The digital transformation of a business always carries legal risks, often across several fields at once: liability, regulatory compliance and the protection of economic and strategic interests.
Personal data, cybersecurity, the liability of technology providers, IT disputes or offenses committed through digital tools all call for rigorous analysis and a thorough understanding of the applicable legal frameworks.
In this environment there is no room for approximation, and the business itself bears any resulting damage.
Advising on digital law requires knowledge of Swiss and international rules and of how technology contracts work, and the ability to anticipate situations with high legal, economic and reputational stakes.
Sentinel Legal advises 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 regulatory and case law developments in digital and technology law.
Digital law, civil and commercial litigation, and white-collar and technology criminal law, handled together.
Work in Switzerland and the EU, with an international network of partners in complementary fields
When an AI agent exceeds its limits or is manipulated by a hidden instruction, the contract it concluded and the payment executed by the bank must be analyzed separately, as they follow different rules. Swiss law has no specific rule for these situations, and the outcome often turns on the evidence.
Yes, every company processing personal data in Switzerland, since September 1, 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). On top of that come 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 addressed: 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.
CHF 200 for 45 minutes, deducted from the first invoice if you retain us. Further work is billed at an hourly rate or a fixed fee, agreed in writing before we start.
First 45-minute meeting, CHF 200, deducted from the first invoice if you retain us.