eGolfTip.com Privacy Policy
eGolfTip.com Privacy Policy
This page details our privacy policy. For highlights of this Privacy Policy, read our privacy policy highlights.
Your privacy is our top concern. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:
• We do not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes.
• We do not share your contact information with another User without your consent.
• Any personally identifiable information that you provide will be secured with industry standard protocols and technology.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. By continuing to use the eGolfTip.com service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on the eGolfTip.com website, you are consenting to the changes.
Please read this privacy policy to learn more about:
1. What personally identifiable information of yours is collected by eGolfTip.com.
2. How the information is used.
3. With whom the information may be shared.
4. How you can access and change your Account settings.
5. What security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information collected by eGolfTip.com
6. How to contact us.
1. Personal Information Collected
The purpose of the eGolfTip.com website is to educate and entertain Users on various aspects of the game of golf, including but not limited to techniques for golf shots, fitness tips, mental strategies and insights from celebrity golf players (amateurs and professionals). You willingly provide us certain personal information, which we collect in order to allow you to benefit from the eGolfTip.com website. If you have any hesitation about providing such information to us or otherwise used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement, you should not become a member of the eGolfTip.com website.
We collect your personal information in the following ways:
Registration
In order to become a User, you must first create an account on our website. To create an account you are required to provide the following contact information, which you recognize and expressly acknowledge is personal information: name, email address, country, ZIP/postal code, and a password chosen by you. Authorize.net, is used to process your payments and hold credit card or banking information.
Customer Service
eGolfTip.com may collect information through the eGolfTip.com website or through the Customer Service address in order to, among other things, accurately categorize and respond to a customer’s inquiry and deliver appropriate service levels.
Cookies
Like most websites, eGolfTip.com uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a tiny data file which resides on your computer which allows eGolfTip.com to recognize you as a User when you return to the eGolfTip.com website using the same computer and web browser. If your browser settings do not allow cookies, you will not be able to use the eGolfTip.com website. Like the information you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience on our website.
One type of cookie, known as a “persistent” cookie, is set once you’ve logged in to your eGolfTip.com account. The next time you visit the eGolfTip.com website, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing User so you will not need to log in before using the service. In order to access or change any of your private information (like a credit card number), you must log in securely again with your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie.
Additionally, if you log out of the eGolfTip.com website you will need to re-enter your password the next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie, called a “session” cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the eGolfTip.com website. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.
We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing User preferences and tracking User trends. In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing services to our Users, we may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. Any information provided to third parties through such cookies will not be personally identifiable. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies or you opt to refuse all cookies, you may not be able to use the eGolfTip.com website or services. eGolfTip.com does not store personally identifiable information in the cookies.
Log files, IP addresses and information about your computer
Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the eGolfTip.com website we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave eGolfTip.com. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, email patterns, as well as the name of your ISP. This information is used to analyze overall trends to help us improve the eGolfTip.com experience. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is not shared with third-parties without your permission or except when required by law.
Rights to Access, Correct and Eliminate Information About You
You have a right to access, modify, correct and eliminate the data about you which has been collected pursuant to your decision to become a User. If you update any of your information, we may keep a copy of the information which you originally provided to us in our archives for uses documented herein.
We take your rights seriously and encourage you to use them if you deem this to be appropriate. You may exercise these rights by emailing us at Privacy@eGolfTip.com or by contacting us at:
eGolfTip.com
Attn: eGolfTip.com Privacy Policy Dept.
P.O. Box 270188
Tampa, FL 33618
2. Uses of personal information
eGolfTip.com is an online service dedicated to educating and entertaining golf enthusiasts on different aspects of the game. The personally identifiable information you choose to provide on our website is used to grant you access to the website. Other information, that does not personally identify you as an individual, is collected by eGolfTip.com from Users (such as, for example, patterns of utilization) and is exclusively owned by eGolfTip.com. This information can be utilized by eGolfTip.com in such manner as eGolfTip.com, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
eGolfTip.com Communications
eGolfTip.com will communicate with you through email and notices posted on the eGolfTip.com website or through other means available through the service, including text and other forms of messaging. If we send any communications to you via the carrier service with which you have a mobile communications subscription or otherwise have access, you understand you will pay any service fees associated with any such access (including text messaging charges for messages to your mobile device). These include a series of up to five welcome emails which help inform new Users about various features of the service. Please be aware that you will always receive certain emails from eGolfTip.com related to the proper functioning of your account. eGolfTip.com may send you promotional information unless you have opted out of receiving such information. You can change your e-mail and contact preferences at any time by logging into your Account and Settings and amending your email notification choices. If you wish, you can also opt-out of receiving promotional emails, by sending a request to Contact@eGolfTip.com.com.
Customized Content
Information provided to eGolfTip.com (or to third parties with whom it offers combined services) is also used to customize your experience on our website.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
eGolfTip.com takes the privacy of Users very seriously. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes. We will only share your personally identifiable information with third parties to carry out your instructions or to provide specific services or information. For instance, we use a credit card processing company to bill Users for subscription fees. These third parties do not retain, share, or store any personally identifiable information except to provide these services and they are bound by confidentiality agreements which limit their use of such information.
Teaming with Other Organizations to Offer Combined and Other Services
eGolfTip.com may offer our services in connection with other websites (including updates about the eGolfTip.com service) or may team with other online services to give you the combined results of both services or additional services and benefits. Platform Applications (as defined in the User Agreement) can be designed by Platform Developers (as defined in the User Agreement) or by a subset of Platform Developers with whom eGolfTip.com has more closely aligned (“Partners”).
