This Privacy Policy document explains types of information, what personal data (as defined below), folloMe (“follo.me”, “we”, “us”, “Company”) collects through the Services, how we use and share that data and your choices concerning our data practices.
By providing us with your personal data when using the Services, you consent to the processing of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Services.
When you interact with our Website or Apps, we collect information that, alone or in combination with other information, could be used to identify you (“Personal Data”).
Personal Data You Give Us: When you sign up for or use the Services, you voluntarily give us certain Personal Data, including your name, email address, username, and profile picture. When you register for an account through your social media account (including Apple and Google Sign-in), the information we get from these accounts depends on your settings and the privacy policies of the social media platforms. Please check those policies to understand the privacy practices of those platforms.
We collect minimum Personal Data necessary for the implementation of contracts for service provision, user identification, service improvement, development of new services, membership registration, and consultation.
User agrees to allow us to collect the essential data necessary to perform essential functions of the Services and the optional Personal Data needed to provide more specialized services.
folloMe uses the information collected for the following purposes:
To help users make good use of the Services.
To identify users and prevent fraudulent use of the Services.
To inform important notices as required.
To confirm the user’s identity when a report is made or a question is asked to the Company.
To communicate advertising information, survey and analyze necessary service improvements.
To better understand user interaction and to ensure that our Website and Apps are presented in the most effective manner to users, and as part of our efforts to keep our Website and Apps, network and information systems secured.
We use the data we collect as described below:
To authenticate users, provide the Services, process transactions and respond to your requests. For users located within the EU, this use is necessary to perform the contract with you.
We may contact you via email regarding changes of our Services and to respond to your requests.
The data is processed at the folloMe's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
If you ask us to delete your data, we are required to fulfill your request. We will keep basic data that identify you and prevent further unwanted processing.
In principle, we do not provide or share the user’s Personal Data to outside entities without the user’s prior consent. Exceptions shall be made in the following cases:
In the case of the user agreeing to it beforehand
In the case of compliance with the compliance of the law
Other users of the Services can see the profile information you upload to the Services, or the information you generate during the use of the Services when that information is categorized as public.
We may share your Personal Data and other information with certain third parties in the following circumstances:
Vendors and Service Providers: To assist us in meeting business operations needs and to perform certain services and functions, your Personal Data may be shared with third-party providers of hosting, email communication and customer support services, analytics, marketing, advertising (including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Google in the United States). For more details on the third parties that may place cookies through the Website, please see the “Cookies” section below. Following our instructions, these parties may access, process or store Personal Data in the course of performing their duties for us.
Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of all or a portion of our assets, or transition of a service to another provider, your Personal Data and other information may be transferred to a successor or affiliate as part of that transaction.
Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law, applicable regulation or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of folloMe, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of our Website or Apps, or the public, or (iv) protect folloMe against legal liability.
We will keep your Personal Data for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, while we have a legitimate business need to do so, or as required by law (e.g. for tax, legal, accounting or other purposes), whichever is the longer.
We may be allowed to retain your Personal Data for a longer period whenever you have given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn.
In principle, we destroy the user's Personal Data without delay when the purpose of collecting and using Personal Data is achieved.
We store user data in the United States and India, and transfer Personal Data collected within the EU to other third countries (i.e. any country not part of the EU) only pursuant to legitimate transfer mechanisms.
folloMe does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to us through the Services please contact us at
folloMe takes reasonable administrative and technical steps to protect the Personal Data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secured. Therefore, while we relentlessly strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our Website uses cookies and other technologies to make it easier for you to use the Services during future visits, to interact with you properly and securely, and to help us analyze how users interact with and use the Services.
We do not collect any sensitive personal information about you. Nor do we collect any information about your health or genetic background.
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. And when we do, we will post an updated version on this page. By continuing to use our Website and Apps or providing us with information after we have posted an updated Privacy Policy, you consent to the revised Privacy Policy and practices described in it.
Inquiries about our Privacy Policy or our data practices can be sent to the email:
Effective date: May 27, 2022.