This Privacy Policy explains how Daniel Marin (“I”, “me”, or “my”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit dfmarin.com (the “Site”). By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this policy. Last updated 11 September 2026.
Who I Am
Daniel Marin is a travel content and hotel review website. I can be reached at hello@dfmarin.com for any questions about this policy or your personal data.
Information I Collect
Information you provide directly. When you use the contact form, subscribe, or leave a comment, I may collect your name, email address, and any message or content you submit.
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, the Site automatically collects certain information when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, referring website, and approximate location, gathered through analytics and log files.
Cookies and similar technologies. The Site uses cookies and similar technologies as described in the Cookies section below.
How I Use Your Information
I use the information I collect to operate and improve the Site, respond to enquiries submitted through the contact form, moderate and display comments, understand how visitors use the Site through analytics, detect and prevent spam, and comply with legal obligations.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The Site uses cookies, which are small text files stored on your device, to make the Site work properly and to understand how it is used. When you first visit the Site, you will be shown a cookie banner where you can accept or manage which categories of cookies are used.
Cookies used on this Site generally fall into these categories: essential cookies needed for core site functions such as caching and security; analytics cookies, such as those from Google Analytics, used to understand visitor behaviour; and third party cookies set by embedded content or affiliate and referral links, described further below.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time, though disabling certain cookies may affect how the Site functions.
Affiliate Links and Advertising Disclosure
This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you book or purchase through them, at no extra cost to you.
Some posts and pages on this Site contain affiliate links. If you click one of these links and book or purchase something, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links may set their own cookies or tracking technologies through the linked platform or a link management service used on this Site, in order to track referrals and attribute any resulting bookings or purchases to this Site.
I only link to hotels, properties, and services I would genuinely recommend. Affiliate relationships do not influence the honesty of my reviews and opinions.
Third Party Services
This Site uses a number of third party services to operate, which may collect information about you subject to their own privacy policies. These include: Google Analytics and Google Site Kit, used to understand Site traffic and performance; Akismet, used to filter spam comments; Smash Balloon social feed plugins, used to display embedded YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook content, which may set cookies from those platforms; Pretty Links and affiliate partners such as Travelpayouts, used to manage and track affiliate and referral links; WPForms, used to process contact form submissions; and Hostinger, my hosting provider, which processes server log data.
I encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third party services for more information on how they handle your data.
Comments
When you leave a comment on the Site, the comment and its metadata, including your name, email address, and IP address, are retained so that I can recognise and approve follow up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Children’s Privacy
This Site is not directed at children, and I do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Site, please contact me so it can be removed.
Data Retention
I retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, such as responding to enquiries, displaying comments, or meeting legal and accounting requirements, after which it is deleted or anonymised.
Your Rights
Depending on where you are located, you may have rights over your personal information, including the right to access the information I hold about you, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion of your information, object to or restrict certain processing, and request a copy of your information in a portable format.
To exercise any of these rights, contact me at hello@dfmarin.com. If you are in the UK or the EU and believe your data has not been handled properly, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority, such as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK.
Data Security
I take reasonable steps to protect the information collected through the Site, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and I cannot guarantee absolute security.
International Visitors
This Site is based in the United Kingdom and may be accessed from other countries. If you are visiting from outside the UK, your information may be processed in the UK or in other countries where the third party services listed above operate, which may have different data protection laws than your home country.
Changes to This Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact me at hello@dfmarin.com