +41 61 564 64 64
Email: info@nigon.ch