Privacy Policy

Contact Us

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 October 2026

1. Who we are and what this policy covers

This privacy policy explains how Ecole d'Humanité Hasliberg AG ("Ecole", "we") handles personal data. It applies to our website ecole.ch, our online forms, our emails and newsletters, our advertising and our online events.

Controller
Ecole d'Humanité Hasliberg AG
6085 Hasliberg Goldern, Switzerland
Email: ecole@ecole.ch (subject: "Data protection")

We follow the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). If you live in the European Union or the European Economic Area, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also applies where required by law.

Information about students during their time at the Ecole (school records, health, boarding life) is covered by separate information for families and is not the focus of this policy.

2. What data we collect

Data you give us

  • Contact details: name, email address, phone or WhatsApp number, country, preferred language.
  • Details about your enquiry: age or grade of your child, programme of interest, your message, how you heard about us.
  • Application data during the admissions process: further information about the student and the family.
  • Your choices: newsletter sign-up and your consent to share data with advertising networks (see section 7).

Data collected when you use our website

  • Technical data: IP address, browser and device type, operating system, date and time, pages visited, referring website.
  • Data from cookies and similar technologies (see section 6).

Data from other sources

  • When you fill in a form inside a Facebook or Instagram ad (Meta Lead Ads), Meta passes your answers to us.
  • Agents and education consultants who refer a family may share contact details with us.
  • Interaction data from our emails, for example whether an email was opened or a link was clicked.

3. Why we use your data

We use personal data to:

  • answer your questions and send you the information you asked for (for example a brochure);
  • run the admissions process and our camps, including the Winter Camp;
  • send newsletters and information to families, alumni and partners;
  • organise calls, visits and online meetings;
  • run and improve our website and keep it secure;
  • measure and improve our advertising;
  • meet our legal obligations.

For visitors in the EU/EEA, our legal bases under the GDPR are: steps before a contract and the contract itself (Art. 6(1)(b)), our legitimate interest in running and promoting the school (Art. 6(1)(f)), your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) and legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c)). Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future.

4. Enquiries, admissions and our CRM (HubSpot)

We use HubSpot, a customer relationship management (CRM) system of HubSpot, Inc., Cambridge, USA, and HubSpot Ireland Ltd., Dublin, Ireland. Our online forms, our contact database, many of our emails and our meeting booking tool run on HubSpot.

When you submit a form, your data is stored in HubSpot. We use it to answer you, to send you the information you asked for and to follow up on your enquiry. HubSpot may also record which of our pages you visit and which emails you open, if the related cookies or tracking are active.

Your data may be stored on servers in the USA. HubSpot is certified under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and uses Standard Contractual Clauses. More information: HubSpot Privacy Policy.

5. Newsletters and emails

If you sign up for a newsletter, we use your email address and name to send it to you. You can unsubscribe at any time with the link in every email.

We send emails with HubSpot (see section 4) and with EmailOctopus, a service of EmailOctopus Ltd., London, United Kingdom. Both services may measure whether an email was opened and which links were clicked. We use this information to improve our communication. More information: EmailOctopus Privacy Policy.

6. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your device. Some are necessary for the website to work (for example for security or to remember your settings). Others help us understand how the website is used or measure our advertising. Similar technologies include pixels and tags.

We use the following kinds of cookies and technologies:

  • Necessary: Squarespace (hosting and security).
  • Analytics: Squarespace Analytics and Google Analytics (loaded via Google Tag Manager).
  • Advertising and measurement: Meta Pixel and Google Ads (see section 7).

You can manage your cookie settings with the link "Cookie settings" at the bottom of the website. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block cookies, some parts of the website may not work as expected.

7. Advertising and conversion measurement

Meta Pixel
Our website uses the Meta Pixel of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., Dublin, Ireland, and Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, USA. The pixel tells Meta when someone visits our website after seeing or clicking one of our ads on Facebook or Instagram. This helps us measure our ads and show them to people who may be interested in our school. Meta may link this information to your Facebook or Instagram account.

