This Privacy Policy explains how BridgePoint Israel (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data submitted through this website. It applies to anyone who contacts us through this website, wherever in the world they are located. Please read it carefully before submitting your details.
1. Who We Are
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
BridgePoint Israel
Email: aryeh@bpisrael.com
BridgePoint Israel is a project management and coordination service registered in Israel. Israel has been granted an adequacy decision by the European Commission under Article 45 of the EU GDPR, meaning Israeli data protection law is considered equivalent in protection to that of the European Union. No additional safeguards are required for personal data transferred from the EU or EEA to BridgePoint Israel.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
When you submit the contact form on this website, we collect only the personal data you voluntarily provide:
- Full name — required, to address you in correspondence.
- Email address — required, to respond to your inquiry.
- Phone / WhatsApp number — optional, if you choose to provide it.
- Location or city — optional, to understand your project area.
- Timeline — optional, to assess your project schedule.
- Message content — the details of your inquiry.
We also automatically record your IP address at the time of form submission, solely to prevent spam and abuse. We do not use IP addresses for tracking or profiling.
We do not collect any special categories of personal data (such as health, financial account details, religious beliefs, or biometric data).
3. Why We Collect It and Our Legal Basis
We use your personal data solely to respond to your inquiry, assess whether our services are a suitable fit, and communicate with you during any subsequent engagement. We do not use your data for marketing, advertising, profiling, or automated decision-making.
EU and EEA residents (GDPR): We rely on Article 6(1)(b) — processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract — as our primary legal basis. Where we maintain records after an inquiry is closed without conversion, we rely on Article 6(1)(f) — our legitimate interest in retaining a record of business communications, balanced against your rights.
UK residents (UK GDPR): The same legal bases apply under the UK GDPR, which mirrors the EU GDPR framework for these purposes.
Israeli residents and operations: Processing is carried out under a lawful purpose in accordance with the Israeli Privacy Protection Law 5741-1981 and its amendments.
All other visitors: We apply the same principles globally. We collect only what is necessary, use it only for the stated purpose, and delete it in accordance with Section 5 below.
4. How Long We Keep Your Data
- Inquiry not responded to or not progressed: Deleted within 24 months of submission.
- Inquiry responded to but no engagement entered: Deleted within 24 months of last contact.
- Active or completed client engagement: Retained for 7 years from the end of the engagement, as required by Israeli bookkeeping and tax law.
- IP address records: Retained for 90 days, then deleted.
You may request earlier deletion at any time (see Section 8 below). Where a legal retention obligation applies, we will inform you of this if you make a deletion request.
5. Where Your Data Is Stored and International Transfers
This website is hosted on servers located in the United States, operated by a US-based hosting provider. Your form submission data is stored in a database on those servers. It is accessed by our team in Israel for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
Transfer to Israel: Israel holds an EU adequacy decision (European Commission Decision of 31 January 2011, reaffirmed). No additional safeguards are required for transfers of EU or EEA personal data to Israel.
Transfer to US-hosted servers: For the initial storage of your data on US servers, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914), incorporated into our agreement with our hosting provider. These clauses provide appropriate safeguards for transfers of personal data from the EU, EEA, and UK to the United States.
We do not transfer your personal data to any other country or to any third party that would require additional transfer mechanisms.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any third party for commercial purposes. Your data may be accessed or processed by the following service providers solely to operate this website:
- US web hosting provider — stores the website database containing your submission. Acts as a data processor under SCCs. [Add hosting provider name when known.]
- WordPress / Automattic — the platform powering this website. See Automattic’s Privacy Policy.
- Google Fonts — web fonts are loaded directly from Google’s servers (fonts.googleapis.com) when you visit this site. Google may log your IP address. This is a functional service with no personal data submitted by you. See Google’s Privacy Policy. We intend to self-host these fonts in a future update to eliminate this transfer.
If you become a client, we may share project-relevant details (such as your property location or timeline) with professionals directly involved in your engagement (lawyers, contractors, surveyors) where you have instructed us to do so or where it is necessary to deliver the agreed services. We will always inform you before making any such disclosure.
7. Cookies and Local Storage
This website does not use analytics, advertising, tracking, or retargeting cookies. No cookie consent banner is displayed because no non-essential cookies are set.
The only data stored in your browser is:
- Light/dark theme preference — stored in your browser’s
localStorage(not a cookie). This data never leaves your device and is not sent to our server. You can clear it by clearing your browser’s site data. - WordPress session cookie — set only for logged-in administrators managing the site. Not set for regular visitors.
8. Your Rights
Depending on where you are located, you have some or all of the following rights. To exercise any right, contact us at aryeh@bpisrael.com. We will respond within 30 days. We may ask you to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.
EU and EEA Residents — GDPR (Articles 15–22)
- Right of access (Art. 15) — Obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification (Art. 16) — Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure (Art. 17) — Request deletion of your data where there is no lawful ground for us to retain it.
- Right to restriction (Art. 18) — Limit how we process your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability (Art. 20) — Receive a copy of data you provided to us in a machine-readable format.
- Right to object (Art. 21) — Object to processing based on our legitimate interests. We will stop unless we have compelling grounds that override yours.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your EU member state of residence or workplace. A list of EU data protection authorities is at edpb.europa.eu.
UK Residents — UK GDPR
UK residents have the same rights as EU residents listed above, under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. To lodge a complaint, contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
California Residents — CCPA / CPRA
California residents have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA:
- Right to know — Request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
- Right to delete — Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to correct — Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Right to opt out of sale or sharing — We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. This right is not applicable to our operations.
- Right to non-discrimination — We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
To submit a CCPA request, contact us at aryeh@bpisrael.com. We will respond within 45 days as required by California law.
Israeli Residents — Israeli Privacy Protection Law
Israeli residents have the right to review personal data held about them in our database and to request correction of inaccurate data, in accordance with Section 14 of the Israeli Privacy Protection Law 5741-1981. To exercise this right, contact us at aryeh@bpisrael.com. Complaints regarding data handling may be directed to the Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) at gov.il.
All Other Visitors
Regardless of where you are located, we will honour reasonable requests to access, correct, or delete personal data we hold about you, provided we are not prevented from doing so by applicable law. Contact us at aryeh@bpisrael.com.
9. No Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making, algorithms, or profiling (as defined under Article 22 of the GDPR) in connection with your personal data. All inquiries are reviewed personally by our team.
10. Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for adults with a genuine interest in real estate services. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 16 (or 13 in the United States). If you believe a minor has submitted personal data to us, please contact us immediately and we will delete it promptly.
11. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Submissions are transmitted over an encrypted HTTPS connection and stored in a secured database accessible only to authorised personnel. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. For material changes, we will take reasonable steps to notify affected individuals. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
13. Contact Us
For any questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us:
BridgePoint Israel
Email: aryeh@bpisrael.com
Or use the contact form on this website.
We will always try to address your concerns directly before you escalate to a supervisory authority, but you are free to contact your local data protection regulator at any time.