Privacy Policy

Information You Provide Directly

When you contact us through our contact page, subscribe to updates, or interact with our site, you may provide:

• Name and email address
• Subject and content of your inquiry
• Any other information you choose to provide in communications

We collect this information only when you voluntarily provide it. We do not require registration or accounts to access Golfnet content.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Golfnet, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing behavior:

• IP address and approximate geographic location
• Browser type and version
• Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
• Pages viewed and time spent on pages
• Referring to the website or search terms
• Date and time of visits

This information is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies. For detailed information about our cookie usage, see our Cookie Policy.

Information from Third-Party Services

We use third-party services that may collect information about your visit:

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit, what pages they view, and what sites refer them. This information helps us improve our Irish golf tournaments coverage, World Handicap System guides, and golf betting analysis.

Affiliate Networks: When you click links to bookmakers on our golf betting pages, golf betting tips, or golf betting odds comparisons, our affiliate partners may collect information about your click and subsequent activity. This enables us to earn commissions from bookmakers when you register through our links.

Social Media Platforms: If you share our content on social media, those platforms may collect information about your activity according to their own privacy policies.

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

To Provide and Improve Our Content:

• Understand which topics interest our readers (tournaments, handicapping, courses, betting analysis)
• Improve navigation and user experience
• Develop new content based on reader interests
• Monitor site performance and fix technical issues

To Respond to Inquiries:

• Answer questions about Irish golf tournaments, live scores, or handicapping
• Respond to betting-related questions directed to our Golf Betting Analyst
• Handle press inquiries and partnership requests

To Comply with Legal Obligations:

• Respond to legal requests and prevent fraud
• Enforce our Terms and Conditions
• Protect our rights and the rights of others

For Analytics and Research:

• Analyze traffic patterns and content performance
• Understand reader demographics and interests
• Measure the effectiveness of our content across different topics

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area (including Ireland), you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right of Access: You can request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and obtain a copy of your data.
• Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can request deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
• Right to Restriction of Processing: You can request that we limit how we use your personal data under certain circumstances.
• Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your personal data under certain circumstances, particularly for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the Contact Us section below. We will respond to your request within 30 days as required by GDPR.

We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

• Contact Form Submissions: Retained for up to 2 years to maintain correspondence records and handle follow-up inquiries.
• Analytics Data: Google Analytics data is retained according to Google's data retention policies (typically 26 months). We have configured our analytics to comply with GDPR requirements.
• Cookie Data: Cookie retention periods vary by type. See our Cookie Policy for specific retention information.

When personal data is no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymize it.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• Secure HTTPS encryption for all website traffic
• Regular security assessments and updates
• Access controls limiting who can view personal data
• Secure storage of any data we collect

However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Golfnet contains links to external websites, including:

• Golf courses and club websites referenced in our golf courses and travel guide
• Tournament organizers and Golf Ireland's official sites are mentioned in our tournament coverage
• Bookmaker websites linked from our betting content
• Social media platforms

These third-party sites have their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

When you click affiliate links to bookmakers on our golf betting content, you will be redirected to those bookmakers' websites. Your activity on those sites is governed by their privacy policies, not ours.

Golfnet content, particularly our golf betting sections, is intended for users aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately. We will delete such information from our systems.

Our golf betting tips and betting odds pages are intended for adults only, in compliance with Irish and EU gambling regulations.

Golfnet is based in Ireland and primarily serves Irish and European users. However, some of our third-party service providers (such as Google Analytics) may transfer and process data outside the European Economic Area.

When we transfer personal data outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or Privacy Shield certification (where applicable).

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will post the updated policy on this page with a new "Last Updated" date.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of Golfnet after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

For significant changes that materially affect your rights, we may provide additional notice, such as a prominent announcement on our homepage.

This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with our Cookie Policy, which provides detailed information about the cookies we use, their purposes, and how you can control them.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your GDPR rights, or want to contact our Data Protection Officer, please reach out:

• Email: [email protected]
• General Contact: Visit our contact us page
• Address: Golfnet, Dublin, Ireland

For general inquiries about our content, see our contact page for topic-specific contact information.

We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days as required by GDPR.

For information about how we use cookies, see our Cookie Policy.

For our terms of use, content disclaimers, and affiliate relationship disclosures, see our Terms and Conditions.

For questions about our editorial team and content, visit our about page.