Privacy policy

This statement explains how Grand Hiker processes personal data when you use this website.

Data Controller

Grand Hiker – Marc Grand d’Hauteville
Chemin de Micheron 5
1044 Fey
Switzerland

Email: marc@grandhiker.ch
Phone: +41 79 460 54 31

Data Processed When You Visit the Website

When you visit this site, certain technical data may be processed automatically, including:

  • the IP address;

  • the date and time of the consultation;

  • the pages viewed;

  • the type of device and browser;

  • the operating system;

  • the information necessary for the operation and security of the site.

This data is used to display the website, ensure its security, detect errors, and prevent misuse.

Hosted by Squarespace

This site was created and is hosted using Squarespace's services.

Squarespace Ireland Limited
The Pole House
Ship Street, Great
, Dublin 8
Ireland

Squarespace processes the technical data necessary for the display, operation, and security of the website. Squarespace may use affiliates or service providers located in other countries, including the United States.

According to Squarespace, these transfers are based, depending on the circumstances, on the Swiss–U.S. Data Privacy Framework or on appropriate contractual safeguards.

For more information: Squarespace Privacy Policy

Initial Contact

When you contact Grand Hiker by email, the information you provide is used to respond to your request and follow up on our correspondence.

This information may include, among other things, your name, email address, phone number, and the content of your message.

They are retained for as long as necessary to process your request, and then for as long as required by legal obligations or to defend any potential rights.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics to track its audience and gain a statistical understanding of how it is used.

Google Analytics may process, among other things:

  • the pages viewed and the duration of visits;

  • interactions with the site;

  • the type of device and browser;

  • the general source of visits;

  • the approximate geographic area;

  • technical identifiers stored in cookies.

Google Analytics is enabled only after you accept the audience measurement cookies. You can refuse these cookies or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings " link in the footer.

According to Google, the individual IP addresses of visitors located in Switzerland are not logged or stored in Google Analytics. However, they may be used briefly to determine an approximate geographic location before being deleted.

For more information: Google Privacy Policy

Google Maps

Some pages may display a map provided by Google Maps.

The map is loaded only after you give your consent. Loading the map may send technical information to Google, including your IP address and information about your device or browser.

If you are signed in to your Google account, Google may associate certain information with that account in accordance with its own privacy policy.

If you decline this service, the card will not be loaded. The rest of the site's content will remain accessible.

Cookies

This site uses cookies that are strictly necessary for its operation. With your consent, it may also use audience measurement cookies associated with Google Analytics and load external content such as Google Maps.

You can accept, decline, or change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings " link in the footer.

Transfer of Data Abroad

The use of Squarespace, Google Analytics, and Google Maps may result in data being processed in Switzerland, the European Economic Area, the United States, or other countries where these service providers have infrastructure.

When necessary, service providers state that they use recognized mechanisms or contractual safeguards to govern these transfers.

Storage and Safety

Data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described above or for as long as required by law.

Grand Hiker and its service providers take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect data against loss, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.

Your Rights

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you may request:

  • if personal data about you is being processed;

  • access to this data;

  • their correction or deletion;

  • the provision of certain data in a common electronic format;

  • the discontinuation of certain treatments;

  • the withdrawal of previously given consent.

You can send your request to marc@grandhiker.ch. Proof of identity may be required when necessary to protect the data in question.

Changes

This statement may be updated in the event of changes to the website, the services used, or legal requirements. The version published on this page is the current version.

Last updated: August 13, 2026