Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy – Furniture Wholesale Malta

1. About Us & This Policy: This Privacy Policy describes how Furniture Wholesale Malta (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and safeguards your personal data through our website https://furniturewholesalemalta.com/ (the “Site”). We are a Malta‑registered company selling furniture locally. This Policy complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Malta’s Data Protection Act.
2. Data We Collect
   a. Browsing Data: When you access our Site, we automatically gather information such as browser type, IP address, device information, time zone, and pages visited. This helps with analytics, security, and improving user experience.
   b. Enquiries & Newsletter Sign‑ups: If you submit a contact form, enquiry, or subscribe to a newsletter, we collect your name, email, phone number, and message.
   c. Account Registration & Purchases: For online purchases, you’ll be asked to create an account with personal data including name, billing/shipping address, email, phone number, and payment info. All such data is processed over encrypted SSL.
3. How We Use Your Data

• Process orders: handle payments, deliveries, invoices, confirmations.
• Manage your account, customer service inquiries, and after-sales support.
• Improve our Site via analytics, fraud prevention, and system maintenance.
• Marketing (with your consent): sending news, product updates, promotions.
• Compliance: fulfilling legal obligations, tackling fraud, defending our rights.

4. Sharing Data with Third Parties
   We may share your personal information in the following cases:

• Service providers: e.g., payment processors, couriers, IT hosting, analytics.
• Professional advisors: legal, tax, or financial services.
• Business transfers: in case of a sale or restructuring.
• Legal compliance: responding to lawful requests from authorities.
• Marketing partners: only with your explicit consent.

These align with standard practices in GDPR‑compliant privacy notices.

5. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
   We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tech to:

• Recognize your browser and session.
• Analyse Site usage and improve user experience.
• Provide targeted advertising

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.

6. Data Retention & Security

• We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes it was collected.
• We implement industry-standard physical, technical, and administrative safeguards.
• However, no online data system is entirely risk-free; absolute security can’t be guaranteed.

7. Rights of Individuals
   Under GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access, correct, delete, or restrict your personal data.
• Port your information in a machine-readable format.
• Object to certain data processing (e.g., marketing).
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting past processing.
• Lodge a complaint with the Maltese Data Protection Commissioner.

8. Children’s Privacy
   Our Site is not directed to anyone under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from individuals under 16. If we learn we have, such data will be deleted.
9. Third‑Party Websites
   Our Site may link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices; please review their policies.
10. Changes to This Policy
    We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time—especially for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We’ll show the updated date at the top. Continued use of the Site implies acceptance of changes.