Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 2026
1. Overview
How to Spain ("we", "us", "our") operates the website how-to-spain.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit our website, in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and, for readers in Spain, the guidance published by the Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD).
2. Data Controller
The data controller is Jules de Bruin, operating How to Spain as a sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmen) established under Austrian law, at Czerningasse 8, 1020 Vienna, Austria. Full operator details are set out in our Aviso Legal. For data protection inquiries, contact us at privacy@how-to-spain.com.
3. Data We Collect
3.1 Data you provide
- Name, email address, and message content when you use our contact form
- Email address when you subscribe to our newsletter
3.2 Data collected automatically
- IP address (anonymised)
- Browser type and version
- Referring URL, pages visited, time and date of visit
3.3 Cookies
We use technically necessary cookies and, where analytics cookies are used, an opt-in consent banner that follows the AEPD's "Guia sobre el uso de las cookies," refusing consent by default until you choose to accept.
4. Purpose and Legal Basis
| Purpose | Legal Basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Responding to contact form inquiries | Art. 6(1)(b), contractual/pre-contractual |
| Sending newsletter emails | Art. 6(1)(a), consent |
| Website analytics (with consent) | Art. 6(1)(a), consent |
| Technical website operation | Art. 6(1)(f), legitimate interest |
5. Data Retention
Contact form data is retained for 12 months after your last interaction. Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe. Anonymised analytics data is retained for up to 26 months.
6. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, port, and object to processing, and to withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@how-to-spain.com. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can lodge a complaint with the Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD).
7. Affiliate Links
Our site contains affiliate links to third-party services (banks, insurers, telecom operators, energy suppliers). When you click these links, the third party may set their own cookies and collect data according to their own privacy policies. See our Affiliate Disclosure.
8. Data Transfers
Our website is hosted on Vercel infrastructure. Where any data processing involves providers outside the EU/EEA, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
9. Contact
For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, contact privacy@how-to-spain.com.