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Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is drafted in the masculine form for convenience only, and applies equally to women and men.
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General
1.1. Golf A.K. Group Ltd. (hereinafter: the “Group”) respects the privacy of its customers in all services provided by it, including the websites operated by it (hereinafter: the “Website” and/or the “Group Websites”) and/or in the Group’s physical stores, as well as the users accessing the Website or using the various services offered by the Group (hereinafter collectively: the “Users” or a “User”, and the “Services”).
1.2. The purpose of the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy is, among other things, to review the manner in which the Group uses information provided to it by Users while browsing and using the Website and/or as part of other services offered by the Group, including digital invoices and/or upon joining the Group’s customer club and/or subscribing to mailings and/or providing information in the context of promotions, benefits and campaigns that involve collecting information from Users; as well as the manner in which the User makes use of content available on the Website and/or related to the customer club and/or newsletters and/or promotions and campaigns to which the User is exposed through any of the foregoing; and/or upon providing other information collected and stored in the Group’s databases for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. Please note that for specific services, different rules may apply and a specific policy may be published alongside such service regarding the use of information collected through it.
1.3. The terms of this Privacy Policy set forth below form an integral part of the terms of use or the regulations of the relevant Website. All definitions and terms in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given to them in the terms of use, unless the context requires otherwise.
1.4. Use of the Website is subject to this Privacy Policy and constitutes your consent to this Privacy Policy and to any amendments thereto; therefore, we recommend reviewing the Privacy Policy from time to time.
1.5. The Group may amend the Privacy Policy from time to time at any time. The updated Privacy Policy published on the Website shall be binding upon the User. Continued use of the Website and/or the Services after the Privacy Policy is updated shall constitute and indicate the User’s consent to the updated Privacy Policy, including any changes.
1.6. The information the User provides to the Group and/or that will be collected by the Group in connection with the User will be stored in the Group’s databases, which are controlled by the Group. The User is under no legal obligation to provide any information and providing such information depends solely on the User’s will and consent. However, without providing the information, the Group will not be able to provide Services to the User. Therefore, if the User does not agree to provide the information or to its processing, please refrain from or cease any use of the Group’s Services.
1.7. Use of the information shall be in accordance with the purposes of these databases and this Policy and/or the specific policy of the particular service and/or application used by the User, and in accordance with applicable law.
What Is “Information”?
In this Policy, “Information” means any data relating to an identified individual or an identifiable individual, such as name, address, email address, ID number, and as defined as “personal information” under the Protection of Privacy Law, 1981.
Information Collected the Services
3.1. As part of using the various Services provided by the Group, including the Website, registration to the customer club and/or additional services provided by it, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself, as detailed below:
3.1.1. Purchase or registration to the Group’s customer club: full name, full residential address, gender, date of birth, contact details (such as email and phone), ID number.
3.1.2. Submitting a job application to the Group: full name, residential address, contact details (such as email and phone), CV/resume, employment experience.
3.1.3. Reporting a lost customer club membership card: full name, contact details (such as email and phone), ID number, customer club member number, report content.
3.1.4. Purchase on the Website or in-store: payment details/method, information regarding consumption and behavior, information provided for the purpose of issuing digital invoices, monitoring purchase processes, including purchase details, purchase history, information about actions not completed within the Services (such as Website registration, products in a shopping cart, etc.).
3.1.5. Contacting customer service: name, contact details (such as email and phone), content of the inquiry, and all communications with the User through various communication channels.
3.1.6. Browsing the Website: technical information and digital identifiers (as detailed in the Cookies section below).
3.2. You must provide and/or update correct, reliable and accurate information, only in your own name and for yourself, and not in the name of and/or for third parties, except where you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing.
Purposes and Manner of Use of Information
The Group will use the Information for the following purposes:
4.1. To operate, manage and provide Services to the User, including in connection with the Website, the customer club and/or the Services, including placing orders, routing them to Group branches and shipping them to distribution points, as well as providing service, assistance and support to Users.
4.2. To develop, personalize and improve the Services, the User’s consumption and usage experience, and to optimize and improve the Group’s marketing and advertising activities, based on the User’s activity on the Website and/or Services, purchases, preferences and additional data.
