Data protection assessment

They comply with the requirements of the new Data Protection Act.

The completely revised Data Protection Act (DPA) entered into force on 1 September 2023. This was decided by the Federal Council at its meeting on 31 August 2022. The entry into force of the revised DPA will bring significant changes for companies.

Key areas
  • Status quo survey (analysis of the actual state) and need for adaptation (target state)
  • List of processing activities
  • Processing of sensitive personal data
  • Compliance with data protection principles when processing personal data
  • Processing by third parties and transfer of data to third countries
  • Comprehensive duty to provide information
  • Rights of the data subjects (right to information, deletion, blocking, objection, data portability, etc.).
  • Technical and organisational measures
  • process in the event of data protection breaches.
  • Archiving and deletion processes
  • Action planning

TO THE BLOG POST

Methodology
  • You provide us with the existing documentation
  • We check your existing documentation
  • Together we determine interview partners and conduct the interviews
  • We prepare a report with recommendations for action and present it to you.
Edith Luginbühl

Assistant

Edith Luginbühl is a dedicated and experienced assistant with over 50 years of professional experience. Her professional career began with a commercial apprenticeship at a major bank and has taken her through various sectors, including the catering, hotel, car rental, travel agency and newspaper editorial offices. Her strengths include her friendly and professional manner, her reliability and her keen eye for detail.

Alexander Wild began his law studies at the University of Zurich in 2019. Before and during his studies, he gained initial experience in the compliance department of a bank, worked as an IT supporter and in the legal department of an international pharmaceutical company. His activities included checking/compliance with bank instructions, sanctions, customer and country risk; assessment of general customer risk for the bank; wet ink support and support in the process optimisation of contract signings. Since 2022 he has been working as a paralegal at Balthasar Legal AG and LR | Rechtsanwälte. He is expected to complete his Master's degree in 2025.

Sangmo Agontsang

Paralegal

Sangmo Agontsang completed her diploma in business administration at the Kaderschule Zürich in 2012. After graduating, she worked as a CEO assistant for Freitag lab ag and CBM Switzerland, among others. She also gained experience in the organisation of the Kaderschule Zürich and worked in the Intellectual Property department of Freitag lab ag. There she worked internationally with a team of lawyers to defend the company's rights. Since 2022 she has been working as a paralegal at Balthasar Legal AG.

 

Markus Bruggmann

MLaw Senior Adviser

MLaw Markus Bruggmann completed his law degree at the University of Zurich in 2013 and has since worked for a bank, a commercial law firm and an insurance company, among others, where he specialised in advising, reviewing and drafting contracts in the areas of communications and technology law (data protection), taking into account liability and intellectual property law. His strengths include his analytical skills and broad experience.