Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15 August 2026

Golfing in Ireland respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, who we may share it with and the rights available to you under applicable data-protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who we are

Golfing in Ireland is operated by:

Business or legal name: James McNeilly T/A NI Designer
Business address: 58 Todds Hill Park, Saintfield, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, BT247FB
Email: info@golfinginireland.org

For data-protection purposes, we are the controller of the personal information collected through this website.

2. Information we collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:

  • Your name and email address.
  • Information you submit through contact, enquiry, review or listing forms.
  • Your saved golf-trip itinerary, including selected golf clubs, accommodation, restaurants, bars and attractions.
  • The number of people or golfers travelling.
  • Your marketing-consent preference.
  • Technical information such as your IP address, browser, device type and general location.
  • Website usage information, including pages viewed, searches performed, listings opened and buttons or external links selected.
  • Information supplied by businesses that create, claim or enhance a listing.

You can browse most of the website without creating an account.

3. The trip planner

The trip planner allows you to save golf clubs and other businesses while planning a trip.

Your initial saved itinerary is stored locally in your browser. This allows your trip to remain available on the same device without requiring an account.

If you choose Email me this itinerary, we collect:

  • Your name.
  • Your email address.
  • The number of golfers travelling.
  • The businesses and places included in your itinerary.
  • The counties associated with the selected listings.
  • Your separate marketing-consent choice.

We use this information to create and deliver the itinerary you requested, maintain a record that it was sent, understand how the planner is being used and improve the service.

Requesting an itinerary does not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails.

Our lawful basis for processing the information needed to send your itinerary is that it is necessary to provide the service you requested. We may also use limited itinerary and usage information for our legitimate interest in operating, measuring and improving the website.

4. Marketing emails and Mailchimp

The trip-planner form includes a separate and optional marketing-consent checkbox. It is not selected automatically.

If you actively select this box, we may add your name and email address to our Mailchimp audience. We may also add tags based on:

  • Your use of the trip planner.
  • Your trip size.
  • Counties included in your itinerary.
  • Golf clubs and other businesses included in your itinerary.

This information helps us send more relevant Golfing in Ireland news, destination ideas and trip-planning content.

Our lawful basis for sending these marketing emails is your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in an email or contacting us.

Withdrawing consent will not affect the itinerary service you requested or the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Mailchimp is provided by Intuit Inc. Information processed through Mailchimp may be stored or processed in the United States and other countries. Mailchimp states that it uses appropriate safeguards for international transfers, including the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and contractual data-protection arrangements.

You can read Mailchimp’s privacy information at:

https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement

5. Website analytics

We may use Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager to understand how visitors use Golfing in Ireland.

Analytics information may include:

  • Pages and listings viewed.
  • Searches performed.
  • General device, browser and location information.
  • Trip-planner interactions.
  • The number and types of places added to an itinerary.
  • Booking, website, telephone, email and direction-link interactions.
  • Whether an itinerary was successfully emailed.

We use this information to measure performance, improve the website and provide useful reporting to participating businesses.

We do not deliberately send the traveller’s name or email address to Google Analytics.

Where non-essential analytics cookies or similar technologies require consent, they should only be used after that consent has been provided through the website’s cookie controls.

Google may process information outside the United Kingdom. More information is available in Google’s privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

6. Business listings

Golfing in Ireland publishes information about golf clubs, accommodation providers, restaurants, bars, attractions and other tourism businesses.

Listing information may include publicly available business information such as:

  • Business name.
  • Address and location.
  • Telephone number and business email address.
  • Website and booking links.
  • Opening hours, facilities and services.
  • Images, menus, prices and visitor information.

We may obtain this information directly from a business, from its official website or from another legitimate public source.

Our lawful basis for using public business information is our legitimate interest in operating an accurate golf and tourism directory. Business owners or authorised representatives can contact us to request a correction, update or removal.

