Privacy Notice
Generated privacy notice – general business
Stephen Meehan trading as TheGolfHacks.com customer privacy notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
- Contact details
- What information we collect, use, and why
- Lawful bases and data protection rights
- Where we get personal information from
- How long we keep information
- Who we share information with
- Sharing information outside the UK
- How to complain
Contact details
Post: 12 Trafalgar Drive, WALTON-ON-THAMES, Surrey, KT12 1NZ, GB
Email: contact@thegolfhacks.com
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:
- Names and contact details
- Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)
We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:
- Name
- Contact information
We collect or use the following information to To manage and track sales and commissions for our affiliate marketing partnerships (e.g., Amazon Associates) and to track website traffic, usage, and performance via Google Analytics.:
- Names and contact details
- Website and app user journey information
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
- Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for To manage and track sales and commissions for our affiliate marketing partnerships (e.g., Amazon Associates) and to track website traffic, usage, and performance via Google Analytics. are:
- Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
- We process personal data (cookie IDs and user journeys) because it is necessary for the sustainable operation of our business, TheGolfHacks.com. The purposes are: 1) To earn affiliate commissions necessary to fund the website\’s operation, and 2) To monitor and optimize website performance, content, and traffic via Google Analytics. We have balanced this need against the individual\’s rights. The data collected is technical, anonymous website usage data. The privacy impact is minimal and expected by users. We protect user rights by implementing a clear cookie banner, allowing users to opt-out of non-essential tracking at any time.
For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
- Suppliers and service providers
- Third parties:
- We share information with our website hosting provider (Hostinger) to ensure website availability and security. We share technical and anonymous usage data (via cookies) with Google LLC (for website analytics and performance monitoring) and with Amazon EU S.à r.l. (to track affiliate sales and commissions). We will also share data if legally obliged to do so (e.g., with law enforcement or the ICO).
We retain contact form and email correspondence data for a maximum of one year. Website user information (via Google Analytics) is retained for 14 months before being automatically deleted or anonymized.
Who we share information with
Data processors
Web Hosting Provider (Hostinger): Hostinger stores and manages the data required for the operation and security of the website, including contact form submissions.
This data processor does the following activities for us: Website Analytics Provider (Google LLC): Google processes anonymous website usage data (e.g., page views, time on site) to help us monitor and optimize the performance of TheGolfHacks.com.
Others we share personal information with
- Relevant regulatory authorities
- Other relevant third parties:
- Affiliate Network: Amazon EU S.à r.l., Purpose: To track sales and calculate commissions for products reviewed., Data shared: Anonymous click IDs and technical identifiers (cookies).
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, we will transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: Amazon EU S.à r.l.
Category of recipient: Affiliate Marketing Network
Country the personal information is sent to: United States of America
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has been assessed as providing adequate protection to data subjects (also known as Adequacy Regulations or UK data bridge)
Organisation name: Google LLC
Category of recipient: Website Analytics Provider
Country the personal information is sent to: United States of America
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has been assessed as providing adequate protection to data subjects (also known as Adequacy Regulations or UK data bridge)
Where necessary, our data processors may share personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, they comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: Google LLC
Category of recipient: Website Analytics Provider
Country the personal information is sent to: United States of America
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has been assessed as providing adequate protection to data subjects (also known as Adequacy Regulations or UK data bridge)
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated: 20 November 2025