Who We Are
Welcome to The Golf Collective! Our website address is: https://members.thegolfcollective.com.au. At The Golf Collective, we value your privacy and strive to protect your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information.
Information We Collect
Personal Data
When you register on our website, participate in forums, leave comments, or make purchases, we collect personal data including your name, email address, and other contact details. This information is used to provide you with a personalized experience and improve our services.
Comments and Forum Posts
When visitors leave comments or participate in our forums, we collect the data shown in the comments or forum submission form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. They help us remember your preferences and login information.
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login: When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
- Articles: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Newsletter and Mailing List
By using our website, you are automatically added to our newsletter/mailing list. You will receive updates and information about our events, products, and services. You can opt-out of the mailing list at any time by following the unsubscribe link included in every email.
How We Use Your Data
We use the data we collect to:
- Provide and maintain our services
- Improve and personalize your experience
- Communicate with you about updates, promotions, and events
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve our website
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your personal data with third parties, except:
- When required by law
- To protect our rights and property
- To provide and improve our services with trusted partners who adhere to our data protection policies
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment or post in our forums, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments or posts automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments or forum posts, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments and forum posts may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@thegolfcollective.com.au.
Thank you for being a part of The Golf Collective!
