Last Updated: 20-May-2026
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

1. Introduction

Our website, https://virtualgolfcompetitions.co.uk (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are Cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are Scripts?

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a Web Beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookie Categories

5.1 Technical or Functional Cookies: Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid, or your wallet transaction states remain active. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Marketing/Tracking Cookies: Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

6. Placed Cookies & Active Services

The following cookie services are active and processed on our platform:

WooCommerce (Functional – Always Active)
WordPress (Functional – Always Active)
Redis Object Cache (Functional – Always Active)
Brevo (Functional – Form & Mail Tracking)
AgeVerif / AnonymAGE (Functional – Identity Verification Interface Script)
Sourcebuster JS (Statistics)
Google Fonts (Marketing / Presentation)
Google reCAPTCHA (Marketing / Security Anti-Bot Validation)
YouTube (Marketing / Video Embed Playback)

7. Managing User Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

8. Enabling, Disabling, and Deleting Cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all functional cookies are disabled (including checkout and active registration gates). If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your Statutory Data Rights

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data under UK privacy regulations:

The right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained.
Right of Access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to supplement, correct, delete, or block your personal data whenever you wish.
If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
Right to Object: You may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified legal grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us via the administration channels detailed below. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, you also have the right to submit an official complaint to the supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

(For Jersey residents, please contact the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner. Guernsey residents can contact the Office of the Data Protection Authority in Guernsey).

10. Contact Details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following details:

Virtual Golf Ltd
Suite 414, 37 Westminster Buildings
Theatre Square
Nottingham
NG1 6LG
United Kingdom

Website: https://virtualgolfcompetitions.co.uk
Email:support@virtualgolfcompetitions.co.uk
Phone: 07412 017438