Sharing form submissions with Meta (Conversions API)
Some of our forms (for example the Winter Camp enquiry forms) contain an optional checkbox. If you tick it, HubSpot sends a notice to Meta that you submitted the form, together with your contact details in encrypted (hashed) form. Meta uses this to measure how well our ads work. If you do not tick the box, no such notice is sent to Meta. You can withdraw your consent at any time by writing to ecole@ecole.ch.

Meta Lead Ads
Some of our ads contain a form that opens directly in Facebook or Instagram. If you fill it in, Meta passes your answers to us, and we store them in HubSpot (see section 4).

Meta processes data also in the USA. Meta is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. More information: Meta Privacy Policy. You can manage your ad settings in your Facebook or Instagram account.

Google Ads
We use Google Ads of Google Ireland Ltd., Dublin, Ireland, and Google LLC, Mountain View, USA, to show ads in Google search and to measure them. Google may set cookies for this purpose. More information: Google Privacy Policy.

8. Other service providers

  • Squarespace (Squarespace Ireland Ltd., Dublin, Ireland, and Squarespace, Inc., New York, USA): hosting of our website. When you visit ecole.ch, your data is processed on Squarespace servers. Privacy Policy
  • Google reCAPTCHA (Google): protects our forms against spam and bots.
  • Google Maps (Google): shows maps on our website.
  • Google Workspace and Google Meet (Google): email, documents, calendar and online meetings.
  • Zoom (Zoom Communications, Inc., USA): online meetings and webinars. Privacy Policy
  • YouTube (Google): embedded videos. When you play a video, the provider may set cookies and receive your IP address.
  • Weglot (Weglot SAS, Paris, France): translation of our website.
  • Social media links: we link to our profiles on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Data is only sent to these platforms when you click the link.

We only work with providers who protect personal data in an appropriate way. They may only use the data for the services they provide to us.

9. Data transfer to other countries

Some of our providers process data outside Switzerland and the EU/EEA, especially in the USA. We only transfer data if the country has an adequate level of data protection, if the provider is certified under the Swiss-U.S. or EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, or if we have agreed on Standard Contractual Clauses or other suitable safeguards. In the USA, authorities may be able to access data under US law.

10. How long we keep your data

We keep personal data only as long as we need it for the purposes in this policy or as long as the law requires.

  • Enquiries that do not lead to an application: up to 3 years after the last contact.
  • Admissions and student records: as required by school and legal rules.
  • Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe.
  • Data based on your consent: until you withdraw your consent.

11. Children and students

Our services are for families. We ask parents or legal guardians to fill in our enquiry and application forms. We handle data about children and young people with special care. We do not use data of students for advertising.

12. Security

We use technical and organisational measures to protect your data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access. Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. Please note that no transfer over the internet is completely secure.

13. Your rights

Within the limits of the law, you have the right to:

  • get information about the personal data we hold about you;
  • have incorrect data corrected;
  • have your data deleted or its processing restricted;
  • object to the processing of your data, including for advertising;
  • receive your data in a common format (data portability);
  • withdraw your consent at any time, with effect for the future.

To use your rights, write to ecole@ecole.ch (subject: "Data protection"). We may ask you to confirm your identity.

You can also make a complaint to a data protection authority. In Switzerland this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). In the EU/EEA it is usually the authority in your country of residence.

14. Unwanted advertising

We do not allow the use of our published contact details for sending advertising or information that we did not ask for. We reserve the right to take legal action in case of spam.

15. Copyright

All content, images, photos and files on this website belong to Ecole d'Humanité Hasliberg AG or to our licensors. Any reproduction needs our written permission in advance.

16. Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy at any time. The version published on our website applies. If the policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you about important changes by email or in another suitable way.

Hasliberg, 29 October 2026