Legal notice, cookies and data protection

Publisher and hosting

Publisher: matthieuandsebastien.com (personal non-profit website, Switzerland).

Contact: Contact form

Hosting: Infomaniak Network SA, Rue Eugene-Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias (GE), Switzerland.

Website purpose

This website presents a travel journal (itinerary, posts and articles) for personal and informational purposes.

Content may be updated, corrected or removed at any time without prior notice.

Purposes and legal basis

• Technical operation of the website, security and abuse prevention.
• Publication and display of travel content.
• Processing of messages sent through the contact form.
• Audience measurement with Google Analytics 4 only after consent.

Depending on the context, processing relies on consent (analytics cookies), legitimate interest (security and service stability), or the need to answer your contact request.

Data processed

• Browsing data: technical information, security logs and performance data.
• Contact data: first name, last name, email and message content voluntarily submitted.
• Consent data: cookie choices (accept/reject).

Cookies, consent and analytics

The website uses CookieYes to manage consent. Non-essential cookies are blocked by default.

If statistics are accepted, Google Analytics 4 is enabled (measurement ID: G-Z0H683R2CV) with IP anonymization enabled.

• Necessary cookies: security, session and essential preferences (language, interface).
• Analytics cookies: enabled only after explicit consent.
• You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie banner.
• If you refuse statistics cookies, browsing remains unchanged and no Google Analytics event is sent.
• If you accept, pseudonymized navigation data (page views, interactions, device, traffic source) is measured to improve the website.

Security

• HTTPS encryption and standard server-side protection measures.
• Technical monitoring and proportionate anti-abuse protections.

Despite reasonable safeguards, no system can guarantee absolute security.

Retention

• Contact data: kept only as long as needed to process your request.
• Technical logs: retained for a limited period proportionate to security needs.
• Analytics cookies: according to Google/CookieYes settings and your consent choices.

Recipients and transfers

Data may be processed by technical providers (hosting, analytics) strictly required to operate the website.

Depending on the services used, some processing may involve transfers outside Switzerland/EEA with the safeguards provided by each provider.

Your rights

Under applicable law, you can request access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, consent withdrawal and objection for legitimate reasons via the contact form.

Intellectual property, liability and applicable law

Website content (texts, design, code, visuals) is protected. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.

The website is provided “as is”. To the extent permitted by law, publishers are not liable for indirect damages related to its use.

Applicable law: Swiss law.