Privacy Policy

Golf Inquirer (referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website golfinquirer.com (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

Effective Date: November 20 2025

Information We Collect

We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

A. Personal Data (Information You Voluntarily Provide)

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This may include, but is not limited to:

Email Address: Collected when you subscribe to our golf newsletter.
Name (First and Last): Collected when you sign up for the newsletter, leave a comment, or submit a guest article.
Website URL (Optional): Collected when leaving a comment.
Other Information: Collected when you fill out contact forms (e.g., feedback, guest post inquiries).

B. Usage Data (Information Automatically Collected)

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as:

Your computer’s Internet Protocol address (IP address).
Browser type and version.
The pages of our Service that you visit.
The time and date of your visit, and the time spent on those pages.
Unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

C. Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies: Small files stored on your device. We use them for site functionality, remembering user preferences (e.g., login status for commenting), and analytics.
Google Analytics: We use this third-party service to analyze how users interact with the site (see Section 4).
Embedded Content: Articles on this Service may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, image galleries). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website, and these sites may collect data about you.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain the Service, including monitoring its usage.
To manage your newsletter subscription and send you golf content, updates, promotions, and information you requested.
To manage your comments and moderate any user-generated content.
To notify you about changes to our Service.
To improve our website content, design, and user experience based on analytics.
To comply with legal obligations.

4. Disclosure of Data (Third Parties)

We will not sell your Personal Data. We may share your Personal Data with the following trusted third parties only to the extent necessary to run our Service:

Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (e.g., hosting providers).
- Example: Your email address is shared with our Email Marketing Service Provider (e.g., Mailchimp, ConvertKit) to send you the newsletter.
Analytics Providers: We use third-party analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics) to track and report website traffic.
Affiliate & Advertising Partners: We may use affiliate links or display third-party advertisements. These partners may use cookies to collect data for targeted advertising. We encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

5. Data Security and Retention

Security: We use commercially acceptable means (SSL encryption, secure hosting) to protect your Personal Data, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Retention: We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy (e.g., we keep email addresses until you unsubscribe).

6. 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.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the data we hold on you, or if you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please