Cookie Policy

What cookies are

Cookies are small files a site stores on your device. We use them, and similar technologies such as your browser’s local storage, to make the site work and, if you agree, to understand how it is used and to measure our adverts.

Our legal basis

Strictly necessary cookies do not need your consent. Everything else on this page is set only after you click Accept on the cookie banner: under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and UK GDPR, your consent is our basis for using them, and you can withdraw it at any time.

The cookies we use

• Strictly necessary (set by us). Needed for the site to work, such as remembering your cookie choice and the course you picked, and handing you over to online booking. Your cookie choice is kept in lg_consent until you change it. These cannot be switched off and last no longer than 12 months.
• Campaign details (set by us). If you arrive from one of our adverts or links, we note its campaign tags and the advert’s click id (lg_attr) so that an enquiry you make a few pages later carries them, and we can see which adverts work. Without your consent this lasts for your visit only; if you accept, we keep it for up to 90 days. If you reject, it is not kept beyond your visit.
• Analytics (set only if you accept). Google Analytics (Google) shows which pages people look at and which booking and enquiry buttons they use: cookies _ga and _ga_*, up to 2 years; the data is kept for 14 months. Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft) shows how visitors move through a page, as heatmaps and anonymised session replays, so we can fix what is confusing; it masks what you type into forms: cookies _clck (1 year) and _clsk (1 day), and Microsoft’s MUID and CLID (up to 1 year).
• Advertising (set only if you accept). Google Ads (Google) and Meta (Facebook and Instagram) tell us which adverts led to a visit, a booking or an enquiry, and help show our adverts to people likely to be interested, including people who have visited before: Google cookies _gcl_au and _gcl_aw (90 days), Meta cookies _fbp and _fbc (90 days). See our privacy policy for what else we share with them to measure adverts.

Google Tag Manager (Google) loads the analytics and advertising tools above, and only after you accept; it does not set cookies of its own.

Managing your choices

When you first visit, the cookie banner asks whether you accept analytics and advertising cookies: choose Accept or Reject. To change your mind, use Cookie settings in the footer and the banner will ask again. Choosing Reject switches these tools off and deletes the analytics, advertising and campaign cookies the site can reach. You can also control adverts in your Google and Meta account settings, and block or delete cookies in your browser; the site and booking still work with essential cookies only. Online booking opens on our booking provider’s pages (eu.golfmanager.com), which have their own cookie notice.

Contact

Questions about cookies: privacy@linkgolfuk.com. See our privacy policy for how we handle personal data.