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Privacy policy

1. Introduction

At Meng & Partner, we are aware of the importance of protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data and informs you about your data protection rights.

2. Purposes of Data Collection

We collect and process personal data for various purposes, including:

  • Communication with You: This includes the ability to contact you, respond to your inquiries, and exchange information relevant to our business relationship.
  • Contractual Agreements and Execution: This encompasses contracts and agreements we directly enter into with you, as well as the management of employee data, if applicable.
  • Legal Proceedings and Investigations: We may use your data to fulfill legal obligations or protect our legal interests, including potential legal proceedings and investigations.
  • Security and Access Control: To ensure the security of our physical facilities and digital systems and prevent unauthorized data access.
  • Business Management and Risk Management: To support our internal business processes, identify and assess business risks, and improve our business operations.
  • Corporate Transactions: This includes mergers, acquisitions, corporate mergers, or other business transactions that may involve personal data.
  • Marketing and Customer Support: To enhance our products and services, engage with customers, and personalize offers.
  • Accounting and Financial Management: This includes the collection and processing of financial data, accounting services, budgeting, and financial reporting.
  • Audit and Compliance: Conducting internal and external audits and complying with legal regulations and standards.
  • Business Consulting: Supporting our clients in improving their business processes and strategies.
  • Trust Services: Providing trust services, including trustee tasks and fiduciary management.

3. Types of Personal Data We Collect

We collect a wide range of personal data that may vary depending on the purpose of data collection. Types of data we collect include:

  • Contact Information: Including your name, address, email address, and phone number.
  • Financial Information: When necessary for business transactions or credit checks, as well as other financial data relevant to general business operations.
  • Professional Information: Including your professional qualifications, positions, and employment history.
  • Contract Data: Information about contracts and agreements in which you are involved.
  • Data from Government Registers: Such as information from trade registers or other government documents.
  • Data from Legal Proceedings: Information related to legal proceedings in which you are involved.
  • Recommendations and References: Information from third parties referring to you.
  • Social Media and Online Activities: To the extent relevant to our business processes.
  • Media Publications: Information from publicly available media or publications in which you are mentioned.
  • Health Data: Only when necessary to fulfill our legal obligations or protect your health and safety.

4. Disclosure of Personal Data

We may disclose personal data to various recipients, including:

  • Group Companies: According to our corporate structure and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
  • Service Providers: External service providers working on our behalf and processing personal data to provide services such as IT support, marketing, or insurance services. These service providers are required to protect your data in accordance with our instructions and applicable data protection laws.
  • Authorities: We may be obligated to disclose personal data to government authorities in Switzerland and, where applicable, abroad to comply with legal obligations.
  • Business Partners: We may disclose personal data to business partners, such as suppliers, customers, marketing, and project partners, as part of our business relationships.
  • Employees and Contractors: As necessary to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations to our employees and contractors.
  • Public: Information that must be made public to comply with legal requirements or for your benefit.

5. Transfer of Personal Data Abroad

Your personal data may be transferred to countries outside of Switzerland, including countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) or other parts of the world. We take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data is adequately protected, including the use of EU Standard Contractual Clauses or obtaining your consent. We may also transfer personal data abroad if it is necessary to fulfill a contract where data you have made public is being processed, or if it is required for legal proceedings abroad.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

As a data subject, you have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

  • Right to Information: You can request information about the personal data we have stored about you and how we use it.
  • Right to Rectification: If your personal data is incomplete or inaccurate, you have the right to correct it.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data if it is based on our legitimate interests.
  • Right to Erasure: Under certain circumstances, you can request the deletion of your personal data.
  • Right to Data Portability: You can request the transfer of your personal data to another organization.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: In certain cases, you can request the temporary restriction of the processing of your data.

To exercise your data protection rights or for more information, please contact us. We will process your requests in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

7. Electronic Communication

  • The transmission of information electronically (e.g., via email or collaboration platforms) is generally associated with risks, particularly the risk of unauthorized access and manipulation by third parties or misdelivery. Such risks can be reduced through encrypted transmission, such as encrypting email attachments or using a delivery platform with appropriate encryption.
  • If you do not object to unencrypted communication or contact us via email or a contact form, Meng & Partner assumes that, despite being aware of the risks, you authorize unencrypted communication at least implicitly.
  • The same applies to video conferences. Meng & Partner uses the following system: Zoom. The terms of use and privacy policies of the video conferencing system provider apply. You can find these at https://explore.zoom.us/de/privacy/. For the exchange of large data volumes, Meng & Partner uses its own exchange platform, secured with a password for data download.

8. Security of Your Data

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or unauthorized disclosure. We use encryption, firewalls, and other security measures to secure your data.

9. Retention and Deletion of Personal Data

As a trust company, we are legally obligated to retain certain personal data for a specified period. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data and applicable legal requirements.

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes mentioned above and/or as long as statutory retention or limitation periods apply. After these periods expire, data is securely and irreversibly deleted or anonymized.

We ensure that personal data no longer needed is disposed of properly to maintain an adequate level of data protection and security.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or update this privacy policy at any time. Changes will be posted on our website.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or our data protection practices, please contact us at or +41 56 200 17 30. We will strive to address your concerns as soon as possible.

Thank you for your trust in Meng & Partner.

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