Privacy policy.

1. Who we are

The TGI Golfer Fund ("we", "us") is operated by Talk Golf International, Dublin, Ireland. We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website. You can reach us at golfersfund@talkgolfireland.com or on +353 87 425 7257.

2. What we collect

• Account data. Name, email, password hash, role (golfer / supporter / sponsor / admin), profile image URL.
• Application data. Country, age, handicap, golf club or business, ranking, story, funding goal, references, social links.
• Transaction data. Donations and sponsorships you make, including amount, tier, message and whether the donation is anonymous.
• Google sign-in data. If you sign in with Google, we receive your email, name and profile picture from Google.
• Technical data. Session cookies to keep you signed in, IP-derived rate-limiting data for security.

3. Why we process it

Under GDPR Article 6, our legal bases for processing are:

• Contract. Running your account, taking donations, publishing your golfer profile.
• Legitimate interest. Verifying applications, preventing fraud, keeping the platform secure.
• Consent. Optional cookies and any future marketing communications.
• Legal obligation. Accounting and tax records.

4. Who we share it with

We never sell your data. Limited categories of third parties process data on our behalf:

• Google (when you use "Continue with Google")
• Our payment processor (once real payments go live) for donations and sponsorships
• Cloud hosting and database providers used to run the platform

Where transfers outside the EEA are involved, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses.

5. How long we keep it

Account data is kept while your account is active and deleted within 90 days of closure. Transaction records are retained for six years to meet Irish accounting obligations. Rejected applications are deleted within 12 months unless you ask us to keep them for a future review.

6. Your rights

You can, at any time:

• Access the personal data we hold on you
• Ask us to correct anything inaccurate
• Ask us to erase your data (subject to legal retention rules)
• Ask for a portable copy of your data
• Object to processing based on legitimate interest
• Withdraw consent for anything you consented to
• Complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie)

7. Cookies

See our Cookie policy for the full breakdown of what we set and why.

8. Changes

We'll update this page when our practices change and put the new "last updated" date at the top. For material changes we'll email registered users.