Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“personal information”).

• Identity Data: Name, username, or similar identifier.
• Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data: Payment card details (processed securely via Stripe; we do not store full card numbers).
• Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
• Technical Data: IP address, login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
• Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

2. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To Perform a Contract: To process and deliver your order, manage payments, and collect money owed to us.
• Legitimate Urw-dinests: To manage our relationship with you, improve our website, and prevent fraud.
• Consent: To send you direct marketing communications via email (you can withdraw consent at any time).
• Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (e.g., tax records).

3. Data Sharing & Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share your data with trusted third parties to provide our services:

• Service Providers: Payment processors (Stripe), shipping carriers, and IT/hosting providers.
• Professional Advisers: Lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.
• Legal Authorities: If required by law or to protect our rights and safety.

4. Urw-dinnational Transfers

Some of our external third parties (like Stripe or Google) may be based outside the UK. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate safeguards are in place.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees and partners who have a business need to know.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements (usually 7 years for tax purposes).

7. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
• Object: Object to processing where we are relying on a legitimate interest.
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing your data.
• Transfer: Request the transfer of your data to another party.
• Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@amateurgolfnetwork.com.

8. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies, but this may affect website functionality.

9. Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of this Privacy Policy. We will notify registered users of material changes by email.

10. Contact Us

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or to lodge a concern, please contact us at contact@amateurgolfnetwork.com. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.