This page explains how royalascotgolfclub.co.uk which is managed by Royal Ascot Golf Club, uses any information you give to us, and the ways in which we protect your privacy.

The Data Protection Act 

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We use leading technologies and encryption software to safeguard your data, and keep strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it. We do not pass on your details to any third party or government department unless you give us permission to do so.

What information do we collect?

We collect three kinds of information from visitors to royalascotgolfclub.co.uk: registration information, and feedback (through emails) and site usage information, from session cookies and log files.

Registration information

The registration information we collect is set out in the various forms throughout this site. We, store this information securely, so that you do not need to re-register when you come back to the site. This information is also stored on back-up disks to avoid loss of data. We do not use this information to trace your identity and do not pass it on to any third party or government department.

Dispute Resolution Data

We, store this information securely, so that you do not need to re-enter this information when you come back to the site. This information is also stored on back-up disks to avoid loss of data. We do not use this information to trace your identity and do not pass it on to any third party or government department.

Feedback

You send us your feedback by comments and questions to royalascotgolfclub.co.uk via email.

If you send an email or letter to royalascotgolfclub.co.uk, asking for information, we may need to contact other parties to find that information. If your question is technical, we may need to pass it to our technology suppliers. We do not pass on any of your personal information when dealing with your enquiry, unless you have given us permission to do so. Once we have replied to you, we keep a record of your messages for six months for reference and audit purposes, after which it is deleted.

The above information is stored in the same way as "Registration Information", as detailed above.

Site usage information:
i) Session cookies
Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a website. The cookies our site uses are "session cookies", which store some of your "preferences" while you move around the site. You can set your computer not to accept cookies. However, if you do this, you will not be able to log in or change your regional preference. Session cookies are deleted when you leave the site. They do not contain any personal information about you, and do not hold any information about which sites you visited before us.

ii) Log files
Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the site, which we use to make changes to the layout of the site and to the information in it, based on the way that visitors move around it. Log files do not contain any personal information.

What happens when I link to another site?

royalascotgolfclub.co.uk contains links to other website's, both those of government departments and of other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information.We do not pass on any personal information you have given us to any other site.

Access to your information and contacting us

You can change your registration information at any time.

If you wish to see our records of any correspondence you have sent to us, or if you have a query or complaint about this privacy policy or about the site, you can contact us by email: secretary

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.