The digital transformation of businesses always comes with legal risks, often cross-functional, relating to liability, regulatory compliance, and the protection of economic and strategic interests.
Whether it concerns personal data, cybersecurity, the liability of technology providers, IT disputes, or offenses committed using digital technologies, each situation requires rigorous analysis and a thorough understanding of the applicable legal frameworks.
In this type of environment, there is no room for approximation, and an entity assumes all potential damage and risk.
Support in digital law requires in-depth knowledge of national and international regulations, technological contractual mechanisms, and the ability to anticipate and manage situations with high legal, economic, and reputational stakes.
Sentinel Legal assists its clients in the following areas, among others:
Deepfakes in Switzerland, what criminal law already covers
Hacked access keys, when your AI services bill explodes
Bank impersonation fraud, is the bank required to reimburse you?
Continuous monitoring of developments in regulatory and case law frameworks relating to digital and technology.
Joint Master's Degree in Digital Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation, and Economic and Technological Criminal Law
Intervention in Switzerland and the EU, supported by an international network of complementary specialists
Yes, every company processing personal data in Switzerland, since 1 September 2023. A privacy notice, contracts with processors, a record of processing activities from 250 employees or for high-risk processing, and a data protection impact assessment for high-risk processing. We assess where you stand and deliver the documents.
Notify the Federal Data Protection Commissioner (FDPIC) as soon as possible of any data security breach likely to result in a high risk for the persons concerned (art. 24 FADP), inform those persons where necessary for their protection, document everything, and preserve evidence for a possible criminal complaint. Call us in the first hours, not after the public announcement.
The Act provides for fines of up to CHF 250,000, imposed on the responsible individuals and not on the company, for intentional breaches of the duties to inform, to provide information and to cooperate (art. 60 et seq. FADP). Add reputational risk and civil claims by the persons concerned.
By dealing with the points that generate disputes: service levels and penalties, ownership of code and data, reversibility at the end of the contract, limitation of liability, subcontracting and data location. We draft and negotiate these contracts on the customer side and on the provider side.
Yes, provided three things are framed: the data that goes into the tool (trade secrets, personal data, professional secrecy), the rights over what comes out, and liability in the event of error. An internal usage policy and a review of the providers’ terms settle most of it.