Playgolf Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated: 23rd May 2018

Please review this privacy policy and terms and conditions agreement for the website carefully. This policy sets out how Playgolf Group Ltd. uses and protects any information you give on this website. Your use of the website signifies you have read, understood and agree to this privacy policy and terms and conditions agreement.

Data Controller
Playgolf Group Ltd. is the data controller with registered office at 280 Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3TZ. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you.

The kind of information we hold about you
We may collect the following information:
– Title
– First name
– Surname
– Date of Birth
– Gender
– Email address
– Contact number
– Postal address
– Bank account details (For membership purposes)

How we collect information
We obtain information about you in a number of ways, for example when you contact us via our contact form (if consent is given), create a profile or register to receive emails from us. The primary source of your information is when you sign up to one of our service at the venue, this can be via memberships or the purchase of Swipe Cards. Other information we collect when you browse our site may include your IP address and device type which is done automatically through the use of Cookies.

What we do with the information we gather
We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:
1. Where we need to perform the contract we have entered into with you.
2. Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.
3. Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

Data Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We do not store credit card details nor do we share financial details with any 3rd parties.

Although we’ll do our best to protect your personal data, we can’t guarantee the security of your data transmitted to this website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we’ve received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs.

We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Marketing
If you have given us consent by checking relevant boxes, we’ll send you marketing messages by email with interesting emails about our latest news, products, exclusive offers and events.

Customers who consent to receiving marketing emails will always have the option to unsubscribe at any point via a link at the bottom of every email they receive.

Customers enquiring online via contact or enquiry forms are NOT automatically added to a marketing database and will not be sent unsolicited email marketing without first being asked if they would like to opt in to receive marketing material.

Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. We encourage you to be aware of this when you leave this website, and we recommend that you review the privacy policies of every web site that collects personally identifiable information from you. This Privacy Policy applies only to this website.

Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways: We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen. You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you before collecting your data if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking relevant boxes on the forms we use to collect your data or on account creation. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at dataprotection@playgolfgroup.com.

Sharing your information
We promise to keep your details safe and will never sell you data on to any third party including your name, address or email address.
However, we share your data with the following categories of companies as an essential part of being able to provide our services to you, as set out in this statement:
– Professional service providers, such as marketing agencies, advertising partners and website hosts who, who help us run our websites.
– Credit reference agencies, law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies, so we can help tackle fraud.
– Companies approved by you, such as social media sites
– We may provide third parties with aggregated but anonymised information and analytics about our customers that does not identify you.

Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of sixteen years. This website is directed to persons who are at least sixteen years of age.

What are your rights
You have the following rights:
• To be informed about how we use your personal data
• To update your personal data
• To change your mind, and ask us to stop using your information
• To ask us to delete your personal data. However, there may be circumstances where we are legally entitled or required to retain it
• To get a copy of your personal data. A subset of your data (limited to data that you have provided to us)
• To object to the processing of your data and have it restricted. There may be circumstances where you ask us to restrict the processing of your information, but we are legally entitled to refuse that request
• To make a complaint to the Information Commissioner (ico.org.uk) if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us

Access to Information

You have the right to access the information held about you by us. If you would like to request a copy for yourself, please contact our Data Protection team on dataprotection@playgolfgroup.com, we will do our very best to get back to you as soon as possible and within one month from your original contact.

How long will we use your information for?
We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal information are available in the retention policy. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy you can email the Playgolf Data Protection Team at dataprotection@playgolfgroup.com or by writing to us at Playgolf Group Ltd, 280 Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3TZ.