1. Privacy Policy
This is the Privacy Policy for Golfing Herald, accessible from https://golfingherald.com, last updated on 29th February 2024.
This Privacy Policy will be updated to reflect any changes or amendments to Privacy Policy legislation, with the last updated date revised accordingly.
If you would like to contact Golfing Herald about this Privacy Policy, then please email info@golfingherald.com
2. Who we are
Golfing Herald is a golf blogging website with the url https://golfingherald.com
3. What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it
3.1 Comments
When visitors leave comments in response to articles posted on the Golfing Herald website, we collect the data shown in the comments section and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3.2 Media
If you upload images to the Golfing Herald website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Golfing Herald website can download and extract any location data from images on the Golfing Herald website.
3.3 Contact forms
The contact form within the Golfing Herald website is accessible from https://golfingherald.com/contact/
The data collected from this form when completed and submitted by a visitor is as follows:
- Name
- Email address
- Message
- Topic selected
- Indicator (confirming consent to collecting your Name and Email address)
- Date / Time form submitted
3.4 Cookies
Please refer to the Golfing Herald Cookies Policy that is accessible from https://golfingherald.com/cookies-policy/
3.5 Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
3.6 Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics. No personally identifiable data of any visitor is transmitted to or collected by Google Analytics. This analytics service enables Golfing Herald to:
- see how visitors find and use this website
- track the performance of custom post types
- determine which articles are the most popular
- track outbound click links
If you wish to opt out of the Google Analytics service then please refer to the Golfing Herald Cookies Policy which is accessible from https://golfingherald.com/cookies-policy/
For additional information then please refer to the Google Analytics Privacy Policy
4. Who do we share your data with
Golfing Herald does not share the personally identifiable data of any visitor with any third-party providers, including partners, cloud-based services, payment processors, and third-party service providers.
5. How long we retain your data
Comments left by visitors in response to articles posted on this website are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Data collected from when a visitor completes and submits a contact form or a data export form is retained for 90 days from the date of submission, at which point the data is automatically deleted. If a visitor submits an erase data request form during these 90 days then the data will be erased as requested.
6. What rights do you have over your data
You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us, by completing and submitting an export data request within the Golfing Herald website, accessible from https://golfingherald.com/export-data/
The data collected from this form when completed and submitted by a visitor is as follows:
- Email address
- Indicator (confirming consent to collecting your Email address)
- Date / Time form submitted
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. This is achieved by completing and submitting an erase data request within the Golfing Herald website, accessible from https://golfingherald.com/erase-data/
The data collected from this form when completed and submitted by a visitor is as follows:
- Email address
- Indicator (confirming consent to collecting your Email address)
- Date / Time form submitted
This data collected to initiate the erase data request will also be erased during this process.
7. Where we send your data
Comments left by visitors in response to blogs posted on this website may be checked through the automated spam detection service provided by Akismet.
8. Contact details
If you have any privacy-specific concerns, then please get in touch with Golfing Herald by emailing info@golfingherald.com
9. Additional information
9.1 How we protect your data
HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure) is the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and this website, which means all communications between your browser and this website are encrypted.
This website has “Sitelock Security” which performs a series of website vulnerability scans, including checks:
- for cross-site attacks (thus preventing hackers from soliciting visitors to this website)
- for database attacks (where personal data collected from visitors is stored)
- on all applications that have been installed for vulnerabilities
- to scan this website daily for malware that would block visitors
Only the Golfing Herald Administrator has access to personal data collected from visitors.
9.2 What data breach procedures we have in place
Golfing Herald aligns with the personal data breach procedures as documented in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines provided by the United Kingdom Information Commissioners Office (ICO). Further information on these procedures and guidelines is accessible from the ICO
9.3 What third parties do we receive data from
Golfing Herald does not receive any user data from any third parties, including advertisers.
9.4 What automated decision-making and/or profiling do we do with user data
Golfing Herald does not make any automated decisions and/or conduct any profiling with personal data provided by visitors to this website.
9.5 Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements
Not applicable to Golfing Herald as a golf blogging website.
9.6 Affiliate Links
Golfing Herald participates in the Golfscape Affiliate Partner Program and receives a commission on all referred bookings.
Golfing Herald has no other partner/affiliate links from which commission would be received for qualifying referrals.
9.7 Disclaimer of Endorsement
This website contains information and content supplied by third parties such as guest authors and golf clubs. Information contained herein regarding any specific person, commercial product process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favouring by Golfing Herald.