Privacy Policy

MALTA LUXURY HOMES – PRIVATE POLICY

This private policy outlines how your personal data is collected and dealt with by the Data controller.

Who we are and who is our data controller

Malta luxury homes is a Real Estate Agency in Malta registered under the ownership of Mattoni Limited. In our capacity as Data controller you can contact our Managing Director, Mr Ian Pace regarding any queries you might have regarding this Privacy Policy. Malta luxury homes (Mattoni Limited) respects the right to privacy of users of its website and of its clients and will always seek to protect your Personal Data. Furthermore, Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) will not collect any personal information about its users/clients unless you as a visitor and client provide it voluntarily.

This Private Policy describes what information and how it is collected by the Data Controller and what information is held.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

  • Through Our Website

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automatic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms & Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other 3rd party websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

  • Through our services

Before onboarding you as a potential client and offer our professional services, we view and retain Personal Data such as your name, address, email address, date of birth, gender, identification documents, information in relation to your occupation. kindly note when contacting us via other means of communication, such as via phone, WhatsApp and Skype, or through other third-party platforms such as, Facebook, Instagram LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok we shall process the data provided to us via such channels. We may also process data received through your e-mails to us, accounting, payment data etc. This is important data required for ‘Know-your-Customer’ processes, as imposed by the anti-money laundering laws applicable by the FIAU in Malta. You can read the guidelines for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations here: https://bit.ly/3YFgX7Y

You are solely responsible to verify and agree to any third-party terms and conditions and privacy policies that might be applicable to your use of such third-party platforms. We shall process Your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) shall bear no responsibility of any data breach of such third-party platforms. In view of the strict legal obligations imposed upon us, we would not be able to provide you with our professional services if you do not supply us with the Personal Data required by applicable laws.

 

Who we share your data with and how long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Privacy Compliance – The Data Protection Act

Our Privacy Policy is compliant with the Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the laws of Malta), and European Union data protection legislation, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Security – What data breach procedures we have in place

Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) engages all reasonable efforts for the purpose of safeguarding the confidentiality of all Personal Data that it processes and regularly reviews and enhances its technical, physical and managerial procedures so as to ensure that your personal data is protected from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification and unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

To this end we have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures dedicated to the protection of the Personal Data processed by us and that data that we have under our control. All our employees and third-party data processors who have access to and are associated with the processing of Personal Data, are further obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors’ and clients’ personal data.

By its very nature however the internet is not a secure medium and data sent via this medium can potentially be subject to unauthorised acts by third parties that are outside of our control. There can be no absolute guarantee in relation to the privacy or confidentiality of any information passing through our website. We shall accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the security of your data while in transit through the internet.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your own interest to check the “Privacy Policy” page any time you access our web site so as to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.

COPYRIGHT

The material on this website is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, the laws of Malta, policies, regulations and international agreements made or entered into by Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited). The information contained in this website is available for personal and non-commercial public use. For these purposes it may be reproduced without charge or further permission from the Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) provided that the reproduced materials are true copies of the originals and that Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) is identified as the source. The reproduced materials shall not in any way be represented as an official version, nor as having been produced in affiliation with or with the endorsement of the Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited).

POLICY DISCLAIMER

Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) makes every effort to maintain the accuracy of the information on this site and cannot accept responsibility for any prejudice, loss or damage which may occur from use of the information. Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) does not provide quality control of external links; the inclusion of any company’s or trader’s name within the pages should not be construed as a recommendation of that company’s or trader’s products and/or services. Although every effort is made to ensure reliability, accuracy and completeness of the above information, clients should be aware that some of the contents have been obtained from external sources and, consequently, Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) assumes no responsibility arising from any reliance placed upon such information by the client.

Furthermore, Malta Luxury Homes (Mattoni Limited) is committed to providing an accessible website. If you have difficulty accessing content, having difficulty viewing a file on the website, or notice any accessibility problems, please contact us to specify the nature of the accessibility issue and any assistive technology you use. We strive to provide the content you need and in the format you require.

CONTACT US

Tel: +356-2733-0560.  Email: info@maltaluxuryhomes.com

Website: https://maltaluxuryhomes.com