Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28 September 2026

At Costa del Sol Property Club, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how Marc Alex, trading as Costa del Sol Property Club, collects, uses, stores and protects personal data when you visit this website, contact us, submit an enquiry, request information or otherwise communicate with us.

This policy applies to personal data processed through this website and through communications arising from enquiries made through the website.

The processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights (“LOPDGDD”), and other applicable Spanish data-protection legislation.

1. Data Controller

Data Controller: Marc Alex

Trading name: Costa del Sol Property Club

Postal address: Calle Velez Malaga del Faro, 29649, Mijas, Málaga, Spain

Email: marc@costadelsolclub.com

For the purposes of applicable data-protection legislation, Marc Alex is the controller responsible for personal data processed through this website.

2. What personal data may we collect?

Depending on how you use the website and communicate with us, we may collect:

Your name
Email address
Telephone or WhatsApp number
Property location
Property type
Whether you are interested in buying or selling
Your anticipated timescale
Information contained in your enquiry or message
Information about a property that you voluntarily provide to us
Information provided when requesting a guide, report or other resource
Information necessary to arrange a call, meeting or property-related service
Technical information relating to your use of the website, where applicable, including information collected through cookies or similar technologies

We ask you to provide only information that is relevant to your enquiry.

We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data through this website. Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is specifically necessary and requested.

3. How do we collect your information?

We may collect personal data when you:

Submit an enquiry through a website form
Contact us by email
Contact us through WhatsApp or another communication channel
Request a property guide or other resource
Subscribe to property-related communications
Contact us regarding buying or selling a property
Communicate with us in connection with a property enquiry or transaction
Browse our website, where technical information is collected through cookies or similar technologies in accordance with our Cookie Policy

Where possible, we collect information directly from you.

If we receive personal information about you from another person or organisation in connection with a property enquiry or transaction, we will process that information in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.

4. Why do we use your personal data?

We may process your personal data for the following purposes:

Responding to enquiries

To respond to questions, requests and enquiries submitted through the website or other communication channels.

Property services

To discuss and assist with property-related matters, including potential purchases, sales and introductions to relevant property professionals where appropriate.

Providing requested resources

To send you a guide, report, information or other resource that you have specifically requested.

Managing our relationship with you

To communicate with you, arrange calls or meetings, keep appropriate records and manage an ongoing property enquiry or relationship.

Marketing

Where you have provided the necessary consent, to send you property-related news, guides, information, updates and other marketing communications from Costa del Sol Property Club.

Website administration and improvement

To maintain, secure and improve the website and understand how it is being used, where applicable and in accordance with our Cookie Policy.

Legal and regulatory purposes

To comply with legal obligations and to establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.

5. Legal basis for processing

Depending on the circumstances, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases under the GDPR.

Taking steps at your request

Where you contact us about buying, selling or another property matter, we may need to process your personal data in order to respond to your enquiry or take steps at your request.

Contractual necessity

Where you enter into an agreement with us, processing may be necessary to perform that agreement or to take steps before entering into it.

Consent

Where consent is the appropriate legal basis, we will request it through a clear affirmative action.

This may include consent to receive marketing communications.

You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

Legitimate interests

We may process personal data where necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

This may include managing existing enquiries, maintaining appropriate business records, preventing misuse of our website, improving our services and managing our business communications.

Legal obligations

We may process personal data where this is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

6. Marketing communications

We distinguish between using your information to respond to an enquiry and using your information for marketing purposes.

Submitting an enquiry does not, by itself, mean that you have consented to receive marketing communications.

Where consent is required, we will ask you separately whether you wish to receive marketing communications from Costa del Sol Property Club.

Marketing communications may include:

Property guides
Costa del Sol property information
Property market updates
Articles and resources
Information about property services
Other relevant communications from Costa del Sol Property Club

You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in the relevant email or by contacting us at marc@costadelsolclub.com.

We will not use your email address for unsolicited promotional communications where applicable law requires prior consent.

7. Who may receive your personal data?

We do not sell your personal data.

Where necessary and where there is a lawful basis, personal data may be disclosed to relevant third parties or categories of recipients for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Depending on the circumstances, these may include:

Technology and website service providers
Email and marketing service providers
Professional advisers
Property professionals
Estate agencies or property owners involved in a property enquiry
Buyers, sellers or other parties involved in a transaction, where appropriate
Lawyers, notaries, surveyors, mortgage or financial professionals and other professionals where their involvement is relevant to a property transaction
Public authorities, courts or other bodies where disclosure is required by law

We will only disclose personal information where there is a lawful basis and where the disclosure is relevant and reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose.

8. Service providers

We may use third-party service providers to operate parts of our website and business.

These may include providers of:

Website hosting and website functionality
Online forms
Email delivery
Email marketing
Customer or contact management
Website analytics
Security and technical services

For example, the website may use services provided by Wix and email marketing services provided by Mailchimp.

Where a third party processes personal data on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure that the processing is subject to appropriate contractual and organisational safeguards as required by applicable data-protection law.

9. International transfers

Some service providers used to operate websites, email systems, analytics or other online services may process personal data outside Spain or the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred to a country outside the European Economic Area, we will ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable data-protection legislation.

Where required, appropriate safeguards may include an adequacy decision, Standard Contractual Clauses or another legally recognised transfer mechanism.

10. How long do we keep your personal data?

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and, where applicable, for the periods required to comply with legal, accounting, tax or other regulatory obligations.

For enquiries that do not result in an ongoing relationship or transaction, personal data will normally be retained only for the period reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry and maintain appropriate business records.

Where you have consented to receive marketing communications, we may retain your contact details for marketing purposes until you withdraw your consent or otherwise request that we stop using your information for that purpose, subject to any information that we are legally required to retain.

Certain information may need to be retained for longer periods where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or to comply with legal obligations.

11. Your data-protection rights

Subject to the conditions established by applicable law, you have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you
Rectify inaccurate or incomplete personal data
Request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances
Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances
Object to certain processing, including direct marketing
Request data portability where the applicable legal requirements are met
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

You may exercise your rights by contacting:

Marc Alex

Calle Velez Malaga del Faro
29649 Mijas, Málaga
Spain
Email: marc@costadelsolclub.com

We may need to request sufficient information to verify your identity before responding to a request.

You will not normally be charged for exercising your data-protection rights. However, applicable law allows a reasonable fee to be charged in certain circumstances, such as where requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive.

12. Right to complain to the Spanish Data Protection Agency

If you believe that your personal data has been processed in breach of applicable data-protection legislation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), the Spanish supervisory authority for data protection.

You can find information about the AEPD and its complaint procedures on its official website.

13. Cookies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function correctly. Other cookies may be used for purposes such as analytics, preferences, functionality or marketing.

Where applicable, non-essential cookies will be used only in accordance with the applicable consent requirements.

Further information about the cookies used on this website, their purposes and how you can manage your preferences is provided in our Cookie Policy.

14. Website security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or unauthorised access.

However, no website, electronic communication or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

If we become aware of a personal-data breach that is subject to notification requirements under applicable law, we will take the appropriate steps required by the GDPR and Spanish data-protection legislation.

15. Links to third-party websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites, including property-related services, social-media platforms and other external resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.

16. Automated decision-making and profiling

We do not make decisions producing legal effects or similarly significant effects concerning you based solely on automated processing of your personal data through this website.

We may use basic information about your enquiries and interactions to manage communications and provide relevant information, but this does not involve automated decision-making producing legal or similarly significant effects.

17. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology or applicable legal requirements.

The latest version will be published on this page together with the date on which it was last updated.

18. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Costa del Sol Property Club handles your personal data, please contact:

Marc Alex
Costa del Sol Property Club
Calle Velez Malaga del Faro
29649 Mijas, Málaga
Spain

Email: marc@costadelsolclub.com

We will handle requests concerning your personal data in accordance with applicable data-protection legislation.