OVERVIEW
Golfreich.com is committed to protecting the personal information that you provide to us when using the site. This privacy policy describes how we treat all user data collected during your visit to Golfreich.com, both anonymous data and personally-identifying data.
Golfreich.com is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information (i.e. any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person) who visit any of the sites owned by Golfreich.com. Amendments to this Privacy Policy will be posted to the Site and/or Services and will be effective when posted. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services following the posting of any amendment to this Privacy Policy shall constitute your acceptance of such amendment.
USER DATA WE COLLECT
We collect three types of user data: (1) anonymous data that is automatically collected from all visitors to the Golfreich.com Site; (2) personally-identifiable data that you voluntarily submit to us (described below under “Personal Data”); (3) personally-identifiable data that you voluntarily submit to any of our corporate businesses including, but not limited to: Golfreich.com
ANONYMOUS DATA
We automatically collect Internet Protocol addresses and domain names through our server. We also track the number and frequency of hits per page on an aggregate basis.
PERSONAL DATA
We may collect Personal Data that you voluntarily provide, such as your name and postal address, phone number, e-mail address, and similar information, when you participate in certain activities on the Golfreich.com Site. We collect your personal data to provide Services to you and to other users of the Services; To improve the quality of the lessons through polls, surveys and other similar feedback gathering activities conducted by Golfreich.com and/or third parties; To create, manage and control your account information, and to verify access rights to the Services; To bill your account; To communicate with you via email (subject to your opt-out rights set forth in this Privacy Policy), including without limitation for the purpose of providing you with information about the Services, or informing you of changes or additions to the Services or of the availability of any other services or features we provide; To assess service levels, monitor traffic patterns and gauge popularity of different features and service options of the Services; To enforce this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Service; To protect against fraud or error, and to respond to claims of any violation of our rights or those of any third parties; To respond to your requests for customer service; To protect the rights, property or personal safety of you, us, our users and the public; and As required to comply with applicable laws or as authorized by applicable laws. For the purposes of billing your account (if you have a paid account) and in order to process payments, Golfreich.com utilizes third party payment gateways, such as Stripe, Square and WooCommerce, who will utilize your credit card and other payment information in accordance with their respective privacy policies. Golfreich.com shall not be liable to you or any other person for any damages that might result from unauthorized use, publication, disclosure or any other misuse of such payment information, including credit card information.
HOW WE USE THE DATA WE COLLECT
We use anonymous data to identify the source of user traffic (for example, georgetown.edu or aol.com), but we are not able to use this data to identify individual users. We use data on which sections of the Golfreich.com Site are most visited, so that we can evaluate the popularity of our different Web pages and continue to improve the Golfreich.com Site. We do not link any anonymous data with the Personal Data you provide to us. We use your Personal Data for various purposes, including: to fulfill the request for which you specifically provided the data; to send you email newsletters or action alerts if you have not opted out of receiving that information.
Your personal information may be stored and processed in any country where we have Golfreich.com. By using the Services, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than in your country. Information is subject to the laws of the country in which it is held, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Policy and, if applicable, we will comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) requirements providing adequate protection for the transfer of personal information from the EU/EEA to third country.
We may occasionally communicate with you regarding our products, services, news and events. You have the option to not receive this information. We provide an opt-out function within all email communications of this nature or will cease to communicate with you for this purpose if you contact us and tell us not to communicate this information to you. The only kind of these communications that you may not “opt-out” of are those required to communicate announcements related to the Services, including information specific to your Account, planned Services suspensions and outages. We will attempt to minimize this type of communication to you.
YOUR ABILITY TO CHOOSE
When you provide us with your Personal Data on the Golfreich.com Site, you can let us know that you do not wish to receive our online newsletter by contacting us via email at sigmar@golfreich.com or selecting ‘Unsubscribe’ from any of our email communications.
CHILDREN
We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.
SECURITY
The Personal Data we collect about you is stored on a secure, password protected server. We use industry-standard encryption technologies with respect to the receipt and transfer of Personal Data you submit to us on the Golfreich.com Site and only authorized personnel have access to your information. Nevertheless, despite our best efforts, no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
UPDATING YOUR DATA
To update your Personal Data or to make corrections, you can do so by sending us the update via email to sigmar@golfreich.com.
RIGHTS TO YOUR INFORMATION
You have the right to access and edit your information at any time through the web interface provided. On written request and subject to proof of identity, you may access the personal information that we hold, used or communicated and ask that any necessary corrections be made, where applicable, as authorized or required by law. However, to make sure that the personal information we maintain about you is accurate and up to date, please inform us immediately of any change in your personal information by mail or e-mail.
Under the GDPR, you may be entitled to additional rights, including: (i) the right to withdraw consent to processing where consent is the basis of processing; (ii) the right to access your personal information and certain other supplementary information, under certain conditions; (iii) the right to object to unlawful data processing, under certain conditions; (iv) the right to erasure of personal information about you, under certain conditions; (v) the right to demand that we restrict processing of your personal information, under certain conditions, if you believe we have exceeded the legitimate basis for processing, processing is no longer necessary, are processing, or believe your personal information is inaccurate; (vi) the right to data portability of personal information concerning you that you provided us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, under certain conditions; (vii) the right object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you, under certain conditions; (viii) the right to lodge a complaint with data protection authorities. If you want to learn more about your rights under the GDPR, you can visit the European Commission’s page on Data Protection.
SECURITY AND RETENTION
We will strive to prevent unauthorized access to your personal information, however, no data transmission over the Internet, by wireless device or over the air is guaranteed to be 100% secure. We have implemented and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices (based on the nature of the information we collect) to protect that information from unauthorized disclosure. We will continue to enhance security procedures as new technologies and procedures become available.
We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone.
Please remember that you control what personal information you provide while using the Site. Ultimately, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your identification, passwords and/or any personal information in your possession for the use of the Site and/or Services. Always be careful and responsible regarding your personal information. We are not responsible for, and cannot control, the use by others of any information which you provide to them and you should use caution in selecting the personal information you provide to others through the Site. Similarly, we cannot assume any responsibility for the content of any personal information or other information which you receive from other users through the Site, and you release us from any and all liability in connection with the contents of any personal information or other information which you may receive using the Site. We cannot guarantee, or assume any responsibility for verifying, the accuracy of the personal information or other information provided by any third party. You release us from any and all liability in connection with the use of such personal information or other information of others.
We will maintain your personal information for as long as they are needed, or as required by applicable laws, regulations, or government orders.