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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 28, 2025

1. Introduction

GolfInfoScotland.com ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

  • Register for an account
  • Submit a contact form
  • Subscribe to a business listing
  • Communicate with us via email or other channels

This may include: name, email address, phone number, business information, and payment details.

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • IP address
  • Pages visited and time spent on pages
  • Referring website addresses
  • Search queries performed on our site

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. You can control cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner. For more details, see our Cookies Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Process your business listing subscriptions and payments
  • Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
  • Send you administrative information, updates, and marketing communications (with your consent)
  • Analyze website usage to improve our services
  • Detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activity
  • Understand user search patterns to improve our AI-powered search features

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or UK, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information includes:

  • Consent: You have given us clear consent to process your personal data for specific purposes (e.g., marketing emails, analytics cookies)
  • Contract: Processing is necessary to fulfill our contract with you (e.g., providing business listing services)
  • Legal obligation: Processing is necessary to comply with the law
  • Legitimate interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., fraud prevention, improving our services)

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with:

  • Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processing, analytics, email delivery)
  • Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, or acquisition
  • Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights and safety

6. Third-Party Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about website usage. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Search logs are retained for analytical purposes for up to 24 months.

8. Your Rights (GDPR & UK GDPR)

If you are located in the EEA or UK, you have the following rights:

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal data
  • Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Restrict Processing: Request limitation of how we use your data
  • Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service
  • Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
  • Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@golfinfoscotland.com

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your country. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers in accordance with GDPR requirements.

11. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Continued use of our website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

  • Email: privacy@golfinfoscotland.com
  • Company: BIRDIERUN LTD
  • Company Number: 15964085
  • Registered Address: 65 London Wall, London, England, EC2M 5TU

Data Protection Officer: For data protection queries specific to GDPR, you can also contact us at the above address.

14. Supervisory Authority

If you are located in the EEA or UK and believe we have not addressed your concerns, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.