Privacy Policy
1. Data controller
This privacy policy describes how Sentinel Legal (Matthias Traussnig, attorney, sole proprietorship) (the Firm, we) processes the personal data of visitors and of persons who contact it through the site sentinelegal.ch (the Site).
Contact details of the data controller:
Sentinel Legal, Matthias Traussnig, attorney
Quai Gustave-Ador 14, 1207 Geneva, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 512 76 00
Email: info@sentinelegal.ch
Data processing is governed by the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and its ordinance. Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, in particular in respect of persons located in the EU, the corresponding provisions are reserved.
2. Data we process
Depending on your interaction with the Site, we may process: contact data you provide voluntarily (name, first name, email address, telephone number, the content of your message), as well as navigation data collected automatically (IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed, date and time of access, referring site), processed for security, statistics and improvement of the Site.
We do not collect sensitive data through the Site and ask that you do not send us confidential information relating to a matter via the contact form or unencrypted email until a mandate has been formally established.
3. Purposes and legal bases
We process your data to respond to your requests, to assess and where applicable perform a mandate, to ensure the operation and security of the Site, and to comply with our legal and professional obligations. These processing activities rest, as the case may be, on your consent, on pre-contractual measures or the performance of a contract, on our legitimate interest, or on a legal obligation.
4. Cookies and audience measurement
The Site uses technical cookies necessary for its operation. It also uses Google tools (Google Analytics and Google Ads) to measure traffic and the performance of our ads, including the contact requests and calls they generate. These tools store cookies on your device and may involve a transfer of data abroad, subject to appropriate safeguards. This data is not used to show you personalized advertising.
When you write to us through the contact form, your message reaches us together with the origin of your visit (for example a Google search, an ad or a link from another site) and the page through which you entered the Site. This information is kept on your device for no more than thirty days and is not recorded if you have declined audience measurement.
In accordance with Art. 45c(b) of the Swiss Telecommunications Act (TCA), you are informed of this processing and may refuse it at any time, using the “Decline” link in the notice shown on your first visit or the “Audience measurement” link at the bottom of every page. Your refusal is recorded in a cookie kept on your device for twelve months.
5. Disclosure and transfer of data
Your data is disclosed to third parties only to the extent necessary for the purposes described, in particular to our technical service providers (hosting, maintenance), who are bound by confidentiality. A transfer outside Switzerland takes place only to countries offering adequate protection or subject to appropriate safeguards. The professional secrecy of the lawyer (Art. 13 LLCA, Art. 321 SCC) is reserved and prevails.
6. Retention period
We retain your data for as long as necessary for the purposes pursued, then for the periods imposed by our legal obligations. Simple contact data with no follow-up is deleted or anonymised within a reasonable time.
7. Security
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data. As no transmission over the Internet is entirely secure, absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
8. Your rights
You have a right of access, rectification, erasure and restriction, as well as a right to object to certain processing. Where processing rests on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time. To exercise these rights: info@sentinelegal.ch. You may also lodge a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
9. Changes
We may amend this policy at any time. The version in force is the one published on the Site. Last updated: 19.10.2026.