Privacy policy

The website is operated by Gal Reches, Architect ("Gal Reches", "we"), who controls the information collected through it. For any privacy question or request: phone 054-5234515, email gal@galreches.co.il.

Information you choose to give us: when you use the contact form, we receive the name, phone number, project type and message you wrote. When you call, email or message us on social media, we receive the details included in your message.

The contact form does not store your details on a server and does not send them anywhere by itself. Pressing "Send on WhatsApp" opens WhatsApp on your device with a prepared message, which is sent only if you confirm sending inside the app.

Technical information: like any website, our hosting provider automatically logs basic technical data about each visit, such as IP address, browser and device type, the page viewed and the time. It is used only to operate and secure the site and to prevent faults and abuse.

Cookies: the site does not use advertising, tracking or analytics cookies and does not embed third-party tracking tools (such as Google Analytics or Meta Pixel). Fonts and images are served from the site itself. If such tools are added in the future, we will update this policy and ask for your consent where the law requires it.

• To get back to you, answer questions and arrange an introductory meeting.
• To offer and provide architecture and design services if you choose to engage us.
• To manage our professional relationship and meet our legal obligations (for example, accounting records).
• To operate and secure the website.

We will not send you advertising without your prior explicit consent, as required by section 30A of the Communications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) Law, 5742-1982. We do not sell personal information or share it with third parties for marketing.

You are not legally required to give us any information; doing so depends on your wish and consent. Without a name and a way to reach you, however, we cannot get back to you.

Only as needed for the purposes above:

• WhatsApp (Meta Platforms), when you choose to send a message through the form or directly, subject also to WhatsApp's privacy policy.
• Google, the studio's email provider, if you email us.
• BOX, the website's hosting provider, for the technical data described in section 2. The hosting servers are located in the European Union.
• Professionals involved in your project (such as engineers, consultants and contractors), only if you engage us, with your consent and as needed.
• Competent authorities, if required by law or court order.

Some of our service providers (hosting, email and WhatsApp) store information on servers outside Israel, including in the United States and the European Union. Transfers are made in accordance with the Protection of Privacy (Transfer of Data to Databases Abroad) Regulations, 5761-2001, to established providers committed to an adequate level of protection.

We take reasonable, customary measures to protect information, in line with the Protection of Privacy (Data Security) Regulations, 5777-2017, as applicable: the site is served over HTTPS, access to enquiries is limited to Gal Reches, and business accounts are protected with authentication. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.

Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement are kept for a reasonable period to continue the conversation and then deleted. Client information is kept while needed to provide the service and for the periods required by law (for example tax, insurance and professional liability). Technical logs are kept by the hosting provider for a short period under its own policy.

• Access: to know what information about you we hold (section 13 of the Law).
• Correction and deletion: to ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, incomplete, unclear or out of date, or to delete it (section 14).
• Opt-out: to ask not to receive marketing approaches from us and to be removed from any such list (section 17F of the Law and section 30A of the Communications Law).
• Withdrawing consent: at any time, where use is based on consent.

To exercise these rights, email gal@galreches.co.il or call 054-5234515. We will reply within 30 days or within the period set by law. If you believe we have not handled your request properly, you may complain to the Privacy Protection Authority at the Ministry of Justice (gov.il).

The website and services are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from minors under 18, and will delete such information if we learn it was given without parental consent.

The site links to Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Their use is governed by their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for how they collect or use information.

We may update this policy from time to time, for example following a change in law or in the site. The current version will be published on this page with its date. Any material change in how we use information already given to us will be made in accordance with the law.

Gal Reches, Architect, Caesarea, Israel. Phone: 054-5234515. Email: gal@galreches.co.il.