Complete Privacy Policy 2026 | HalalMalta — Your Data is Safe

HalalMalta’s privacy policy ensures your personal data is safe and protected.

1. Who We Are — About This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to HalalMalta, Malta’s trusted halal food directory. Our website address is https://halalmalta.com. We help Muslim residents and visitors find verified halal restaurants across Malta, including in Valletta, Sliema, St. Julian’s, Bugibba and beyond.

For any privacy-related questions, please contact us at sands.store@outlook.com. We aim to respond within 48 hours.

2. What Personal Data HalalMalta Collects

HalalMalta collects minimal personal data. The following describes what data may be collected when you interact with our website:

Data Collected Automatically

• IP address — Collected automatically when you visit halalmalta.com, used for security and spam detection.
• Browser user agent string — Collected to understand which device and browser you are using.
• Pages visited — Collected via analytics tools to understand how visitors use our halal food directory.
• Referring URL — The website you came from before visiting halalmalta.com.

Data You Provide Voluntarily

• Name and email address — If you submit our contact form or newsletter signup.
• Message content — If you contact us via the form on our About & Contact page.
• Comment data — If you leave a comment on a blog post (name, email, website, comment text).

3. How HalalMalta Uses Your Data

We use the data collected on halalmalta.com only for the following lawful purposes:

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data to any third party for marketing purposes. HalalMalta products are ad-free and we do not allow advertisers to target you through our platform.

4. Cookies — HalalMalta Cookie Policy

HalalMalta uses cookies to improve your browsing experience. A cookie is a small text file stored in your browser. Here is how we use cookies on halalmalta.com:

Comment Cookies

If you leave a comment on our halal food blog, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website URL in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you do not need to fill in your details again for future comments. These cookies last for one year.

Session & Login Cookies

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Login cookies last for two days; “Remember Me” extends this to two weeks. Screen options cookies last for one year.

Analytics Cookies

We may use anonymised analytics cookies (such as Google Analytics) to understand visitor behaviour on halalmalta.com. These cookies do not identify you personally. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Managing Cookies

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. For guidance, visit allaboutcookies.org. Please note that disabling cookies may affect some features of halalmalta.com.

5. Comments & User Content

When visitors leave comments on the HalalMalta blog, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymised string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. If you do, your Gravatar profile picture will be visible alongside your approved comment. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at automattic.com/privacy.

Comments submitted to halalmalta.com are checked through an automated spam detection service (Akismet) before approval. The Akismet privacy policy is available at akismet.com/privacy.

6. Media & Uploaded Files

If you upload images to HalalMalta (restaurant owners adding photos, for example), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS data) included. Visitors to halalmalta.com may be able to download and extract any location data from images published on the website.

All images uploaded to halalmalta.com are used solely to support halal restaurant listings and blog content. We do not use uploaded images for any commercial profiling.

7. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles and pages on halalmalta.com may include embedded content from third-party services such as Google Maps, YouTube videos or social media posts. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited those websites directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, set cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content — particularly if you have an account with them and are logged in. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these services:

• Google Privacy Policy (Google Maps, Google Analytics)
• Formspree Privacy Policy (Contact form processing)
• Wolt Privacy Policy (Order links)

8. Third-Party Services Used on HalalMalta

• Google Maps — Used to provide directions to halal restaurants across Malta. Google’s privacy policy governs data collected through map interactions.
• Wolt / Bolt Food — Order links on halalmalta.com direct users to these third-party delivery platforms. HalalMalta is not responsible for their privacy practices.
• Formspree — Used to process contact form submissions. Your submitted data is sent to our email address and stored temporarily by Formspree.
• Google Fonts — Used for website typography. Google may collect anonymised data from font requests.
• WordPress — halalmalta.com is built on WordPress. WordPress privacy information is available at wordpress.org/about/privacy.

9. Who HalalMalta Shares Your Data With

HalalMalta does not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. Data may be shared in the following limited circumstances:

• Password reset requests — Your IP address may be included in the reset email for security verification.
• Legal obligation — If required by law, court order or Maltese data protection authorities, we may disclose data as legally required.
• Service providers — Trusted service providers (such as Formspree for contact forms) may process your data on our behalf under strict data processing agreements.

10. How Long HalalMalta Retains Your Data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary:

• Blog comments — Retained indefinitely to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically. You may request deletion at any time.
• Contact form submissions — Retained for up to 12 months, then deleted.
• Newsletter subscribers — Retained until you unsubscribe. Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link.
• Registered user accounts — If you register on halalmalta.com, your profile data is retained until you request deletion. You can update your personal data at any time from your account settings.
• Analytics data — Anonymised analytics data is retained for up to 26 months.

11. Your GDPR Data Rights

As a resident or visitor from the European Union — including Malta — you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. We will respond within 30 days as required by GDPR. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) Malta.

12. Contact HalalMalta About Privacy