Cookie Policy

This page lists every cookie Golf Venues sets on your device, what it does, and how long it lasts. You can change your preferences at any time via the link in the footer.

How we categorise cookies

Strictly necessary — required for the site to work. Cannot be disabled.
Analytics — help us understand how the site is used. Off by default. Only set after you consent.
Marketing / advertising — Google AdSense serves ads, and may set advertising cookies, only for visitors located outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland. Visitors in those regions are not served ads and no advertising cookies are set for them.

The cookies we set

Strictly necessary

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`golfvenues_session`	Golf Venues	Keeps you signed in. Stores a server-side session ID, not personal data.	2 hours
`XSRF-TOKEN`	Golf Venues	CSRF protection — prevents malicious sites from submitting forms on your behalf.	2 hours
`cookie_consent_v1`	Golf Venues	Remembers your cookie choices so we don't ask again.	12 months
`theme` (localStorage)	Golf Venues	Stores your Light/Dark/System theme preference.	Until you clear it
`__cf_bm`	Cloudflare	Bot management — distinguishes real visitors from automated traffic, protecting the site from abuse.	30 minutes
`cf_chl_*`	Cloudflare Turnstile	Set only if you submit the sponsor enquiry form; verifies you're a human, not a bot.	Session

You can't switch these off. They do not identify you personally outside of the active session.

Analytics — off by default, on only after you consent

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`_ga`	Google Analytics 4	Assigns an anonymous client ID so we can count unique visitors.	2 years
`_ga_MPQGEQW65D`	Google Analytics 4	Tracks session state for the Golf Venues GA4 property.	2 years
`_clck`	Microsoft Clarity	Anonymous user ID used by the Clarity heatmap / session replay tool.	1 year
`_clsk`	Microsoft Clarity	Session-tracking cookie for Clarity.	1 day
`CLID`	Microsoft Clarity	Identifies a first-time Clarity user.	1 year
`MUID`	Microsoft	Universal Microsoft ID — used across Microsoft properties including Clarity and Bing.	1 year
`ANONCHK`	Microsoft	Validates that the MUID has been transferred correctly.	10 minutes

We anonymise the last octet of your IP before sending it to Google Analytics. Microsoft Clarity records masked screen interactions only — no input values.

Marketing / advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertising — but only to visitors located outside the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. For those visitors, Google and its advertising partners may set cookies or use device identifiers to serve, frequency-cap and measure ads. Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland are not served ads, and these advertising cookies are not set for them.

Where ads are shown, you can review and control personalised Google advertising at myadcenter.google.com, and opt out of cross-vendor ad personalisation at optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. Google's use of advertising cookies is governed by Google's advertising policies.

We do not use any other marketing or advertising cookies (e.g. Meta Pixel, Google Ads remarketing). If we add any in the future, they will be listed here.

OAuth sign-in (Google)

If you choose "Continue with Google" to sign in, Google may set cookies during the OAuth flow on Google's own domains. Those cookies are governed by Google's cookie policy, not ours. Golf Venues never receives those cookies.

Managing cookies in your browser

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies via your browser settings. Note that blocking strictly-necessary cookies will break parts of the site (you won't be able to stay logged in or submit forms).

Changes to this policy

If we add or remove cookies we update this page and bump the policy version. If the change is material (e.g. new analytics provider), we will re-prompt you for consent. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent version.

Contact

Questions about cookies, or to request a copy of your consent log: [email protected].