Alpiq is a leading Swiss energy services provider and electricity producer in Europe. Alpiq offers comprehensive and efficient services in the fields of energy generation and marketing as well as energy optimization and electromobility.
Alpiq has been generating climate-friendly and sustainable electricity from carbon-free Swiss hydropower for more than a hundred years. Its power plant portfolio also comprises shares in two Swiss nuclear power plants as well as flexible thermal power plants, wind farms and photovoltaic systems in Europe. As an international energy trader, Alpiq is active on all major European markets. Thanks to digital tools, Alpiq optimize electricity generation and consumption as well as the energy flow between producers, prosumers and consumers in order to stabilize the electricity grids.
The Alpiq Group is headquartered in Lausanne and has approximately 1,290 employees across 70 legal entities in 30 jurisdictions. This expansive structure requires Alpiq to flexibly market and manage cross-border trading in an efficient manner with privacy compliance at the forefront of their project initiatives. Even before the passage of the GDPR, Alpiq’s privacy team understood the importance of protecting the personal data they process, but with the regulation going into effect, they required a more comprehensive program that includes a technology solution to manage operations.
Igniting a culture of privacy as a priority
Establishing a culture where privacy is a cornerstone of daily operations was a major factor in Alpiq’s GDPR and privacy implementation plan.
