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Terms and Conditions

All Rights Reserved.

The following sets out the Terms and Conditions of using Golfshake.com, by accessing this site you agree to these Terms and Conditions.

The terms and conditions apply to all our services either directly or indirectly including online, through any mobile platform or by email or telephone.  By accessing and using our website or any of our applications through any platform you agree to these terms and conditions for which we provide for your personal, non-commercial use only, subject to the terms and conditions below.

You may not access, monitor or copy any content or information on Golfshake.com using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our prior written permission.

We reserve the right to modify, suspend or remove any aspect of the Golfshake.com site & services at any time, including availability of any services, features or content. We may also impose limits on the site & services or restrict your access to all or parts of the site without notice or liability for technical or security reasons, to prevent against unauthorised access, loss of, or destruction of data or where we consider in our sole discretion that you are in breach of any provision of these Terms and Conditions or of any law or regulation and where it decides to discontinue providing a service.

Copyright

The site and content is the copyrighted property of Golfshake.com, unless otherwise stated. Under no circumstances can any of this information be copied or reproduced without the written consent of Golfshake.com.

Golfshake.com, Golfshake, Golfscoretracker, the logo, golf club speech bubbles and site content, including site design, headers, graphics and buttons, and all other associated products and services used on the site are the copyright and intellectual property of Golfshake.com Ltd and may not be used without prior written consent from Golfshake.com Ltd. All other trademarks, product names, company names and logos mentioned on the site are the property of their respective owners.

Any reference to any products, services or companies does not imply endorsement or recommendation by Golfshake.com

Your Copyright

Should you feel that content posted by our members is infringing your copyright, then please contact us at info@golfshake.com so that we may remove any identified content whilst we conduct a further review. 

You agree that by notifying us of such infringement that Golfshake.com accepts no liability and should no infringement be identified, you will be liable for any incurred costs during the investigation.  Please also refer to the information within these terms relating to user generated content in relation to the site users responsibilities.

Site Use

Golfshake.com provides several online services including, but not limited to, online golf portal offering news and information, golf course directory, online forums plus a member accessed service offering access to an online golf community and score tracking service to analyse your game.

Members accessing the member service may download, copy or print one copy of their details or information for their own personal, non-commercial use. Once new information is added to our database this then supersedes any previous information download.

Privacy

You agree to our Privacy Policy.

Modification

Golfshake.com may change these Terms and Conditions at any time.

Information / Computer Reliability

The information held by Golfshake.com is for your benefit whilst using this site and is not used by us or disclosed to any third parties other than to enhance the information provided to you. Information and statistics are held electronically by Golfshake.com and our partners but is in no way guaranteed to be without loss whilst contained on our servers.

It is your responsibility to ensure all information entered is frequently backed up using the tools provided by us. We do backup data on a daily basis for Premium and Platinum members but cannot guarantee reliability or accessibility of the data.

We can in no way be liable for any loss resulting in the loss of your information due to computer failure and you hereby indemnify us against and accept responsibility for your own back up measures.

Our service is provided by a hosting company which promotes 99.9% up-time. We endeavour to provide access to this level but there maybe occasions when this is out of our control and during upgrades.

Pricing, Charges and System Specifications

We currently offer three levels of service; a free account; a yearly subscription Premium account; and a yearly subscription Platinum service. We reserve the right to alter the accounts and the charges either permanently or during offers.

Premium membership provides access to many additional services that are not available in the free account. Platinum membership provides access to all the services included in Premium membership plus our Golf Handicap Card service. These additional services are also not available in the free account.

We reserve the right to alter available features for each account at our discretion. This will in no way affect existing paid Premium or Platinum members. Services that Premium and Platinum members subscribe to will be available for the full year of membership.

Golfshake.com does not take any credit card payments nor do we hold any information on credit card transactions. All payments are processed via PayPal an eBay company.

Platinum Account and Handicap Card Service

By upgrading your Golfshake.com website membership to a Platinum Account, which includes Golfshake.com's Handicap Card Service, you agree to the terms and conditions that apply to the Golfshake.com Platinum Account. These can been seen here.

Information Database

Information listed throughout the site is provided as is and Golfshake.com cannot guarantee that the information is accurate and up to date, although we do our upmost to ensure all information is genuine and as recent as possible.

