Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 2026
followmika.com is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors. This policy explains what personal data is processed when you use the site, why, on what legal basis, for how long, and what rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data Controller
- Name: Michael Da Silva Petrov
- Address: Rue Vila Rosa 18-19, 4th floor, 8500-782 Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
- Contact: [email protected]
Data Processed
1. Hosting and Technical Data
When you visit the site, your browser automatically sends technical data to our host, Cloudflare (IP address, browser type, requested page, date and time). This data is needed to deliver the pages and protect the site against attacks and abuse. It is processed by Cloudflare as our hosting provider and is not used to identify you.
- Provider: Cloudflare, Inc. — privacy policy
- Legal basis: legitimate interest in operating a secure and available website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
2. Web Fonts
The site loads its fonts from Google Fonts. To deliver them, your browser connects to Google's servers, which receive your IP address. Google Fonts does not set cookies.
- Provider: Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC — privacy policy
- Legal basis: legitimate interest in a consistent display of the site (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
3. Consent Management
Your cookie choices are stored in a cookie named followmika_consent, kept on your device for 365 days. It contains only your choices, not your identity.
- Legal basis: legal obligation to record consent (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR)
4. Partner Search Widgets
Some pages include travel search widgets provided by our affiliate partners. They are blocked by default and only load after your consent. Once loaded, the partner receives technical data (such as your IP address and your searches) and may set cookies to attribute any booking to FollowMika. Each partner processes this data as an independent controller under its own privacy policy. The partners currently integrated are:
- Expedia Group (Expedia, Hotels.com, Abritel, Vrbo)
- Viator (a TripAdvisor company)
- Kiwitaxi, Welcome Pickups, Compensair and BikesBooking (via Travelpayouts)
- Discover Cars
- Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time
Details are available in the Cookie Policy.
5. Affiliate Links
Some pages contain simple affiliate links, including links to Amazon. No data is sent to the partner when the page is displayed. If you click a link, you leave followmika.com, and the partner's website processes your data under its own privacy policy. FollowMika only receives anonymous, aggregated commission reports and cannot identify who made a purchase.
As an Amazon Associate, FollowMika earns from qualifying purchases.
6. Newsletter
If you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address is used solely to send it. Every email contains an unsubscribe link.
- Provider: Brevo SAS — privacy policy
- Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
7. Contacting Us
If you write to us by email, we use your email address and the content of your message only to reply to you.
- Legal basis: legitimate interest in answering your request (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
8. Audience Measurement
With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the site (for example which pages are viewed, from which country, on which type of device and browser, and how visitors arrive) so that we can improve it. Google Analytics is blocked by default and only loads after you accept it in the cookie banner or settings panel. It sets cookies on your device (see the Cookie Policy) and relies on a random identifier, not on your name or email address. Google Analytics 4 does not store IP addresses.
- Provider: Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC — privacy policy
- Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time
What We Do Not Do
followmika.com does not use any advertising tracking tools, does not sell personal data, and does not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling. If user accounts or new tracking tools are introduced in the future, this policy will be updated beforehand, and any analytics or tracking tool will only run with your consent.
Retention Periods
- Consent cookie: 365 days
- Google Analytics cookies: up to 2 years
- Google Analytics data: 14 months
- Hosting and technical data: for a limited period under Cloudflare's own retention rules
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe
- Emails: as long as necessary to handle your request
- Partner cookies: according to each partner's own policy
Transfers Outside the European Union
Some providers and partners (including Cloudflare, Google, Amazon and Expedia Group) are based in the United States or other countries outside the European Economic Area. Where data is transferred, it is protected by an adequacy decision of the European Commission (such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework) or by standard contractual clauses.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access
- Right to rectification
- Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
- Right to restriction of processing
- Right to object to processing based on legitimate interest
- Right to data portability
- Right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal
To exercise these rights, contact: [email protected]. You can change your cookie choices at any time from the Cookie Policy page.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Portugal, this is the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD) — www.cnpd.pt. You may also contact the authority of your country of residence.
Minors
The site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.
Amendments
This privacy policy may be updated, in particular when a new service or partner is added. The date of the last update is indicated at the top of this page.
Contact
For any questions regarding this policy: [email protected]