Privacy Policy
Last updated: 26 October 2026
This policy explains what personal data we collect on buypropertyinitaly.it, why, who we share it with and what your rights are. It is written under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and Italian data protection law.
1. Who we are
The data controller is Rinascimento Capital Group S.r.l. (VAT no. 01631380522), with registered office at Località Le Fonti 2, 53027 San Quirico d'Orcia (SI), Italy, operating the "Buy Property in Italy" service.
For any privacy question or request, write to hello@buypropertyinitaly.it or message us on WhatsApp.
2. What data we collect
- Browsing the homes: the free homes on this site are open to everyone. You don't need to give us any personal data to see them.
- When you sign up with us or write to us (on our forms, including the form we send you in Instagram or Messenger chats, by email, on WhatsApp or on social media): the details you choose to give us, such as first name, last name, email, phone/WhatsApp number, country, why you want to buy, budget range and which homes you are interested in.
- When you sign in as a member: your email, which we check against our payment provider to confirm that your membership is active.
- When you buy a membership: payment is handled entirely by Stripe. We never see or store your card details; we receive your name, email and the status of your subscription.
- Technical data: our hosting provider records standard server logs (such as IP address, browser type and the pages requested) for security and to keep the site working.
3. Why we use it and on what legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Answering your requests and sending you the information on homes you asked for | Performance of the service you asked for (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) |
| After you fill in our form: emailing you our welcome message, the new homes we publish and our free analyses (usually one email a day), as explained on the form. You can unsubscribe in 1 click from any email | Performance of the service you asked for (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Contacting you by email or WhatsApp about the homes you asked us about | Performance of the service you asked for (Art. 6(1)(b)) and our legitimate interest in following up on your request (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Sending our newsletter with buying tips | Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): only if you tick the box or confirm from the link in our email. You can unsubscribe at any time from any email. |
| Recognising members and managing memberships and payments | Performance of the contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) and legal obligations on invoices and tax records (Art. 6(1)(c)) |
| Understanding which channels bring visitors and improving our service | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Site statistics (Google Analytics) and measuring our ads (Meta Pixel) | Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)), given in the cookie banner. You can change it at any time from "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page. |
| Keeping the site secure | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
Giving us your details is voluntary. We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that has legal effects on you, and we do not sell your data.
4. Who we share it with
We use trusted providers that process data on our behalf, under data processing agreements:
- MailerLite (UAB MailerLite, Lithuania): email list and emails.
- Google (Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC): spreadsheets where we keep the list of requests; web fonts.
- Replit (Replit, Inc., USA): hosting of this website.
- Stripe (Stripe Payments Europe Ltd / Stripe, Inc.): payments and membership status.
- Jotform (Jotform Inc., USA): the forms you fill in to unlock our free homes.
- Manychat (Manychat Inc., USA): automatic replies in our Instagram and Messenger chats and our WhatsApp messages.
- Meta (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd): Instagram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, only if you write to us or we reply to you there; Meta Pixel on this site, only if you accept cookies.
- Google Analytics (Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC): site statistics, only if you accept cookies. IP addresses are shortened.
If you ask us to put you in touch about a specific home, we share your name and contact details with the local estate agency or seller involved, only for that purpose and only after you ask.
Some of these providers are based in the United States or use sub-processors there. Those transfers rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified, or on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
5. How long we keep it
- Contact data: until you ask us to delete it, or 24 months after our last contact with you, whichever comes first.
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe.
- Membership and payment records: for the period required by Italian tax law (up to 10 years).
- Server logs: for a short period, as set by our hosting provider.
6. Cookies
Technical cookies (no consent needed). bpi_access, only if you are a member, to remember your access; bpi_src, to remember for 30 days which link brought you here; bpi_consent, to remember your cookie choice for 6 months.
Statistics and advertising cookies (only if you click "Accept"). Google Analytics 4 (_ga, _ga_*, up to 2 years) counts visits and the pages people look at. Meta Pixel (_fbp, up to 3 months) tells us whether our Instagram and Facebook posts and ads bring visitors, people who ask for the free homes and people who open the membership checkout. If you click "Reject", or ignore the banner, none of these scripts is loaded. You can change your choice at any time from "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page.
Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address when the page loads.
7. Your rights
You can ask us at any time to access, correct or delete your data, to restrict or object to its use, or to receive it in a portable format. Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time, without affecting what we did before. Write to hello@buypropertyinitaly.it: we reply within one month.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) or with the authority of the EU country where you live.
8. Changes
If we change this policy we will update this page and the date at the top. For important changes we will also tell you by email.