Privacy Policy

We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not sell your data. We show adverts from Google to keep this guide free. Google and its partners may use cookies for these adverts, only if you agree in the cookie message. Some technical data is also processed by the companies that host this website, as explained below.

The website maltaexpatguide.com is run by Malta Expat Guide. Our full details are on the Legal Notice page.

If you have a question about your data, contact us using the details on that page.

Data you give us

If you email us, we receive your email address, your name (if you give it) and your message. We use this only to reply to you. We keep it only as long as needed to answer your question.

Data collected automatically

When you open a page, your browser sends some technical data, such as your IP address, browser type, device type and the page you visited. This is needed to show you the website. We do not use this data to identify you.

Like most websites, we use a few outside services. They may process your IP address and technical data:

Some of these companies are based in the USA. They are covered by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or use other safeguards approved by the EU.

Cookies are small files that a website saves in your browser.

• Necessary cookies: used to remember your cookie choice. These do not need your permission.
• Advertising cookies: used by Google and its partners to show adverts and measure how they perform. These are only used if you agree.

When you first visit this website, a cookie message asks for your choice. You can change your choice at any time with the Privacy and cookie settings button on the website, or by deleting cookies in your browser.

We do not use analytics cookies at the moment. If we add them, we will update this policy first.

This website uses Google AdSense to show adverts. This helps us keep the guide free.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to show adverts based on your previous visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies lets Google and its partners show adverts to you based on your visits to this website and/or other websites on the internet.
• In the EU, UK and Switzerland, personalised adverts are only shown if you agree in the cookie message. If you do not agree, you may still see adverts, but they are not based on your browsing.

How to turn off personalised adverts

• Google: visit Google Ads Settings.
• Other advertising companies: visit Your Online Choices (Europe) or aboutads.info.

Learn more about how Google uses data from websites that use its services.

Some links on this website are referral links, for example to Revolut. When you click one, you leave our website. The other company then collects data under its own privacy policy. We may learn that someone signed up through our link, but we do not receive your personal details.

Our guides link to many other websites, such as government offices and service providers. We are not responsible for how those websites handle your data. Please read their privacy policies.

We process data on these legal grounds under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Legitimate interest: to run, secure and improve the website, and to reply to your messages.
• Consent: for advertising cookies and personalised adverts. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• see the personal data we hold about you
• correct data that is wrong
• delete your data
• object to or limit how we use your data
• receive your data in a common format
• withdraw your consent at any time

To use any of these rights, contact us using the details on the Legal Notice page.

You can also make a complaint to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) in Malta at idpc.org.mt.

This website is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 16.

We may update this policy, for example when we add new features. The date below shows the latest version.

Last updated: 31 October 2026