Privacy policy
Last updated: 3 November 2026
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD), this policy explains how we process the personal data you provide through the website arbes.es.
Data controller
- Owner
- Arbes (Bernd Schmahl)
- Tax ID (NIF)
- X2171603N
- Address
- Manuel Guasp 11 Bj, 07006 Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
- berndschmahl@arbes.es
- Telephone
- +34 971 718 820 / +34 660 533 436
What data we process
The data you choose to give us through the contact form, by email or by telephone: your name, your email address and the content of your message, together with any other information you decide to include in it.
Purpose
To handle and reply to your enquiries, including requests for information about our architectural services. We do not create profiles, make automated decisions or send marketing communications.
Legal basis
Your consent, which you give by sending the form after ticking the acceptance box or by contacting us (article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal.
Retention
We keep your data for as long as necessary to deal with your enquiry. It is then deleted, unless it must be kept to meet legal obligations or the enquiry leads to a professional relationship.
Recipients
We do not share your data with third parties unless required by law. Only the providers of our web hosting and email services may have access to it, as data processors and with the safeguards required by the GDPR.
If you accept analytics cookies, Google Ireland Limited processes browsing data (such as your IP address and the cookie identifier) as a data processor to produce usage statistics, with possible transfers to the United States under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. You can withdraw your consent under “Cookie settings” in the footer.
Your rights
You may at any time exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction of processing and data portability, and withdraw your consent, by writing to berndschmahl@arbes.es with the subject “Data protection”. We may ask you to verify your identity.
If you believe your data is not being processed in accordance with the law, you may lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), C/ Jorge Juan 6, 28001 Madrid, www.aepd.es.
Minors
This website is not aimed at children under 14. If you are under that age, please do not send us personal data without the consent of your parents or guardians.