Scott Hamilton Web Design and Strathaven Golf Club (referred to hereafter as SHWD and SGC respectively) are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the site belonging to SGC - located at StrathavenGC.com (the “Site”). By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested such as receiving information about SHWD or SGC products and services and/or forum news and reports. The personal information we collect may include your name, title, company or organization name, home e-mail, home phone, home address, information about your golf club, information about your golfing experience, and all other information that we deem as relevant. The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, administer the Site and in extreme cases be used to prosecute you under the Computer Misuse Act.

In support of these uses, SHWD and SGC may use personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related SHWD and SGC products or services. We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including changes in your TAC (Terms And Conditions) and notifications. Additionally, we will never send you information about offers and services, and/or share information with any 3rd party agencies. SHWD and SGC may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on SHWD and SGC or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of SHWD and SGC; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of SHWD and SGC employees or agents, users of SHWD and SGC products or services, or members of the public. Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States, United Kingdom or any other country in which SHWD and SGC is active, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. SHWD and SGC abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of SHWD, SGC and their affiliates without your permission. As described below in the next section, you can access your personal information and make changes to it by contacting SHWD, SGC or their affiliates about how you wish to be contacted. Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to SHWD or SGC in the context of other, separately operated, SHWD and SGC products or services. SHWD.co.uk and StrathavenGC.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or updates to TAC (Terms And Conditions) related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. In some services offered by SHWD.co.uk and StrathavenGC.com, contact with the customer is an intrinsic part of the service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service(s) you have chosen.

SHWD and SGC are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol

You can review and edit the personal information and contact preferences you provided at this Site by visiting the Contact Us page. Select Telephone and Fax numbers and then write a written letter requesting the change of your information to the address listed.

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.