Privacy Policy

Effective Date:**10/15/25

This Privacy Policy describes how The Golfapedia collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from The Golfapedia.

1. Information We Collect We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, including information that may be used to identify you.

A. Information You Directly Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us when you:

* Create an account or profile.

* Make a purchase or place an order.

* Subscribe to our newsletter or other communications.

* Contact us for support or inquiries.

* Participate in surveys, contests, or promotions.

* Submit forms on our website.

The types of personal information we may collect include:

Contact Information: Name, email address, postal address, phone number.

Account Information: Username, password.

Payment Information: Billing address, payment card details (processed securely by our payment processor, we do not store full card numbers).

Communications: Any information you provide in messages or communications with us.

B. Information We Collect Automatically When you access and use our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This may include:

Device Information:

IP address, browser type, operating system, unique device identifiers.

Usage Data: Pages viewed, links clicked, referring URL, time spent on pages, and other interaction data.

Location Information: General geographical location derived from your IP address.

This information is collected using technologies such as:

Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve our Site and your experience.

Web Beacons (or Pixel Tags):** Electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Log Files:** Track actions occurring on the Site and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

C. Information from Third Parties We may receive information about you from third-party services, such as:

Payment Processors: When you make a purchase, they provide us with transaction details (but not full payment card numbers). Analytics Providers: Services like Google Analytics provide us with aggregated data about user behavior.

Social Media Platforms: If you interact with us on social media, we may collect information about those interactions.

[List other specific third-party services you use, e.g., advertising partners, marketing automation platforms]

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

Provide and maintain our services: Process orders, manage accounts, provide customer support.

Improve and personalize your experience: Tailor content, products, and services to your interests.

Communicate with you: Send transactional emails, newsletters (if you opt-in), marketing communications, and respond to your inquiries.

Process transactions: Complete your purchases and send related information, including confirmations and invoices.

Analyze and understand usage: Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services to improve functionality and user experience.

Marketing and advertising: Present you with relevant advertisements and promotions, both on our Site and on third-party platforms.

Security and fraud prevention: Protect our Site and users from fraudulent or illegal activities.

Comply with legal obligations: Meet applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.

3. How We Share Your Information We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances: *

Service Providers: We engage third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processing, hosting, analytics, marketing, customer support). These service providers have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Business Transfers:** In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to

(i) comply with a legal obligation,

(ii) protect and defend our rights or property,

(iii) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site, or

(iv) protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public.

With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you with third parties for various purposes, including marketing, analytics, and research.

4. Your Choices and Rights You have certain rights regarding your personal information:

Access, Correction, Deletion: You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information that we hold.

Opt-out of Marketing Communications: You can opt-out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those communications. Even if you opt-out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or orders.

Cookies:** Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Site.

5. Third-Party Links Our Site may contain links to websites owned and operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

6. Data Security We implement reasonable security measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Children's Privacy Our Site is not intended for use by individuals under the age of [e.g., 13 or 16, depending on relevant laws]. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without parental consent. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.

8. 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 and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

9. Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: