Privacy Policy

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

1. What Information Do We Collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
• Information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us
• Information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters
• Any other information that you choose to send to us

2. Using Your Personal Data

Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
• Administer the website
• Send you email notifications which you have specifically requested
• Deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website
• Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us. We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

3. Disclosures

We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers or agents insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may disclose information about you:
• To the extent that we are required to do so by law
• In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings
• In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk)
• Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

4. Security Of Your Personal Data

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure, password- and firewall- protected servers.
Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

5. Policy Amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

6. Your Rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you.
You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.

7. Third Party Websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

8. Updating Information

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

9. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to:

birtleygolfclub@aol.com

or by post to:

The Secretary
Birtley (Portobello) Golf Club
Birtley Lane
Birtley
Chester-le-Street
Co. Durham
DH3 2LR