The Organiser respects the privacy of the participants of the races that it organises.
The data collected (Name, surname, ID/Passport number, phone number, address, date of birth, gender, nationality, team and email address), through our application process, whether through the participant him/herself or through a 3rd person on his/her behalf will be used as necessary to administer the applications and to provide updates and information on the race applied for.
The name, surname, ID/Passport number, date of birth, gender, nationality and team will be shared with the timekeepers of each race to extract and display the race results and awards. Race results are kept indefinitely.
The name and surname will be shared with the payment gateway provider for processing credit card payment through www.maltamarathon.com and reduce fraud. The email and town are no longer shared with the payment gateway provider as from 8 and 10 June 2026 respectively.
The name, surname and IBAN number will be shared with our banking provider in order to execute refunds. Other details may also be required to complete the transaction.
For the Malta Marathon, Malta Half Marathon, Charity 5K and Kids Race only, the name, surname, gender and age will be printed on the Malta Marathon official magazine. This gives the chance for any errors that may affect the results and awards to be noticed by the participant and rectified by the Organiser, if advised at least 12 hours before the race.
Only the Organiser and the database administrator have access to the database. Applicants have the right to know what information is in our database. As a minimum we retain the data retrieved from the application forms for 5 years. One may retrieve and check the data in our database by downloading the application form. To download an application, form the application code which was sent by email at the time of application is required. Applicants have the right to ask for any incorrect data to be amended. For any communication on the data that the Organiser holds, contact us using the link on our website.
With each application, the applicant must opt in and choose 1 preference on how the email address being supplied with the application can be used.
- I would like to receive information and updates about the Malta Marathon organised races and other athletic related information and updates.
- I would like to receive information and updates about the Malta Marathon organised races.
- I would like to receive information and updates about this event only (Service messages only).
With each bulk email received, the person receiving the email may opt out from receiving further emails from the Organiser. This however will not be the case for emails related to races or events to which an application has been made. Emails with information and updates about a race or event where there is an application must be received.
Data Sharing
Your data is shared with our service providers to provide the services of this website, namely:
- A6iT – our hosting and IT provider
- Apcopay – our payment gateway provider
- Automattic – via the Akismet plugin
- Bank of Valletta – our banking provider
- Malta Tourism Authority – for sponsorship verification purposes
- Pixoner – our photo recognition service provider
- race result AG – our race results provider
- Wordfence – security provider plugin
Additional third parties may be involved depending on the plugins and/or the functionality in use and/or action being undertaken at the moment.
Tracking
We track website usage, via cookies and other means, and data may be shared with third parties as follows:
- our tracking
- Automattic through the Jetpack plugin
- Cloudflare for content delivery and speeding up of our website
- Google to link to our advertising and marketing
- Meta to link to our advertising, marketing and photo publishing
- Yoast through their SEO plugin
- YouTube to embed videos on our website
These normally do not effect site functionality, but help with monitoring site operation and marketing.
One means of tracking is via cookies. A cookie is used to remember tracking preference. Cookies may be deleted in the browser (look up how to delete cookies). When a different browser is used a different tracking preference may be set. If incognito or private browsing is used, then cookies are not saved for future use as per the browser’s operating mode.
The service providers we use may (and will) send cookies and their own tracking code based on their service terms and conditions. Please consult their terms and privacy policies separately.
Last update: 10 June 2026.
