Privacy policy

This translation is provided for information. The German version is the binding one.

1. Controller

Kirsten Peter, Bridge-to-Business, Vicolo Zuccoli 3, 25049 Iseo (BS), Italy, email: kirsten@bridge-to-business.com. Until the company Gate2Italy has been founded, Kirsten Peter is the controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Our principle

Your email address stays with us and is used only for what you tick. The only exception: if you sign up through an estate agent’s Advent calendar, that agent receives your address too (section 5). We use no analytics or advertising cookies, load no fonts or scripts from third-party servers and use no tracking tools.

3. Hosting and server logs

The platform runs on a server of IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany, in a data centre in the EU. When you open the pages, the server processes technically necessary data (IP address, time, requested address, browser identifier) to deliver the page and protect it against attacks (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). These logs are deleted after to be added days.

4. Sign-up lists with double opt-in

Every tick box in our forms is a separate list with its own purpose. Nothing is pre-selected.

• Stay in the loop: News about the launch of Gate2Italy and from our logbook by email.
• Dicembre all’italiana: The free Gate2Italy calendar “Dicembre all’italiana” by email from 1 December, as the Advent edition (24 doors) or with 31 Italian surprises (31 doors).
• Calendar with your own logo: Getting in touch about the calendar “Dicembre all’italiana” with your own logo for agents and businesses.
• Wish list: A first selection of suitable properties and contact as soon as something suitable comes along.
• Dream with us: News about Living Dreams and invitations to our table on La Piazza.
• Confidential conversation for investors and partners: Personal contact for a confidential conversation about off-market properties, projects and helping to shape Gate2Italy.

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). After signing up, you receive an email with a confirmation link. Only once you click it are you signed up (double opt-in). As proof we store, for each list: your email address, the details from the form (such as your name or wish list), the wording of your consent in the language of the form, the time of sign-up and confirmation, and a shortened IP address (for IPv4 without the last block, for IPv6 only the network). We delete unconfirmed entries after to be added.

You can withdraw your consent at any time: with one click on the unsubscribe link in our emails or with a short message to the address above. After you unsubscribe, we no longer use your address for that list. We keep the proof of consent and withdrawal for as long as we need it to defend against claims.

5. Advent calendar through an estate agent

Estate agents who work with us can switch on their own Advent calendar. It has its own address (for example /en/adventskalender/shortname) and shows the agent’s name or sender name, profile photo, logo and greeting. Which agent it is appears on the page, next to the tick box and in the sentence below the form.

• Recipients: Gate2Italy and the agent named. After your confirmation (double opt-in), the agent sees your email address and the time of confirmation in their account and can download this list. The agent is responsible for what they do with the data.
• Purpose: the Advent calendar and, if you wish, contact about the Advent calendar. Nothing else.
• Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), in the wording you ticked. We store that wording as proof.
• Retention by the agent: the agent sees your address in their account for as long as you are signed up. How long they may keep downloaded lists: agreement with the agents to be added.
• Withdrawal: at any time with one click on the unsubscribe link in our emails or with a message to us. Your address is then hidden from the agent as well. If the agent downloaded the list beforehand, you can also ask the agent directly to delete that copy.

6. Sending emails

We send confirmation and service emails directly from our server through the mailbox of our domain at IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany, in a data centre in the EU. A data processing agreement is in place with IONOS proof to be added.

7. Newsletter via Brevo

For newsletters and the Advent calendar we may use the Brevo service of Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany. We transfer only confirmed sign-ups for the respective list. Brevo processes the data on our behalf (Art. 28 GDPR). Whether and from when Brevo is used: to be added.

8. Accounts for estate agents

If you register as an estate agent, we process your name, email address, agency, region, phone number, languages, your profile with photo and your properties in order to run your account and welcome you as a founding partner (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). We store passwords only as a secure hash. During the pre-launch phase, profiles and properties are not public. The exception is your own Advent calendar: while it is switched on, its page shows your name or sender name, your profile photo, your logo and your greeting. If you switch it off, the page can no longer be reached. When you upload photos, we remove all metadata (for example GPS coordinates).

9. Cookies and language

We set only one technically necessary cookie: a session cookie while you are logged in as an agent or team member. The language is part of the address (no suffix for German, /en for English, /it for Italian). If you close the notice about another language or choose a language yourself, only your browser remembers this (local storage, no cookie, nothing is sent to us). No consent is required for this.

10. Your rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, as well as the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can also lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority; in Italy this is the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali.