Privacy Policy

1. Data controller

The controller responsible for the personal data collected on this website is Ben, publisher of La Route de Ben, whose full contact details are given in the website’s legal notice.

For any questions about the protection of your data: info@laroutedeben.ch

2. Information collected

2.1 Personal data

We only collect personal data that you provide voluntarily, in particular when you:

• fill in a contact form
• subscribe to the newsletter
• take part in a competition, poll or survey

This data may include: surname, first name, email address, preferences, etc. You are free to decline to provide this information, but this may limit access to certain features of the website.

2.2 Non-personal data

While you browse, certain information is collected automatically for statistical and technical purposes:

• browser type and operating system
• anonymised IP address
• pages viewed, time spent on pages, user journey

This data does not allow you to be personally identified.

3. Use of cookies

The website uses cookies to improve the user experience, measure audience and display multimedia content. The types of cookies used are:

• Strictly necessary cookies: essential for the website to work properly
• Analytics cookies: for audience measurement, based on aggregated and anonymised data
• Social media cookies: to embed content (YouTube, Instagram, Threads, etc.)

4. Purposes and legal bases of processing

• Contact form: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) — to respond to visitor enquiries
• Newsletter: consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — can be withdrawn at any time via the unsubscribe link
• Visitor statistics: legitimate interest — to improve the website based on aggregated and anonymised data
• Competitions and surveys: consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — voluntary participation

5. Sharing of personal data

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. Certain technical service providers have limited access to data as part of their work and are contractually bound to keep it confidential.

No personal data is transferred outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area (EEA) without appropriate safeguards.

6. Data transfers outside Switzerland and the EU

Some content embedded on the website (YouTube videos, Instagram posts) is provided by platforms whose servers are located in the United States. When you interact with this content, your IP address and other technical data may be transmitted to them under their own privacy policies.

These transfers are based on the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission (Art. 46 GDPR). We invite you to read the policies of Google/YouTube and Meta/Instagram.

7. Information security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure:

• SSL/TLS encryption of all communications
• Regular backups
• Control of administrator access

8. Data retention period

• Contact data (form): 3 years from the last contact
• Newsletter subscriber data: until unsubscription, then deleted within 30 days
• Technical logs and browsing data: 12 months maximum
• Competition data: duration of the competition, then deleted within 30 days

After these periods, data is deleted or irreversibly anonymised.

9. Your rights

In accordance with the GDPR (EU 2016/679) and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP, in force since September 2023), you have the following rights:

• Right of access: obtain a copy of your data
• Right to rectification: correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure: request the deletion of your data
• Right to restriction of processing and right to object
• Right to data portability: receive your data in a readable format
• Right to withdraw your consent at any time

To exercise these rights: info@laroutedeben.ch

Supervisory authorities: FDPIC (Switzerland) · CNIL (France)

10. Links to third-party websites

The website may contain links to, or embed content from, third-party websites (YouTube, Instagram, Mapstr, etc.). We have no control over their privacy policies and accept no responsibility for them.

11. Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated at any time to reflect legal, regulatory or functional changes to the website. We encourage you to check this page regularly.

12. Contact

📧 info@laroutedeben.ch
🌐 laroutedeben.ch

Last updated: October 2026