User Generated Content - Reviews, Images, Data

Golfshake takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted, stored or distributed on Golfshake.com including written content or images uploaded by users or any third party.  Nor is Golfshake liable for any loss or damages or mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity that may be posted on the site.

Should you have need to contact or notify us of anything not adhering to the terms please contact us at help@golfshake.com

Golfshake.com is an online golf community used by golfers around the world and we respect that you adhere to our policies herein, respecting fellow members and users and do not engage in personal attacks, incite or promote violence, or post harassing or hateful language. Golfshake reserves the right to remove content without notice or warning. Any material that promotes illegal activity, exposes confidential information or creates a risk to a person’s safety, or well being, will also be removed and seen as offensive. You also may not post content of a sexual nature or content that does not comply with the PG-13 rating, any such content will be removed without warning.

Reviews General

Golfshake.com provides an online service to allow members and users to post reviews for golf courses on the site.  Any reviews made on the site are the reviews of the members and do not reflect the opinion of Golfshake.com. 

The reviews may be uploaded onto the relevant golf clubs information page on our website for the sole purpose of informing customers of the independent views of the levels of service and quality of the golf club. This is used on Golfshake.com at its sole discretion including use on the site, newsletters, special promotions, apps, social media platforms and others channels owned, hosted, used or controlled by Golfshake.com

By posting a review you agree by these terms.  We reserve the right to adjust, refuse or remove reviews at our sole discretion.

Forums

For further information on the terms and conditions for the forums please visit the acceptable user policy.

Images

You hereby confirm that by uploading any images to Golfshake.com you are the copyright owner and remove any liability to Golfshake.com and accept any responsibility and liability relating to any copyright infringements. For further information on copyright infringements read above.

Content

As a user of the Golfshake.com site and services you hereby confirm that you are the copyright owner of any content either written or image based for any content posted and that any content (i.e. images, reviews, forum posts, blogs, news content and private messages) uploaded onto Golfshake.com is done so on the following terms:

  1. you will not submit any content that is false, unlawful, misleading, libellous, defamatory, offensive, abusive, pornographic, obscene, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing or advocates harassment of another person (especially by name), invasive of privacy or publicity rights and that any opinion submitted by you shall be accurate and/or genuinely held.
  2. you may only submit information that is owned or created by you. You must not infringe intellectual property rights of any third party or breach any obligation of confidentiality by which you are bound.
  3. you grant Golfshake.com the royalty-free, exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, create derivative works from, distribute and display such content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.

Cookie Policy

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your hard drive that assist us in providing a more customised web site experience, for example, by retaining registration information to save logging on again to re-enter a restricted area. You can choose to refuse or delete cookies by altering your browser preferences. If you choose to do so, then most of the site's pages should still work fully in your browser.

Cookies are stored by a web browser and allow data to be stored and sent between a web server to a web browser. This allows a web server to identify and track the web browser for any individual user and are required for some uses such as logging into a website and storing user settings in relation to a web service or application.

Golfshake Cookie Use

Golfshake.com use both session based cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are used to keep track that you are logged on to our member service and are deleted from your computer when you close the browser. Persistent cookies are used by us and third parties to monitor and track some activity including the 'remember me' option when logging into the Golfshake member service and will remain stored on your computer until deleted or once expired.

Why We Collect Data

Collecting data allows us to understand what your needs are when visiting the site and allows us to provide personalised content and match the most relevant adverts and services for you. It also allows us to provide targeted offers and services you may be interested to hear about.

Cookies and IP Information

By accessing Golfshake.com we may send you a cookie to enhance your experience on the site. 

We may also track IP addresses. An IP address is a number but cannot provide any personal information but  can identify an Internet Service Provider and country location.

1. Strictly Required Essential Cookies

Other than allowing session cookies to enable the login of the member service no essential cookies are required to use Golfshake.com Some strictly essential cookies maybe used to save your preferences when visiting the site.

2. Functionality Cookies

Functional cookies are required when using the 'remember me' option of logging into the Golfshake member services.

3. Performance & Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies are used to monitor our websites performance and how it is used and provide us with information that helps us provide better products to users of the site and identify any areas that may need maintenance. Performance based cookies in use including Google Analytics tracking and Chartbeat tracking.

