The Golfing Machine | Privacy Policy

The Golfing Machine Privacy Policy

We are committed to respecting the privacy rights of all visitors to our Web site. This Privacy Policy explains the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. It is available for review on our homepage and at other pages where we request personally identifiable information. BY USING THIS WEB SITE YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ASSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Do not use this Web site if you do not agree with any term in this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect?

Generally, we limit the collection of information to what is known as non-personally identifiable information (such as, first name, age, state or country). We also collect certain types of personal information such as an email address. This information is collected so that visitors can participate in activities (such as, receiving our e-mail newsletter[s], participating in our question polls).

In some areas on our Web site additional personally identifiable information is asked for and collected (for example, full name, mailing address and phone number) so that our visitors can participate in certain activities, such as online promotions and access to registered areas of this site and are not accessible without giving us the necessary personally identifiable information. Whenever we request that you submit personally identifiable information, we will notify you of our intended use of the information, as more specifically discussed below. YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE, AND CAN DECLINE TO PROVIDE, ANY REQUESTED INFORMATION AT ANY TIME. HOWEVER, IF YOU DECLINE TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES AT THIS WEB SITE.

The types of information collected at this Web site may include:

Contact information, such as full name, e-mail address and mailing address.
Financial information and/or Credit/Debit Card data (for, by way of example, online store purchase information).
Demographic information, such as date of birth, age, aggregate information, gender, state and country.
Internet Protocol (IP) Information, such as your IP address and browser type.
Information collected by or held in "cookies."

How do we use information?

Registration:

If this Web site has a registration procedure, our Web site's registration form requires users to give us contact information, unique identifiers, and demographic information. All registration information is submitted to us on a voluntary basis. We may also ask registered members to tell us how they found out about us. Once you register, we use customer contact information from the registration form to contact you, to send you information about our company and/or to give you updates on products and/or services. You may register on our Web site and choose not to receive information and updates by un-checking the relevant box on the registration form.

IF YOU ARE UNDER 13, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU REGISTER OR PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION.

Product Support:

To send an email to our Technical Support team regarding a problem you encounter with a product, we may ask you to provide your first name and email address in addition to information about the product you are having trouble with. The email you provide for this purpose is used only to respond to the sender’s problem and as a record of the support action taken.

Online Promotions:

We or our advertisers, licensees and/or other business partners may have special online promotions which feature products or services related to our business activities. TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY PROMOTION, YOU MUST BE 13 YEARS OR OLDER (unless otherwise specified by the promotion's rules and regulations). You may be asked to provide an e-mail address or screen name so that we can let you know if you won a prize. For other promotions, we may request your name and home address in order to send you products or information by regular mail. The specific rules and regulations governing the particular promotion will vary, and your participation constitutes your agreement to abide by those rules and regulations.

Online Contests:

We or our advertisers, licensees and/or other business partners may sponsor contests or sweepstakes which may be entered online. The specific rules and regulations governing the particular contest or sweepstakes will vary, and your participation constitutes your agreement to abide by those rules and regulations. IF YOU ARE UNDER 13, YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY. We use the information you provide in connection with your placing an order, entering a game, entering a contest, completing an order and/or fulfilling a prize. We use return e-mail addresses to respond to inquiries we receive, and may use return e-mail to communicate with you or to send you other information.

Collecting and Sharing Data:

We sometimes collect information to find out how people found our Web site, which pages they visited, and how long they stayed. In addition, we may aggregate demographic and non-personal information you provide and use aggregate information to better design our Web site and to improve our marketing strategy and our product offerings. We may share this demographic and non-personal information with our advertisers, licensees and/or other business partners with whom we link to permit them to improve management and utilization of our site.

Other than as explained in this policy, we may disclose personal information in the good faith belief that we are required to do so by law, or that doing so is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal processes; respond to any claims; or, protect the rights, property or personal safety of The Golfing Machine, its subsidiaries and affiliates, our customers or the public. In addition, information about our customers, including, without limitation, personal information regarding customers under 13, may be disclosed as part of any bankruptcy, merger, sale, transfer of company assets, or acquisition. OTHER THAN AS STATED, we will not sell or share personal information with any other party.

Opinions:

We may ask for your opinion from time to time. You may send us questions or comments which may require personal information for a response. However, please note that we have a policy against accepting unsolicited material, so do not submit any unsolicited or unique creative ideas, drawings or other materials, and refer to our policy on unsolicited submissions in our Terms of Use. IF YOU ARE UNDER 13, YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU CAN PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.

Purchasing Items:

Purchasing items from various online stores may require the giving of personally identifiable information (such as, name, credit card information).

Cookies:

We use a software technology called "cookies" to collect non-personally identifiable information. Cookies are pieces of information that we may place on your computer to help "personalize" your visit to the Web site and to allow you to enter our Web site without having to remember and enter any special passwords. For example, a "cookie" will allow us to remember certain things about you, such as your screen name, to track visitor scores or to help you keep track of where you left off in a game. "Cookies" may include the type of browser software you use to access the Internet (i.e. Internet Explorer, Netscape 3.0,), type of operating system (i.e. Windows 95, Mac, etc.), and/or the domain name of your Internet service provider. Except with respect to our e-commerce activities (e.g., on-line purchases), we do not link your non-personally identifiable information in "cookies" with personally identifiable information about you. In addition, some companies place or provide banner ads on this Web site that might also place cookies. These companies use this cookie information according to their own privacy and security policies.

IP Address and Machine Type:

An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. Web servers, the computers that "serve up" Web pages, automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When you request a page from our Web site, our servers log your IP address. An IP address does not contain personally identifiable information. Except with respect to our e-commerce activities (e.g., on-line purchases), we do not link IP addresses with personally identifiable information. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and your shopping cart and to gather broad demographic information. We may also collect information about your browser software and/or machine type (e.g., Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.).

Links:

We sometimes create links to the external Web sites and independently operated, external Web sites not associated with or authorized by us may have links leading to our Web site. We cannot control external links to our Web site and are not responsible for any content appearing on those Web sites or for any personal information gathered by those sites.

Bumper Pages:

We sometimes provide a "bumper page" when linking from our Web site to an independently-operated Web site, which lets you know you are going to an independently-operated Web site and reminds children not to give out information online without their parent's permission.

Data Integrity and Security:

We take reasonable precautions to keep your personal information secure. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the confidentiality and integrity of the information we collect. In cases where the information is not stored on separate computer servers, it is only accessible from specific computers within our control. We have and will continue to take reasonable measures to assure the security and accuracy of all information our visitors share with us. Our efforts include procedures designed to avoid any unauthorized access, alteration, misuse or disclosure of personally identifiable information.

Changes

Our Changes:

We reserve the right to change or remove this privacy policy at our discretion. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Web site. We encourage you to visit this area frequently to stay informed.

To what web sites does this privacy policy apply?

The terms of this Privacy Policy apply to all information submitted on this Web site and not to information that may be submitted to us offline. In addition, the terms shall only apply to Web sites owned and operated by The Golfing Machine. It does not otherwise apply to any independently operated Web sites, for which separate privacy policies and terms of use shall apply. Finally, since this Privacy Policy is intended to protect individuals, it does not apply to businesses or persons acting on behalf of businesses.

Contact information

We hope you have a better understanding of our commitment to protect privacy. If you have any questions or comments about anything in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at tgm@thegolfingmachine.com

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