Privacy Policy

Effective date: 1 January 2024  |  Last updated: 18 April 2026

Summary: Real Estate World is committed to protecting your privacy. We collect minimal data, use it only to improve your experience, and never sell your personal information. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and how you can control it.

1 Overview

This Privacy Policy describes how Real Estate World ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit our website at realestateworld.blog ("the Site"). By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

We operate the Site as an independent real estate blog covering property markets worldwide. We comply with applicable data protection laws and internationally recognised privacy standards.

2 Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

When you contact us through our Contact form, we collect:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • The subject and content of your message

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain technical information including:

  • IP address (anonymised where possible)
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referring URL
  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • Date and time of your visit

This information is collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 4).

3 How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to your enquiries and provide customer support
  • Improve the content and user experience of our Site
  • Analyse traffic and reader behaviour using Google Analytics
  • Display relevant advertisements via Google AdSense
  • Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive behaviour
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you.

4 Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Our Site uses the following types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies: Required for the Site to function, such as storing your dark/light mode preference (stored in localStorage, not transmitted to our servers).
  • Analytics cookies: Google Analytics uses cookies to help us understand how visitors use the Site. Analytics data is aggregated and anonymised. You can opt out at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
  • Advertising cookies: Google AdSense uses cookies to show personalised or contextual advertisements. These cookies may track your browsing activity across sites to provide relevant ads.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some features.

5 Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services on our Site:

These services have their own privacy policies and may collect data independently. We encourage you to review their respective policies.

6 Google AdSense & Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Site. Google may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site and other websites on the Internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by visiting aboutads.info.

We comply with Google AdSense programme policies, including requirements around content quality, user experience, and privacy disclosure. We do not display ads alongside prohibited content categories.

7 Data Sharing & Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to any third party. We may disclose your data only in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service providers: Trusted vendors who assist in operating our Site, subject to confidentiality agreements.
  • Legal obligations: When required by law, court order, or government authority.
  • Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction.

8 Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Object to or restrict our processing of your data
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at privacy@realestateworld.blog. We will respond within 30 days.

9 Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Our Site uses HTTPS encryption for all data in transit. We do not store sensitive information such as payment card details.

10 Children's Privacy

Our Site is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.

11 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

12 Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: