Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 1, 2026.

This Privacy Policy explains how A.P. di Antonella Petrone, with registered office at Via Giacomo Matteotti 19, Altopascio (LU), Italy, processes personal data through the Italy Destination Weddings website. For privacy requests, please contact info@italydestinationweddings.com.

Data controller

The data controller is A.P. di Antonella Petrone, Via Giacomo Matteotti 19, Altopascio (LU), Italy.

Personal data we process

We may process contact details submitted through enquiry forms, review forms, Journal subscription forms, or email, such as names, surname, email address, preferred wedding date, approximate guest number, destination interests, planning stage, review content, and message content. If you submit an enquiry, review, or Journal subscription, the website may send a confirmation email to the address you provided. Journal subscribers may receive emails when new Journal articles are published, and can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in each email. Subscriber access tokens may be used to unlock subscriber-exclusive Journal content. We also process technical information necessary to run the website, such as security logs, WordPress session cookies for administrators, and server information.

If you accept optional analytics cookies, we collect privacy-friendly analytics data such as pages viewed, venue pages viewed, blog posts viewed, clicked buttons, form submission events without storing private message text, referrer source, approximate country/region/city when available from hosting or CDN headers, device type, browser type, language, date and time, and a rough website journey path. We do not store raw IP addresses in the analytics dashboard. Visitor identifiers are pseudonymized.

Purposes and legal bases

We process enquiry data to respond to requests and prepare wedding planning services. We process review submissions so they can be checked, approved, and optionally published on the website. We process Journal subscription data to send requested Journal updates and occasional related communications. The legal basis may be pre-contractual steps, contract performance, consent for submitted reviews and Journal subscriptions, and legitimate interest in managing client communications. We process essential technical data to operate and secure the website. Optional analytics data is processed only with your consent, which you can refuse or withdraw.

Cookies and consent

The website uses essential cookies required for security, admin login, consent storage, subscriber-exclusive Journal access, and basic website operation. Optional analytics cookies or local storage are used only if you click Accept in the cookie banner. If you ignore the banner or click Deny, optional analytics remains disabled. You can reopen cookie preferences from the website footer.

If enabled, Google reCAPTCHA is used on enquiry and review forms to reduce spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA may collect technical information such as IP address, browser details, and interaction signals according to Google’s own privacy terms.

Analytics and marketing insights

The website includes a built-in WordPress analytics panel designed to help understand general visitor interests and improve marketing strategy. It shows aggregate and pseudonymized insights such as popular venues, popular pages, clicked calls to action, traffic sources, device categories, languages, and approximate location where available. It is not designed to identify individual visitors.

Third-party links and services

The website may link to WhatsApp Business, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. If you click those links, the relevant third-party platform may process your data according to its own privacy policy. This website does not control those platforms. The website may use Google Translate to provide automatic translations, which can be inaccurate and may involve Google processing translation-related technical data. If enabled, Google reCAPTCHA protects forms from spam. If SMS alerts are enabled, Twilio may process administrator notification data such as sender, recipient, and short alert content. The domain is managed through GoDaddy and the website runs on WordPress hosting, which may process technical data necessary to provide hosting, security, and availability.

Data retention

Enquiry emails, review submissions, Journal subscription records, confirmation email records, and business communications are kept for as long as necessary to respond, provide services, send requested updates, manage legal obligations, and protect legitimate business interests. Journal subscription records are kept until the subscriber unsubscribes or requests removal. Reviews published on the website remain visible until removed or updated. Built-in analytics data should be reviewed periodically and deleted when no longer useful for business analysis. A practical retention period for analytics is up to 14 months unless a shorter period is configured or required.

Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to processing, request portability, withdraw consent, and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. EU and UK users have rights under GDPR/UK GDPR. California and other US state residents may have rights to know, delete, correct, and opt out of certain uses of personal information. This website does not sell personal information.

International visitors

Italy Destination Weddings works with couples from around the world. If you contact us from outside Italy or the European Economic Area, your data may be processed in Italy and through service providers used to operate the website and communications.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, email info@italydestinationweddings.com.