In the case of Partners, we do some vetting and we only work with trusted Partners. If we think our members could benefit from a partnership that we form, you will be given the opportunity to not be included in any such promotions such as emailings.
Surveys and Polls
As a User, you will receive requests to participate in market research including polls and surveys submitted by eGolfTip.com. If you participate in surveys and polls offered through our website, the information you provide may be used for improving our services or to provide non-identifiable demographic information for our partners. Participating in the surveys are always optional and you may request to not receive such surveys by emailing us at Contact@eGolfTip.com.
Forums/Chats/Blogs
At this time, eGolfTip.com does not offer members an opportunity to chat, blog or post forums on the website itself. If market research deems that such services would enhance your experience, we will revise the Privacy Policy to ensure that members can either opt out of their membership or choose not to participate.
Testimonials and Advertisement Placed through eGolfTip.com DirectAds Service
If you provide any testimonials about the eGolfTip.com service, we reserve the right to use it on the website for promotional gain or to share testimonials with potential partners. At this time, we are limiting Advertising to ensure that only companies who represent the level of quality and practice comparable values have access to our members. If you are interested in being considered for advertising, please submit an inquiry to: Service@eGolfTip.com.
Communications to other Users
eGolfTip.com is not designed for individual members to contact one another. All personal contact information is held confidentially, so your identity will not be disclosed. If you wish to share a video tip with a friend who is not a member of eGolfTip.com, we recommend that it be done in-person. eGolfTip.com will not be responsible for your personal information if you choose to share your log-in name and password with someone.
Legal Disclaimer
It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law, such as responses to civil or criminal subpoenas, or other requests by law enforcement personnel. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, subpoena, or other legal process or request to eGolfTip.com brought in any country throughout the world, or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
Disclosures to others
We may also disclose your personal and other information you provide, to another third party as part of a reorganization or a sale of the assets of a eGolfTip.com corporation division or company. Any third party to which we transfer or sell eGolfTip.com’s assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide to us.
3. Your Information Choices
Accessing and Changing Your Account Information
You can review the personal information you provided us and make any desired changes to the information you publish, or to the settings for your eGolfTip.com account including your email, and contact preferences, at any time by logging in to your account on the eGolfTip.com website. Please be aware that even after your request for a change is processed, eGolfTip.com may, for a time, retain residual information about you in its backup and/or archival copies of its database.
You can also close your account through the eGolfTip.com website. If you close your eGolfTip.com account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable data. We may retain certain data contributed by you if it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained data will continue to be subject to the terms of the eGolfTip.com Privacy Policy in effect at the time of your request. To request that we close your account and remove your information from the eGolfTip.com service, please send your request to contact@eGolfTip.com. Please send your request using an email account that you have registered with eGolfTip.com under your name. You will receive a response to requests sent to contact@eGolfTip.com three business days of our receiving it.
Closing your account
You can also close your account through the eGolfTip.com website. If you close your eGolfTip.com account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable data. We may retain certain data contributed by you if it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained data will continue to be subject to the terms of the eGolfTip.com Privacy Policy in effect at the time of your request. To request that we close your account and remove your information from the eGolfTip.com service, please send your request to contact@eGolfTip.com. Please send your request using an email account that you have registered with eGolfTip.com under your name. You will receive a response to requests sent to contact@eGolfTip.com three business days of our receiving it.
4. Your Obligations
As a User, you have certain obligations, some of which are imposed by applicable law and regulations, and others have become commonplace in user-friendly communities of like-minded members, such as eGolfTip.com:
o You must, at all times, respect the terms and conditions of the then-current Privacy Policy and the User Agreement. This includes respecting all intellectual property rights which may belong to third parties (such as photographs).
o You must not download or otherwise disseminate any information which may be deemed to be injurious, violent, offensive, racist or xenophobic or which may otherwise violate the purpose and spirit of eGolfTip.com and its community of Users.
o You must not provide information to eGolfTip.com and /or other Users which you believe might be injurious or detrimental to your person, professional or social status.
Any violation of these guidelines may lead to the restriction, suspension or termination of your account by eGolfTip.com, as we take these principles seriously and consider them to be the basis on which our Users adhere to the eGolfTip.com website and the services which it offers.
5. Important Information
Children
Children or minors (persons under the age of 18) may benefit from the instructions provided at eGolfTip.com and they are welcome to join as members. They should understand the use and privacy policies because they are expected to adhere to the same rules. As with any internet use, parents are ultimately responsible to ensure that their children make use of these technologies in a safe and responsible manner.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
eGolfTip.com may update this privacy policy at any time, with or without advance notice. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on the eGolfTip.com website or send you an email, as provided for above. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
If you use the eGolfTip.com service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices.
6. Security
In order to secure your personal information, access to your data on eGolfTip.com is password-protected, and sensitive data (such as credit card information) is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and the eGolfTip.com web site. To protect any data you store on our servers we also regularly audit our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks and we use a tier-one secured-access data center. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that emails and instant messaging and similar means of communication with other users of eGolfTip.com are not encrypted and we strongly request you not to communicate any confidential information through these means.
7. How to contact us
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@eGolfTip.com.com or contact us at:
eGolfTip.com
Attn: eGolfTip.com Privacy Policy Dept.
P.O. Box 270188
Tampa, FL 33618