Last updated: 1 September 2026
This policy explains how personal data may be collected and processed when using the Travel Alerts website.
It is established in accordance with Swiss data protection law and, where applicable, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Data controller
The data controller for data related to the Travel Alerts website is:
B2Medias SA
En Budron A9
1052 Le Mont-sur-Lausanne
Switzerland
E-mail: info@b2medias.com
2. Data that may be collected
Depending on your use of the site, different categories of data may be processed.
Technical data
When visiting the site, certain technical information may be recorded automatically, including:
- IP address;
- date and time of the visit;
- pages viewed;
- browser and operating system;
- type of device;
- referrer page address;
- technical information necessary for the security and operation of the site.
Audience measurement data
Subject to your cookie choices, data relating to your navigation and use of the site may be collected to compile audience statistics and improve Travel Alerts’ content.
Advertising data
When advertising technologies are permitted, information about your device, your navigation and your interactions with the site or with advertisements may be processed by our advertising partners.
Newsletter
Travel Alerts offers a newsletter to which users can subscribe voluntarily.
In this context, we may process, in particular, the e-mail address, the date of subscription and information necessary for the management and proof of the subscription.
We use a specialized provider to manage and send our newsletters. Some data may, in this context, be processed or hosted abroad, notably in the United States and Australia.
Data relating to the receipt and use of newsletters, such as opens and clicks, may also be collected when such tracking is permitted in accordance with applicable rules.
The e-mail address is retained for as long as the user remains subscribed, subject to any information that must be kept longer to comply with a legal obligation or to establish proof of subscription.
Each newsletter includes a link allowing you to unsubscribe at any time.
Email communications
When you contact B2Medias SA directly by e-mail, the data you provide is processed only to the extent necessary to respond to your request and follow up on the exchange.
3. Purposes of processing
Data may be processed for the following purposes:
- to ensure the operation and security of the site;
- to prevent abuse, attacks and attempts at unauthorized access;
- to measure audience and understand site usage;
- to improve Travel Alerts’ content and performance;
- to deliver and measure advertising campaigns;
- to allow the personalization of certain ads when authorized;
- to manage newsletter subscriptions;
- to send newsletters requested by subscribers;
- to respond to communications received by e-mail;
- to comply with applicable legal obligations.
Where consent is required, the relevant processing activities are carried out only after consent has been obtained.
4. Hosting
The Travel Alerts website is hosted in Switzerland by:
Infomaniak Network SA
Rue Eugène Marziano 25
1227 Les Acacias (GE)
Switzerland
Certain technical data required for the operation of the site may be processed by the host.
5. Cloudflare
Travel Alerts uses Cloudflare services to improve the site’s performance, availability and security.
In this context, Cloudflare may process certain technical data related to connections to the site, including IP addresses, information about HTTP requests, devices and browsers.
These processes are particularly necessary to protect the site against attacks, abuse and malicious traffic.
6. Google Tag Manager
Travel Alerts uses Google Tag Manager to manage the triggering of various tools and tags used on the site.
Google Tag Manager is primarily used to administer these tags. The services triggered through it may, however, carry out their own data processing in accordance with the user’s cookie preferences.
7. Google Analytics
Travel Alerts uses Google Analytics to measure site audience and obtain statistics on its use.
Depending on the configuration used and the choices made by the user, Google Analytics may process information relating to:
- pages viewed;
- the duration and course of visits;
- device and browser type;
- the approximate origin of the visitor;
- interactions performed on the site.
Google Analytics is activated in accordance with the visitor’s applicable consent preferences.
8. Google Ads and Google AdSense
Travel Alerts may use the Google Ads and Google AdSense advertising services.
These services allow, among other things, the display of advertisements, the measurement of their effectiveness and, when the user permits, the personalization of certain ads.
Google may, in this context, use cookies or similar technologies and process information regarding navigation, the device used and interactions with ads.
Non-essential advertising technologies are activated in accordance with the user’s cookie choices.
9. Meta Pixel
Travel Alerts uses the Meta Pixel, provided by Meta.
This technology can be used to measure site usage and the effectiveness of advertising campaigns run, for example, on Facebook or Instagram.
When this technology is permitted, certain information about pages viewed, interactions performed, the browser, the device or other technical identifiers may be communicated to Meta.
The Meta Pixel is activated only in accordance with the visitor’s applicable consent preferences.
10. Newsletter
Travel Alerts offers a newsletter to which users can subscribe voluntarily.
The data provided in this context are used to manage the subscription and send the requested communications.
The e-mail address is retained for as long as the user remains subscribed to the newsletter, subject to information that may need to be kept longer to comply with a legal obligation or to demonstrate proof of consent.
Each newsletter contains a means to unsubscribe.
11. Cookies and similar technologies
A cookie is a small file stored on the user’s device or read from it when visiting a website.
Travel Alerts may use several categories of cookies or similar technologies.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the operation, security or correct display of the site.
They may, in particular, be used to remember privacy choices or to protect the site.
They cannot always be disabled without affecting the service’s functionality.
Audience measurement cookies
These cookies allow measurement of Travel Alerts’ use and compilation of statistics aimed at improving the site and its content.
They are notably associated with Google Analytics.
Advertising cookies
These cookies and similar technologies may be used to display advertisements, measure their performance or personalize certain ads.
They may, for example, be associated with Google Ads, Google AdSense and Meta services.
12. Consent management
When consent is required, Travel Alerts asks for your choice before activating the technologies concerned.
You can accept or refuse the different categories of cookies offered.
You can also later modify your choices using the cookie management link available on the site.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing carried out prior to withdrawal.
13. Recipients of data
Data may be accessible, to the extent necessary for their respective services, to the following categories of recipients:
- B2Medias SA;
- Infomaniak Network SA;
- Cloudflare;
- Google;
- Meta;
- the technical provider used to manage and send the newsletter and its technical subprocessors;
- other technical providers when their involvement is necessary for the operation of the site.
These providers process data in accordance with their own legal and contractual obligations.
14. Cross-border data transfers
Some providers used by Travel Alerts are international groups and may process data from different countries.
Data may therefore be processed outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area.
When required by applicable law, such transfers are subject to appropriate safeguards intended to ensure an adequate level of data protection.
15. Retention period
Data is retained only for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected, taking into account legal obligations, security needs and applicable limitation periods.
In particular:
- newsletter data are retained for the duration of the subscription, subject to information necessary to prove consent;
- communication-related data are retained for the time necessary to process the request and any follow-up;
- technical, statistical and advertising data are retained according to the retention periods configured in the services concerned and to the extent necessary for their purpose.
16. Security
B2Medias SA takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect data against loss, unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or misuse.
As no IT system can guarantee absolute security, these measures are regularly adapted according to the risks and available technologies.
17. Your rights
Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, you may, in particular, request:
- whether personal data concerning you are being processed;
- access to such data;
- correction of inaccurate data;
- deletion of certain data;
- restriction or objection to certain processing where this right applies;
- the transfer or portability of certain data where the legal conditions are met;
- withdrawal of previously given consent.
To exercise these rights:
An identity check of the requester may be carried out where necessary to protect the data concerned.
Data subjects may also contact the competent data protection authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
18. Changes to this policy
This policy may be adapted to take account of legal, technical or service-related changes to Travel Alerts.
The version published on this page is the version applicable at the time of consultation.