7. Contact forms, reviews and enquiries

If you contact us or submit a form, we use the information you provide to:

  • Respond to your enquiry.
  • Manage a business listing.
  • Process a review or contribution.
  • Provide requested services.
  • Maintain appropriate business and support records.
  • Prevent misuse, spam or fraudulent activity.

The applicable lawful basis may be taking steps at your request, performing a contract, complying with a legal obligation or pursuing our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the website.

We may moderate reviews and user-submitted content before publication. Do not include sensitive personal information in a public review.

8. Cookies and local browser storage

The website may use cookies and similar technologies for:

  • Essential website operation and security.
  • Remembering preferences.
  • Keeping items in your trip planner.
  • Measuring website traffic and performance.
  • Understanding interactions with listings and itinerary features.

The trip planner may use your browser’s local storage rather than a traditional cookie. You can remove saved trip information by clearing your trip in the planner or deleting website data through your browser settings.

Blocking or deleting essential storage may affect parts of the website.

Further information about the cookies and technologies used should be provided through our cookie notice or consent tool.

9. Who we share information with

We may share personal information with trusted service providers where necessary to operate the website, including:

  • Website hosting and technical-support providers.
  • WordPress and relevant website-service providers.
  • Mailchimp, when marketing consent has been provided.
  • Email-delivery providers.
  • Google Analytics and related measurement services, subject to applicable consent requirements.
  • Security, backup and spam-prevention providers.
  • Professional advisers or public authorities where disclosure is legally required.

These organisations may process information on our behalf or act as separate controllers under their own privacy policies.

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not provide your name or email address to businesses included in your itinerary merely because you saved or emailed that itinerary.

10. International transfers

Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure that an appropriate legal safeguard is used. This may include adequacy regulations, approved contractual clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or another legally recognised transfer mechanism.

11. How long we retain information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, security and dispute-resolution requirements.

In general:

  • Browser-saved itinerary information remains on your device until you clear the trip or remove the website’s stored data.
  • Itinerary-email records are periodically reviewed and removed when no longer required for service, reporting or security purposes.
  • Marketing information is retained until you unsubscribe, withdraw consent or the audience record is removed in accordance with our retention practices.
  • Contact and enquiry records are retained for as long as needed to respond and maintain appropriate business records.
  • Business-listing information may remain published while it is relevant and accurate.
  • Analytics information is retained according to the settings applied to our analytics services.

We may retain a minimal suppression record after an unsubscribe request to ensure that we do not send further marketing emails to that address.

12. How we protect information

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against accidental loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure.

However, no internet-based service is completely secure. You should avoid submitting confidential or sensitive information unless it is necessary.

13. Your data-protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

  • Ask for access to your personal information.
  • Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Ask us to delete your information.
  • Ask us to restrict how information is used.
  • Object to certain processing, including direct marketing.
  • Ask for certain information in a portable format.
  • Withdraw consent at any time where processing relies on consent.
  • Complain to a data-protection regulator.

These rights are subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions.

To exercise a right, contact us using the email address shown at the beginning of this policy. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

14. Complaints

Please contact us first if you have a concern about how your information is handled so that we can try to resolve it.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

If you are located in the Republic of Ireland or elsewhere in the European Economic Area, you may also have the right to contact the relevant local data-protection supervisory authority.

15. Links to other websites

Golfing in Ireland contains links to third-party websites, including golf clubs, hotels, restaurants, attractions and booking providers.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of those websites. You should review their privacy information before submitting personal information or completing a booking.

16. Children’s privacy

Golfing in Ireland is intended for a general adult travel-planning audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, remove it.

17. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our services, technology or legal obligations change.

The latest version will be published on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be amended accordingly.

18. Contact us

Questions about this privacy policy or the use of your personal information can be sent to:

Business or legal name: James McNeilly T/A NI Designer
Business address: 58 Todds Hill Park, Saintfield, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, BT247FB
Email: info@golfinginireland.org