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Build your own GDPR access request.
Tick how you relate to Atruvia AG or the German cooperative banking group. Your request is assembled automatically from that — with the matching systems and questions. You never have to give a reason (Art. 15 GDPR).
⚖️ Why is this not Legal Advice? 👩⚖️ Customize for my case with a lawyer →Why is the letter in German? Because the controller is German. A request in the controller’s own language cannot be met with “we did not understand it”, and the deadline of Art. 12(3) GDPR starts running either way. Fill in the marked placeholders — you do not need to speak German to send it.
Note. This tool builds a request for access to your own data, addressed to a controller that actually processes it. Replace the highlighted placeholders with your details, sign, and send it by post if you can (keep proof of posting). The controller must in principle answer within one month (Art. 12(3) GDPR). This is not legal advice.
Why is this not Legal Advice?
What counts as legal service under § 2 RDG?
The German Legal Services Act (Rechtsdienstleistungsgesetz — RDG) defines legal service in § 2 (1) RDG as «any activity in specific third-party matters that requires legal examination of the individual case».
Two elements must be present cumulatively:
- Specific third-party matter — the individual case of a specific person.
- Legal examination of the individual case — applying the law to that person's specific circumstances.
Why our tool does NOT meet these criteria
You receive a pre-built template that you assemble yourself — we do not examine your individual case, do not give any recommendation on your legal position, and do not draft a document tailored to you. You make the content selection yourself by ticking boxes.
The second element under § 2 RDG is therefore absent. Legally, this is comparable to selling a formbook (e.g. Beck-Formularbuch) or static contract templates — both are permitted.
Key BGH reference
BGH VIII ZR 285/18 (2019, «wenigermiete.de» / LexFox): Legal Tech is generally permissible; active claim pursuit for a fee requires registration as a debt collection service under § 10 RDG. Template sale without case-specific application sits well below that threshold.
No monopoly on legal advice in Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Act on the Free Movement of Lawyers (BGFA) reserves in Art. 12a BGFA only court representation to admitted lawyers.
Everything else — legal advice outside court, contract drafts, template sales, consumer counselling — is completely free in Switzerland and requires no authorization.
What we still respect
We do not hold ourselves out as lawyers (professional rules for admitted lawyers). We observe individual cantonal legislation on legal advice (e.g. GE, VD) — template sale is unproblematic in every canton.
Austrian Lawyers Act (RAO) and Winkelschreiberei
§ 8 RAO reserves professional representation of parties before courts and authorities to admitted lawyers.
§ 46 RAO (Winkelschreiberei prohibition) prohibits commercial legal advice by non-lawyers when systematic and for consideration.
Why template sale is not covered
Selling a template/form without individual case examination is, in the prevailing view, not legal advice within the meaning of the RAO — comparable to selling legal literature or contract templates through the Austrian specialist bookshops.
Only someone who individualizes the template, legally assesses the case, or represents the affected party before authorities crosses the line.