Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

At CorpLawWay, the protection of your personal and business information is our highest priority. This Privacy Policy transparently informs you about what data we collect, how we process it, and what control options you have over your information when engaging our corporate legal services and business consulting.

Our data processing practices comply with applicable Swiss privacy laws, including the Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP), and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where it applies to our activities in corporate legal services and business consulting delivery services.

2. Collection and Processing of Personal Data

The collection and processing of your data is exclusively purpose-based for the provision, implementation, and personalization of our corporate legal services and related business consulting. This includes:

2.1. Data you actively provide to us:

  • Registration data such as name, email address, phone number, company information, and business background for legal service engagement
  • Payment information when engaging corporate legal services
  • Legal consultation records, business communications and documents as part of our legal services

2.2. Automatically collected data:

  • Technical information such as IP address, device type, and browser version when using our legal service platform
  • Service engagement history and business consultation tracking
  • Business preferences and consultation analytics to optimize our legal service offerings

2.3. Cookies and tracking technologies: We use necessary cookies and, with your consent, analytics cookies to continuously improve our services and legal platform. You can adjust your cookie settings in your browser at any time or use our website without optional cookies.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Legal Service Management – For the organization and personalized delivery of our corporate legal services and business consulting materials
  • Client Administration – For the administration of engagements, consultation schedules, payments, and sending relevant legal information
  • Service Tracking – To record and analyze your engagement progress within our corporate legal service programs
  • Service Improvement – For continuous enhancement of our legal content and business consultation experience offerings

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Our data processing is based on the following legal foundations:

  • Contract performance in conducting corporate legal services and administering client engagement data
  • Legitimate interest in improving our legal service offerings and optimal design of our business consultation programs
  • Fulfillment of legal obligations, particularly in the area of legal service record keeping
  • Your express consent when collecting certain business data and for marketing legal service opportunities

5. Disclosure to Third Parties

We share your data with third parties only in the following cases:

  • Payment Service Providers – For secure processing of payments for legal service engagements and business consulting services
  • IT Service Providers – For the operation of our legal management systems and business platform as part of contracted processing
  • Legal Partners – With your explicit consent, we may share relevant business information with certified attorneys or legal organizations

We will not under any circumstances share your data with uninvolved third parties for advertising purposes.

6. Data Security

To protect your data, we implement advanced security measures, including encrypted data transmission, secure storage, and strict access controls for our staff. We take particular care to protect legal consultation and business development data.

Physical documents containing personal data are kept in locked cabinets and are securely destroyed after the statutory retention periods expire.

7. Data Retention and Deletion

Your data is stored only as long as necessary for the specified purposes:

  • Contact and engagement data are stored for the duration of legal service provision plus statutory retention periods.
  • Legal consultation data is retained for a maximum of 7 years after service completion for ongoing legal support.
  • Payment data is stored in accordance with legal retention requirements for up to 10 years.

You have the right to request early deletion of your data at any time, provided there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

8. Your Rights

As a client, you have the following rights:

  • Access to the personal data stored about you
  • Correction of incorrect or incomplete data
  • Deletion of your data under the legally provided conditions
  • Restriction of processing under certain conditions
  • Data portability in a structured, commonly used format
  • Objection to processing based on legitimate interest

To exercise these rights, please contact us by email at privacy@corplawway.com or personally at our legal office.

9. GDPR-specific Provisions

As a Swiss legal organization with clients from the EU region, we follow the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and guarantee the following rights:

  • Cross-border Data Transfers – When transferring data to countries outside the EU/EEA, we ensure that appropriate protective measures are taken, such as standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions.
  • Data Protection Officer – Our Data Protection Officer is available for inquiries regarding the processing of your personal data and can be reached at privacy@corplawway.com.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint – You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, particularly in the EU Member State of your residence, workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement.
  • Data Minimization – We collect only data that is necessary for the stated legal service purposes and store it only as long as necessary and legally required.

For EU citizens engaging our corporate legal services, additional special protective measures in accordance with the GDPR apply, including expanded information obligations and stricter consent requirements.

10. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy as needed to accommodate legal requirements or organizational changes. The current version will always be published on our website and displayed in our legal offices.

In case of significant changes, we will inform our clients by email or through a notice in our legal office.

If you have questions about data protection, we are available at any time in person, by phone, or by email. The protection of your data is not only a legal obligation for us but an essential part of our professionalism and respect for our clients.