Data Protection
A challenging and evolving environment in which the rights of data subjects are prioritised.
A challenging area
Data protection is a challenging area for most companies: in particular when they are processing a large amount of data from Swiss and foreign sources (e.g. clients, service providers, suppliers, contractors, and employees), and transferring data outside Switzerland.
The new technologies and businesses created around personal data processing have increased the need to strengthen the protection of data subjects and sensitive data, and to scrutinise the collection, processing and use of personal data. The adoption of new rules and regulations worldwide, in particular in the EU and Switzerland, makes data protection an even more challenging field.
Our Team
Our Data Protection team has expertise in both the Swiss and the EU rules and regulations.
Together with specialists in complementary practice areas, we provide legal advice to companies; review contracts, general terms and conditions and employment agreements; and provide customised and cost-effective assistance in the drafting of internal documents and guidelines, the implementation of adequate processes and the training of employees.
We also assist clients in HR, outsourcing, internal investigations and litigation matters that involve data protection.
Our experience includes:
- Reviewing Swiss data protection issues relating to the CCTV monitoring of a private property.
- Advising a leading energy company in relation to the monitoring of employees’ emails and reviewing the company’s email and Internet policy.
- Advising a multinational company on the possibility of accessing emails of a former employee for specific reasons (and the limitations to such access).
- Assisting a Swiss big data company in the assessment of the implications of the GDPR on contemplated profiling activities involving pseudonymised data.
- Advising various Swiss financial institutions on the applicability of the GDPR.
Your Key Contacts:
Laurence Crittin
Laurence Crittin is a Counsel at MANGEAT. Her main practice areas are Employment Law, Immigration Law, Data Protection and General Contractual Law.
Contact her at: laurence.crittin@mangeat.ch
My-Hué Tan
My-Hué is a Counsel and Operations Director at MANGEAT. She served in several senior legal positions and as a member of the senior business leadership teams. In 2020, she obtained her certification at Harvard VPAL’s Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age.
Contact her at: my-hue.tan@mangeat.ch