4. Behavioural Online Advertising Cookies/Third Party Cookies

These cookies include cookies from ourselves, advertisers/sponsors and provide tailored advertising to you which we believe are relevant to you.

We also include third party plugins which utilise cookies to enhance your experience including use of Facebook, Twitter and Google cookies. These allow you to interact with third party services through the Golfshake.com

Disclaimer

The site and services are provided on an as is and as available basis without warranty of any kind. Use of the site constitutes to your full acceptance to these full terms and conditions.

Liability/Indemnification

Golfshake.com assumes no liability for information posted on this site. You accept that Golfshake.com, it's officers, directors, employees and agents, are in no way liable for damages, incidental, direct, indirect, loss of use and loss of data of any kind resulting from using this site in anyway. You agree to fully indemnify and hold Golfshake.com harmless from any claim, cost, demand or damage from a breach in these Terms and Conditions of use by you.

We are all concerned about our privacy online and the way in which information is collected and used. Most sites track basic information and use this to enhance your internet experience. We have set out the following points which hopefully will guide you on our stance on privacy whilst using our site.

Golfshake.com takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any member content that you post or send on our website. You are solely responsible for your member content and the consequences of posting or publishing it and you agree that we are only acting as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of your member content.

For any dispute you have with Golfshake.com you agree to contact us first at info@golfshake.com and attempt to resolve the dispute with us informally.

General

This website is based within the UK and the terms and conditions set out here are governed by the UK law.  Your hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the UK courts for any disputes arising out of the use of this site.  You agree that all claims you may have against Golfshake.com, arising from or in relation to the site must be heard and resolved through jurisdiction located in the UK.

Availability of our site

You must not attempt to interfere with the proper working of our Site and, in particular, you must not attempt to circumvent security, tamper with, hack into, or otherwise disrupt any computer system, server, our Site, router or any other internet-connected device. You are responsible for ensuring that your computer system meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use our Site and is compatible with our Site. You also understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that any material available for downloading from our Site will be free from infection, viruses and/or other code that has contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Privacy Policy

Your right to privacy is important to us. Golfshake.com respects and protects the privacy of the users of the site and any personal information which is provided.  Save for disclosures required by law in any relevant jurisdiction and the disclosure of your name and or email address, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your prior consent.

Information Collected

Golfshake.com does not collect any unique identifiable information from users (ie e-mail, address) except when you knowingly provide information using the online forms. The information we hold from the signup process is only to enhance your experience and for use whilst using the Golfshake.com system.

We do store details of IP address, date of visit, browser type, etc. but none of this information is identifiable to an individual user and is only used to enhance the browsing experience and track site usage which will help to enhance the site for all individuals.

Information Distribution

No information provided to us via any of the online forms is passed on to a third party. It may however be used by us to enhance your experience whilst using the site and provide you with relevant promotions and offers. We may disclose information recorded within our search database relating to hits or keywords but will never divulge personal identifiable information.

Site Advertising

Advertising displayed on the site is either served by Golfshake.com or in conjunction with our online media agency. Our media agency and the adserving software that they use conform to the Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium and is in accordance with European data protection laws. The full privacy policy of the media agency can be seen here.

Links

Links to other websites are for your convenience and do not constitute endorsement of material on those sites by Golfshake.com.  Golfshake.com is not responsible for the content of any website that is linked to us or any website with which we are linked, whether or not we are affiliated with the operator or owner of such websites.

Should you wish to link directly to this site you may do so without prior agreement but you must ensure that all links point directly to a main section within our site unless otherwise agreed.

Change to the Privacy Policy

By using Golfshake.com, you agree to the use and collection of information as outlined above and to our Terms and Conditions. Changes to this policy may occur in the future and will be posted here so that you are aware of any amendments.

Termination Your Account

You may close your account at any time by contacting us via help@golfshake.com

We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your member account or access to our Services for any reason, without prior notice or liability to you should you violate any of our terms and conditions set out here.

Contact

Contact us using our online form or by e-mail help@golfshake.com

 

Our company number is 06053533 and our registered office address is 2 Windsor Dials, Arthur Road, Windsor, SL4 1RS

These Terms of Use were last updated on 2nd May 2013