Privacy Policy

1. About this policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ForeBangers ("ForeBangers," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit forebangers.com, join the Clubhouse, subscribe to communications, contact us, use interactive features such as The Caddie, or otherwise interact with our services.

We aim to collect only information that is reasonably needed to operate and improve ForeBangers, communicate with our community, and provide the features you request.

2. Information we may collect

Information you provide directly

• Name, email address, and other contact information.
• Membership or signup information, including optional location, favourite course, golf interests, or other profile details you choose to provide.
• Messages, feedback, golf stories, submissions, survey responses, contest or event entries, and customer-support communications.
• Information you submit through The Caddie or other interactive tools.

Information collected automatically

• IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate location derived from IP address, referring pages, pages viewed, links clicked, and timestamps.
• Cookie, local-storage, and similar technology information used for site operation, preferences, security, and analytics.
• Email-delivery and engagement information where enabled, such as delivery status, bounces, complaints, unsubscribes, and potentially opens or link interactions.

3. How we use information

• Operate, maintain, secure, and troubleshoot ForeBangers.
• Create and manage memberships, subscriptions, and requested features.
• Send transactional messages such as email confirmations, service notices, or responses to your requests.
• Send newsletters, Clubhouse updates, promotions, or other commercial communications when permitted and subject to your unsubscribe choices.
• Personalize content and improve courses, travel, stories, Fore Knowledge, The Caddie, and other experiences.
• Measure site performance, audience engagement, and the effectiveness of content or communications.
• Prevent abuse, spam, fraud, security incidents, and violations of our Terms.
• Meet legal, regulatory, recordkeeping, and enforcement obligations.

4. Consent and choices

Where consent is required, we seek it in a manner appropriate to the sensitivity of the information and the context in which it is collected. You may withdraw consent to optional uses, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the message. Transactional or service messages may still be sent when necessary to complete a request, maintain an account, or provide important service information.

5. How we share information

We do not sell personal information. We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate ForeBangers, including website hosting, infrastructure, analytics, email delivery, security, form processing, customer support, and similar vendors. These providers may process information only as needed to provide services to us, subject to their agreements and applicable law.

We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, protect rights or safety, investigate misuse, enforce our agreements, or in connection with a business transaction such as a merger, financing, acquisition, or sale of assets.

6. Email communications

ForeBangers may use third-party email infrastructure, including cloud-based delivery providers, to send confirmation, membership, newsletter, and other messages. We maintain suppression information for addresses that unsubscribe, bounce, or generate complaints so that we can respect delivery and communication preferences.

Commercial electronic messages are intended to identify the sender and provide a working unsubscribe method where required. Unsubscribe requests may require a short processing period, although we aim to honour them promptly.

7. Cookies, analytics, and similar technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for essential site functions and may use them for preferences, analytics, performance measurement, or other purposes described in our Cookie Policy. Where required, optional technologies should be used in accordance with the choices presented through our consent tools.

8. The Caddie and interactive features

Information submitted to The Caddie or other interactive features may be processed to generate responses, improve functionality, maintain security, and understand how the feature is used. Do not submit highly sensitive personal, financial, medical, or confidential information through these tools.

9. Data retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing services, maintaining appropriate business and consent records, resolving disputes, preventing abuse, satisfying legal obligations, and maintaining suppression records for unsubscribe, bounce, or complaint handling.

10. Safeguards

We use administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information we handle. No website, network, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot promise absolute security.

11. Cross-border processing

Some service providers may process or store information outside your province, territory, or country, including in the United States or other jurisdictions. When information is processed in another jurisdiction, it may be subject to the laws and lawful-access rules of that jurisdiction.

12. Access, correction, and privacy requests

Subject to applicable law, you may request access to personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct inaccurate information, or raise a concern about our privacy practices. You may also ask us to delete information where appropriate, although some records may need to be retained for legal, security, operational, or suppression purposes.

Send privacy requests to contact@forebangers.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

13. Children

ForeBangers is intended for a general adult golf audience and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information without appropriate authorization, contact us so we can review the situation.

14. Third-party websites and services

ForeBangers may link to golf courses, resorts, retailers, travel providers, social platforms, booking services, advertisers, or other third parties. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Privacy Policy.

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as ForeBangers, our technology, or legal requirements evolve. The "Last updated" date above will indicate the most recent revision. Material changes may also be highlighted on the site or through another appropriate notice.

16. Contact

Questions or privacy requests may be sent to contact@forebangers.com.