1. Publisher of the site

SnowFinder is an information and listing website for ski resorts in France and across Europe, aimed at the general public. The site is published as part of a professional activity. It is funded by affiliate links (accommodation booked via Booking.com and Expedia) and by visibility partnerships with ski resorts. This funding does not influence the information and comparisons published.

2. Host

The site is hosted free of charge via GitHub Pages, a service provided by Microsoft Corporation. The site's files are stored on GitHub's servers in the United States, in compliance with the GDPR (RGPD) using standard contractual clauses.

3. Intellectual property

All content on this site (text, data, design, logo, structure) is the exclusive property of SnowFinder, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data

Weather data is provided by Open-Meteo (open-meteo.com), a free, open-source service licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Avalanche bulletins

Avalanche risk bulletins (BRA) are provided by Météo-France, a public body. The data are used for information purposes only.

Images

Most of the photographs used come from Unsplash (unsplash.com), under the Unsplash licence, which allows commercial and non-commercial use without mandatory attribution. Some photographs come from Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org) and are used under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA or equivalent), which requires credit to the author and the licence; these credits are added case by case on the relevant pages.

Interactive map

The interactive map uses OpenStreetMap © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under ODbL, and the Leaflet.js library, licensed under BSD 2.

4. Privacy policy & GDPR

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, EU 2016/679) and the French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés), we inform you about the collection and processing of your personal data.

Data collected

SnowFinder only collects anonymous browsing data via Google Analytics:

• Pages visited and visit duration
• Country and city of origin (approximate)
• Device type and browser used
• Traffic source (Google search, direct link, etc.)

Data submitted via the contact form

If you use our contact form, the details you enter (email, message) are used only to reply to your request and are not kept for more than 12 months.

Legal basis for processing

• Analytics: Legitimate interest (improving the service)
• Contact: Explicit consent from the user

Retention period

• Analytics data: 14 months (Google Analytics 4 default setting)
• Contact data: 12 months maximum

Transfers outside the EU

Google Analytics transfers data to the servers of Google LLC in the United States. This transfer is governed by the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

5. Cookies & Analytics

SnowFinder uses the following technologies:

Google Analytics 4

User preferences

SnowFinder does not use advertising cookies, behavioural tracking, or share data with third parties for commercial purposes.

6. Your rights

In accordance with the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access: to know what data is held about you
• Right to rectification: to correct inaccurate data
• Right to erasure: to request the deletion of your data
• Right to object: to object to the processing of your data
• Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured format

To exercise these rights, contact us at: contact.snowfinder@gmail.com

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, the French data protection authority) — www.cnil.fr

7. Limitation of liability

The information on SnowFinder (snow reliability, weather conditions, prices, open runs) is provided for indicative purposes only and may not reflect the real-time situation.

SnowFinder cannot be held responsible for:

• Actual snow conditions or the opening of runs
• Prices actually charged by resorts
• Decisions taken by users on the basis of this information
• Service interruptions caused by the hosting provider or third-party APIs

We recommend always checking information directly with the resorts concerned before travelling.

8. Contact