Privacy policy

🇬🇧 Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 25, 2025

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you about how we handle your personal data, your rights, and how the applicable regulations protect you and your data. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using our Services.

The data controller of your personal data is Angolia.co.uk.

✅ Account creation and user authentication
Legal basis: “Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract” (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
Data collected: username, email address, and password (via the registration form).

✅ Services not requiring account registration
Examples: responding to posted ads, browsing and searching ads, posting ads.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Data collected: activity data (ads viewed, session information, operating system, browser, location, and IP address).

✅ Services requiring account registration
Examples: accessing full platform functionality, messages related to posted ads, invoices, purchased packages.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Data collected: profile data and activity data (ads viewed, session data, OS, browser, location, IP).
Mandatory fields are marked; failure to provide them may result in limited access to services.

✅ Handling complaints and claims
Legal basis: “Processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party...” (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Data collected: profile data, usage data, and any documentation submitted with your complaint.

Your data may be shared only for:

• providing and enabling access to Services,

• improving user experience,

• ensuring platform security.

📌 Service providers: hosting, email, analytics, marketing, web push notifications.
📌 Google LLC: to prevent bots, your IP may be shared (Google reCAPTCHA).
📌 Government authorities: law enforcement, data protection authorities, if required by law.
📌 Business transfers: in case of sale of the company, data may be transferred to the new owner.

📍 Transfer outside the EEA: your data may be transferred to Google LLC based on GDPR-approved Standard Contractual Clauses.

Your data is stored on secured servers and protected by internal data protection procedures. SSL encryption is used for registration and login to prevent unauthorized access.

Data is stored:

• as long as you maintain an account,

• up to 24 months after ad removal,

• attachments in messages for 36 months,

• cookies for their lifespan or until manually deleted.

• Right to restrict processing,

• Right to access your data,

• Right to rectification,

• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”),

• Right to withdraw consent,

• Right to object to data processing,

• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).

To exercise your rights or request more information:
📩 Email: info@angolia.co.uk
🌐 Contact form: available on our website.