Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 28 October 2026

Donegal Golf Club (‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website https://donegalgolfclub.ie/ (the ‘Site’), apply for membership, book tee times, or interact with our facilities on the Murvagh Peninsula, Laghey, Co. Donegal, Ireland.

We operate as a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it.

Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data about you:

Information You Provide Voluntarily

• Contact Enquiries: Name, email address, telephone number, and any details you provide via the enquiry forms on our Site.
• Membership Applications: Full name, date of birth, postal address, email, telephone number, and handicap details for local or overseas memberships.
• Tee-Time Bookings: Name, contact details, payment information, and golf club affiliation when scheduling a round.
• Society & Tour Bookings: Event coordinator names, corporate details, group sizes, and specific dining or event requirements.

Information Collected Automatically

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device data, and information about how you interact with our Site via analytical tools.

How We Use Your Information

We use the data we collect for specific, lawful purposes, including:

• To process and manage your tee-time bookings, group tours, or club membership agreements.
• To respond efficiently to enquiries submitted through our contact forms or email addresses.
• To send club match notifications, competition fixtures, invoices, and newsletter updates (where you have explicitly consented).
• To operate, maintain, and optimize the functionality and layout of our Site.
• To secure our facilities, online payment systems, and comply with statutory legal requirements.

Legal Basis for Processing

Under European and Irish data protection law, we rely on the following legal grounds to process your information:

• Performance of a Contract: Necessary to deliver tee-time bookings, tournament registrations, and membership privileges.
• Legitimate Interests: Necessary to respond to general enquiries, improve clubhouse operations, and safeguard club resources.
• Consent: For optional marketing communications and non-essential analytical tracking cookies.
• Legal Obligation: To maintain financial accounts and tax documentation for regulatory reviews.

Data Sharing and Third Parties

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We only share data with trusted third-party service providers essential to our operations, including:

• Golf Booking Platforms: Dedicated software engines used to register tee times and process player profiles.
• Payment Processors: Secure, PCI-compliant payment gateways handling standard club transactions.
• Golf Unions & Governing Bodies: Such as Golf Ireland, for formal handicap synchronization and competition records.
• Web Developers & IT Support: Agencies managing our server maintenance and data delivery frameworks.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, accounting, or reporting guidelines. Membership details are kept for the duration of active enrollment plus standard statutory tracking periods. General contact form entries are safely deleted once the relevant query is resolved.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under the GDPR, you have comprehensive rights regarding your personal information. These include:

• Right of Access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You can request immediate corrections to inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Right to Erasure (‘Right to be Forgotten’): You can request deletion of your records under certain legal conditions.
• Right to Restrict or Object: You may object to direct marketing or processing based on legitimate club interests.
• Right to Data Portability: You can request your data to be transferred to another organization in a machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our administrative team using the details provided below.

Cookies and Tracking

Our Site utilises cookies to enhance performance, preserve preference metrics, and monitor traffic patterns. You can manage, alter, or withdraw your cookie consents at any time using the customisable pop-up interface on our Site or through your individual browser controls.

Contact Details

For any questions, concerns, or formal rights requests concerning this policy, please reach out directly to the club office:

Donegal Golf Club

Address: Murvagh, F94 H725, Laghey, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Telephone: +353 74 973 4054

Email: info@donegalgolfclub.ie

If you remain unsatisfied with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a formal complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) at www.dataprotection.ie.