Open Greens is committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights under UK data protection law (UK GDPR).
1. Who we are
Open Greens is a golf membership service currently in development, operated as a sole trader business based in the United Kingdom. For the purposes of data protection law, Open Greens is the data controller for personal information collected through this website.
If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, you can contact us at: [email protected]
2. What data we collect
When you register your interest through our website, we collect the following information:
Required information:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Date of birth
Optional information (if you choose to provide it):
- How often you play golf
- Courses you would like access to
- Membership features of interest
- Any additional comments or feedback
- Whether you consent to receive marketing communications
3. Why we collect your data
We collect and use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To contact you about Open Greens — including updates on our development, launch information, and early access opportunities. This is based on your explicit consent given when registering.
- To understand demand — the information you provide helps us make decisions about which courses to partner with and what features to build. This is in our legitimate interest as a business in development.
- Marketing communications — only if you have given separate, optional consent, we may send you news, offers, and updates about Open Greens.
4. How we store your data
Your data is stored securely. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure.
We will retain your data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, or until you ask us to delete it. If Open Greens does not proceed as a business, we will securely delete all personal data within 90 days.
5. Who we share your data with
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
We may use trusted third-party service providers to help us operate our website and store data securely (for example, cloud hosting providers). These providers act as data processors on our behalf and are contractually required to handle your data in accordance with UK GDPR.
6. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the following rights:
- Right to access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct any inaccurate data we hold.
- Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data at any time.
- Right to withdraw consent — where we rely on your consent to process your data, you can withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before withdrawal.
- Right to object — you can object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Right to restrict processing — you can ask us to pause processing of your data in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.
7. Cookies
Our website currently uses no tracking cookies or third-party analytics that collect personal data. If this changes, we will update this policy and seek your consent where required.
8. Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), at ico.org.uk.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review it periodically.