by Lawyers for Lawyers
The controller responsible for the processing of your personal data in connection with this website is:
Hieronymus AG
Stauffacherstrasse 100
8004 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 380 22 34
Email: dataprotection[at]hieronymus.com
If you have any questions about data protection or wish to exercise your rights, please write to dataprotection[at]hieronymus.com or send a letter marked "Data protection" to the address above.
When you access our website, our hosting system processes certain technically required information in order to provide the site, ensure its stability and security, and detect and repel attacks. In particular, the following data is processed:
This data is generally not attributable to any specific person. We do not combine it with other data sources, nor do we identify individual users.
The processing serves to ensure the technical functioning of the website, to safeguard system security, and to detect and prevent misuse or attacks.
Legal basis: art. 31(1) and 31(2)(d) of the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) – overriding interest – and, insofar as Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) applies, art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our overriding interest lies in the secure, stable and proper provision of our website.
Our servers are located in Switzerland. The data is deleted or anonymised as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes stated above, and in any event no later than the expiry of the applicable statutory retention periods.
If you send us a message via the contact form on this website or by email, we process the data you provide solely in order to handle your enquiry. The legal basis is our overriding interest in responding to your request (art. 31(1) FADP; art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where your enquiry serves the conclusion or performance of a contract with us, the additional legal basis is art. 31(2)(a) FADP or art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
We retain the data you submit only for as long as is necessary to handle your enquiry or until you ask us to delete it. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain reserved.
We do not disclose this data to third parties without your consent.
When you instruct us to carry out a translation, we process the personal data contained in the documents you transmit exclusively for the purpose of performing the assignment (production, delivery, invoicing and any follow-up work). The legal basis is art. 31(2)(a) FADP (performance of a contract) and, insofar as the GDPR applies, art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
For the execution of translations, we sometimes engage external specialist translators as data processors. These translators are bound by contract to strict confidentiality (non-disclosure agreements / NDAs) and may use the data entrusted to them solely for the purpose of performing the specific translation assignment.
We retain the documents received in connection with a translation assignment and the related data indefinitely after the project is closed, unless you request their deletion. Upon written request, we will delete your data following completion of the assignment, subject to mandatory statutory retention obligations (in particular accounting and tax records).
Our servers are located in Switzerland; under our standard processes, no assignment data is transferred abroad.
We use cookies and comparable technologies (e.g. local storage) on our website to ensure its technical functioning, security and stability, and to analyse and improve how it is used.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device that allow your browser to be recognised. They may have different storage periods and are either deleted at the end of the session (session cookies) or stored for a defined period (persistent cookies).
Technically necessary cookies are required for the website to function properly (e.g. page rendering, security, error handling). Without these cookies, the website cannot be operated correctly.
Analytics cookies (Matomo) are used to analyse how our website is used (see the section "Website analysis (Matomo)" below).
You can configure your browser at any time to restrict or fully disable cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time via your browser settings. Please note that restricting cookies may mean that some functions of the website are no longer available or only available to a limited extent.
We use the web-analytics tool Matomo on our website, hosted on servers in Switzerland. The analysis is carried out exclusively in anonymised form. In particular, the following information is processed:
No personal data is passed on to third parties. We are not able to identify individual users unless you actively provide us with personal data (e.g. via a form).
A pseudonymised visit ID may be stored locally in your browser in order to recognise website visits.
Legal basis: art. 31(1) FADP and art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (overriding interest in analysing and optimising our website).
Data from website analysis is stored for a maximum period of 12 months and then deleted or anonymised.
Under the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the GDPR, you have the following rights:
Right of access. You have the right to obtain confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, to receive information about that data (art. 25 FADP; art. 15 GDPR).
Right to rectification. You have the right to require us to rectify inaccurate personal data concerning you (art. 32(1) FADP; art. 16 GDPR).
Right to erasure. You have the right to require the destruction or erasure of your personal data, provided there is no legal obligation to retain it (art. 32(2)(c) FADP; art. 17 GDPR).
Right to restriction of processing. Under certain conditions, you have the right to require the restriction of the processing of your personal data (art. 18 GDPR). Under the FADP, you may in particular require that the processing of personal data whose accuracy is contested be suspended until such accuracy is established.
Right to data release and portability. You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a common electronic format, or to have it transferred to another controller, provided that the processing is automated and based on your consent or a contract (art. 28 FADP; art. 20 GDPR).
Right to object. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data that is based on an overriding interest (art. 21 GDPR). Under the FADP, you may in addition express an explicit objection to a specific processing operation; in that case we will assess whether a justifying ground continues to apply. This also applies to profiling.
Withdrawal of consent. Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time, without giving reasons, with effect for the future.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern (www.edoeb.admin.ch). Within the scope of the GDPR, you may contact the data-protection authority of your place of residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
To enable us to act on your request, we may require you to provide suitable proof of identity.
This privacy policy is governed by Swiss law, in particular the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). Insofar as the GDPR applies – in particular where we process personal data of individuals resident in the EU/EEA – the relevant provisions of the GDPR apply in addition.
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy in order to reflect changes to the legal framework or to our services. The version published on this website at the time of your visit is the one that applies.
Version: May 2026