Last updated: 22 October 2026

MaltaCode is a small web developer in Gozo, Malta. This page explains, in plain words, what personal data we handle when you visit maltacode.eu, contact us or use our services, and what we do with it. We follow the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Maltese Data Protection Act.

1. Who we are

MaltaCode — D. Impens, sole trader, Victoria, Gozo, Malta. Email: maltacode@gmail.com · Phone: (+356) 99 66 98 71.

2. What we collect and why

• When you contact us (form, email, phone, WhatsApp): your name, contact details and your message — to answer you.
• When you become a client: name, business name, address, VAT number, email and phone — to deliver the service, register domains and send invoices.
• When you leave a review: your name, rating and text — to publish it, as you asked.
• When you visit the website: our server keeps a short technical log (IP address, browser, page requested, time) to keep the site running and secure.

We only use this data for the reasons above, or where the law requires it (for example, keeping invoices for the tax authorities). We never sell it and never use it for advertising.

3. Websites and data of our clients

When we build or host a website or app for a client, the data on that website (for example its visitors, customers or members) belongs to the client, and the client is responsible for it. Visitors of a client’s website should read that website’s own privacy policy. How we handle that data on the client’s behalf is described in our Terms and Conditions, section 12, and on EU hosting & your data.

4. Services we use

Like every small business, we use a few outside services to do our work. They only receive what they need for their part:

• Hetzner (Germany) — our servers and backups, in EU data centres.
• Mollie (the Netherlands) — online payments. We never see your full card details.
• OpenProvider (the Netherlands) and NIC Malta — domain name registration.
• FreshBooks — invoicing and bookkeeping.
• Google reCAPTCHA — spam protection on our forms.
• Standard email, office and software-development tools, including AI tools, that we use to do our work.

Some of these companies may store data outside the EU; they do so under their own GDPR safeguards.

5. Cookies

Our website uses only the cookies it needs to work, such as the one that remembers your cookie choice and the login cookie of the client portal. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.

6. How long we keep it

• Messages and enquiries: as long as needed to help you, and no longer than 2 years after our last contact.
• Client and invoice records: as long as you are a client, and afterwards as long as Maltese tax law requires.
• Server logs: a few weeks.
• Backups: copies are kept for up to 6 months, after which they are deleted automatically.

7. Your rights

You can ask us at any time to see, correct or delete the personal data we hold about you, or to stop using it. Email maltacode@gmail.com and we will reply within 30 days. If you are not happy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Maltese Information and Data Protection Commissioner (idpc.org.mt) or the data protection authority in your own country.

8. Changes

If we change this policy, we update the date at the top of this page.