1. Cookies Policy
This is the Cookies Policy for Golfing Herald, accessible from https://golfingherald.com, last updated on 7th February 2024.
This Cookies Policy will be updated to reflect any changes to the utilisation of cookies or amendments to cookie legislation, with the last updated ‘on date’ revised accordingly.
2. What Are Cookies
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website.
Cookies perform various functions, such as:
- enabling you to efficiently navigate between pages
- remembering your preferences
- improving the user experience
- analyse website traffic
- advertising and marketing
3. What Types Of Cookies Do We Use
The International Chamber of Commerce UK Cookie Guide provides the following definitions for the categorisation of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary ~ These cookies are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services, you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance ~ These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
- Functionality ~ These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Advertisement/Targeting ~ These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement, as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.
This website uses cookies as follows:
- Strictly Necessary ~ are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
- Performance ~ used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the Golfing Herald website. We use Google Analytics to collect information about how this website is used. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. In this way, we can improve the user experience. We do not collect or store your personal information so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data. For more information, please refer to the Google Analytics Cookie Policy.
- Functionality ~ helps perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
- Advertisement/Targeting ~ used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the advertisement campaigns.
- Analytics ~ are used to understand how visitors interact with the Golfing Herald website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate and traffic source.
- Uncategorised ~ are cookies that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
4. Disabling Cookies
You have the right to either “Accept All”, “Reject All” or “Customize” cookies on your first visit to this website. This decision expires after 1 year, at which point you will be prompted again to choose “Accept All”, “Reject All” or “Customize” cookies.
You can also disable cookies at any time by changing the settings of your browser.
To find out more information on how to disable cookie settings (on the most popular browsers) then please refer to:
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info
If you choose to reject or disable cookies then some of the features and functions of this website may not work properly.
5. More Information
You can find more information about cookies at: