Data protection - Privacy policy

Privacy policy for the shopping portal "truelinkswear.eu" of the Golf Affairs SAS

We appreciate your interest in our website. Your privacy and personal protection are very important to us. The following privacy policy provides information on how your personal information is collected and used.

Capture, processing and utilization of personal data

You can visit our website without providing any personal details. We only store access data without reference to a person, e.g. the name of your internet service provider, the page from which you are visiting us or the name of the file you have requested. This data is only used to improve our internet service; it does not contain any personal data and cannot be traced back to an individual.

Personal data will only be collected if you provide them voluntarily, e.g. when placing an order, opening a customer account, subscribing to our newsletter or ordering a catalogue. Unless you give us your prior consent, we will only use your personal data for the fulfillment and processing of your order. Without your explicit consent, your data will be blocked for any further processing and deleted after the expiration of the pertinent statutory retention period. When you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address will be used for advertising purposes, until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by contacting us or by using the unsubscribe function in our e-mail newsletter. 

Use of cookies and web analytics tools 

We use cookies on various pages in order to make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable you to use certain functions. Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your computer. The cookies we use are automatically deleted from your hard drive when you quit the browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your computer and enable us to recognise your computer the next time you visit us (so-called long term cookies). These cookies are used to greet you with your username and to save your password, so you do not need to enter it again when reordering or when filling out a form with personal data. Our partners are not authorised to use cookies to collect, process or use data via our website.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

In addition, this site uses Google Analytics reports on the provision of services according to demographic characteristics and interests and which store demographic characteristics, such as age and gender, in a cookie. This data is compiled from interest-based Google ads and from third-party visitor data and cannot be traced back to a specific individual. It is used exclusively for marketing purposes and for the continuous improvement of our services. Storage of this data can be disabled at any time via the Google display setting (https://www.google.de/settings/ads). 

Facebook plug-ins

Plug-ins of the social networking site facebook.com – operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook") – are used on our website. These plug-ins are buttons labelled "Like" which also feature the Facebook logo, a white "f" on a blue background.
If you visit any of our websites that incorporate a Facebook plug-in, your browser will establish a direct connection with Facebook's servers. The plug-in content is thereby displayed in your browser. In this case, the information that you have used our website will be passed on to Facebook. If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook may link this information to your Facebook account. If you use any of the plug-in functions (e.g. click on the "Like" button or leave a comment), this information will also be linked to your Facebook account and stored by Facebook. The only way to prevent this is to log out of Facebook before using the plug-in.
To find out the extent to which and for what purpose Facebook collects, stores and uses data, please read Facebook's data use policy: http://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php.

Use of Twitter plug-ins

Plug-ins of the social networking site twitter.com – operated by Twitter, Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA ("Twitter") – are used on our website. These plug-ins are buttons labelled "Tweet" which also feature the outline of a bird. 
If you visit any of our websites that incorporate a Twitter plug-in, your browser will establish a direct connection with Twitter's servers. The plug-in content is thereby displayed in your browser. In this case, the information that you have used our website will be passed on to Twitter. If you are logged into Twitter, Twitter may link this information to your Twitter account. If you use any of the plug-in functions (e.g. choose the "Tweet" button or leave a comment), this information will also be linked to your Twitter account and stored by Twitter. The only way to prevent this is to log out of Twitter before using the plug-in. 
To find out the extent to which and for what purpose Twitter collects, stores and uses data, please read Twitter's privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy.

Use of Google+ Plug-Ins

Plug-ins of social networking site plus.google.com – operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland ("Google") – are used on our website. These plug-ins are buttons that feature the character/digit combination "+1" on a white or colour background.
If you visit any of our websites that incorporate a Google+ plug-in, your browser will establish a direct connection with Google's servers. The plug-in content is thereby displayed in your browser. In this case, the information that you have used our website will be passed on to Google. If you are logged into Google, Google may link this information to your Google account. If you use any of the plug-in functions (e.g. choose the "1+" button or leave a comment), this information will also be linked to your Google account and stored by Google. The only way to prevent this is to log out before using the plug-in.
To find out the extent to which and for what purpose Google collects, stores and uses data, please read Google's privacy policy: 
http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html.

Use and transfer of personal data

We pass your data on to the carrier that ships your order, as far as this is necessary for the supply of the goods. When paying by credit or by debit card we pass your card details to our payment provider for the payment transaction and authorization.

Right of access

The Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) guarantees you free information about your stored personal data and, if you so wish, your right to the correction, blocking or deletion of these data.

Contact person for data protection

Should you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or should you wish to make inquiries, correct, block or delete data or retract your consent, please contact:

Golf Affairs SAS, 5 allées de Tourny, 33000 Bordeaux, France
golfaffairseurope(a)gmail.com

Data security

Your personal data will be encrypted for transmission via the internet using a 1024 bits SSL connection. (Credit card data will not be stored, but processed directly by our payment provider). We secure our website and other systems through technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, changes or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons. Access to your personal account is possible only after entering your personal password. You should always keep your access information confidential and close the browser window, once you have finished communicating with us, especially if you use a shared computer. 

Revocation of consent

You may have expressed explicit consent during the ordering process. We would like to point out that you may revoke these agreements at any time with immediate effect.