1. Data controller
The Marbella Post (themarbellapost.com). Contact: Instagram or Facebook (@themarbellapost).
2. Data we collect
We process the data you send us (for example by email or through comment and contact forms: name, email address and message), and technical data collected through cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy.
3. Purposes and legal basis
- Answering your messages and requests: your consent and our legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.a and 6.1.f GDPR).
- Sending newsletters, if you subscribe: your consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time.
- Website statistics and advertising cookies: your consent, given through the cookie banner.
4. Retention
We keep your data only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected for, and afterwards for the periods required by law.
5. Recipients
We do not sell your data. It may be processed by our service providers (such as our hosting provider) under data processing agreements. Some providers may be located outside the European Economic Area, in which case appropriate safeguards (such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses) apply.
6. Your rights
You can request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection by emailing our Instagram or Facebook (@themarbellapost). You can also complain to the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, www.aepd.es).
7. Artificial intelligence services
To produce articles and images we use AI services from Anthropic (Claude, text) and OpenAI (images), and stock photos from Pexels. These services receive the text of public news sources, not personal data of our visitors. Our automation runs on our own server with n8n.
8. Reader tips
When you send us a story through our form we store your message, the town, and, if you provide them, your name, contact details and photo. We use this only to check and report the story and, if needed, to contact you. Your contact details are never published. If you allow it, your photo is published with your name as credit. Tips are kept for as long as needed for editorial purposes; ask us via Instagram or Facebook (@themarbellapost) to have yours deleted.
9. Website statistics
If you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Ltd.) to see how many people read our articles. IP addresses are anonymised and the data is not used for advertising. You can change your choice at any time via “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page.