4.3. To improve and enrich the Services and content, including those offered on the Website, and to streamline and manage the Group’s relationship with the User, for the purpose of maintaining and improving the Website and the content displayed therein.
4.4. To conduct satisfaction surveys, including in connection with promotions and/or services offered by the Group, by persons on its behalf and/or by third parties with whom the Group cooperates.
4.5. For information security, and for preventing or reducing fraud, scams, operational issues, security incidents, and any other prohibited or unlawful activity.
4.6. For direct marketing purposes, for commercial and statistical purposes, identifying malfunctions and resolving them, and for conducting statistical research and analyses.
4.7. For sending operational messages, alerts and updates by various means, including email, messages, SMS, and any other method.
4.8. For verifying Users’ identities in order to allow them access to and use of Services intended only for identified Users.
4.9. Subject to your consent, the Group may send from time to time, by email, SMS and/or other communication means, marketing and promotional information, benefit offers, newsletters and more. The User may revoke consent at any time and stop receiving such information by requesting removal from the mailing list, as detailed in the medium through which the mailing was received.
4.10. Managing legal proceedings, including claims, demands and allegations against the Group and persons on its behalf, and against third parties.
4.11. Enforcing the Group’s procedures, including the terms of use and this Privacy Policy.
4.12. Compliance with any applicable law.
Cookies
5.1. Please note – the Services use information-collecting software, cookies and similar technologies – such as pixels, SDKs, Google Analytics (hereinafter collectively: “Cookies”) – for the ongoing and proper operation of the Services, for securing the data and information provided, including in order to collect statistical data regarding use of the Services, to make decisions regarding your profile and/or activity, to verify details and identify Users, to prevent fraud and scams, to improve the user experience, to tailor content and Services to your personal preferences, to characterize products suitable for you, to tailor advertisements and relevant content to you – all for statistical, research, marketing and commercial purposes, and of course for information security purposes.
5.2. Cookies, generally and in brief, are text files created by the User’s browser or application upon instruction from the Group’s computers. Some cookies expire when you close the relevant application, while others are stored on your device’s memory.
5.3. Cookies contain and collect various information such as the pages you visited, the length of time you stayed on the Group’s Websites, your IP address, your end-device characteristics and more. Cookies may also store information about your browsing habits on other websites, including the websites you visited, the pages on those websites and any other activity performed therein. Cookie information is encrypted, and the Group takes precautions to ensure that only its computers or those of its service providers can read and understand the information stored in them.
5.4. Cookies used on the Website may also be operated by third parties – for example, cookies of Google such as those embedded through Google Analytics and/or the use of Facebook tools used by the Group.
5.5. For additional information about the use of Cookies through third parties, you may refer to: Google privacy; Facebook privacy.
If you wish to opt out of the use of these tools or similar tools, you may also refer to one of the following addresses:
http://www.aboutads.info/choices; https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.
Specifically regarding Google:
Google Analytics opt-out
5.6. The User may change the settings of the browser used and block the use of cookies stored locally on the User’s device. In such case, certain Services, all or part of them, may not function properly (for example, automatic identification, usage preferences or language preferences may not be saved). Such browser setting changes are the User’s sole responsibility. Please note that disabling cookies may result in the User being unable to use some of the Services. In addition, deleting existing cookies does not affect information already stored in cookies, by the Group and by third parties.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
6.1. The Group will not transfer or disclose Information to third parties except as detailed in this Privacy Policy. Transfer of Information to third parties will include relevant Information only, will not exceed the purposes for which it is transferred, and will be carried out proportionately.
6.2. The Group may transfer the Information or any part thereof to third parties in one or more of the following cases:
6.2.1. External service providers who provide the Group with various services, including, among others: security system support providers, IT system support providers, hosting services (including via cloud technology), digital receipt services, collection services, customer service management providers, delivery services, website building and operation services, survey services, advertising companies, lawyers, other external professional advisors, and additional third parties who provide services to the Group.
6.2.2. In any case where you breach the terms of use or regulations on the Website and/or the Group Websites, including this Privacy Policy, and/or in cases where you perform or attempt to perform, yourself and/or through anyone on your behalf, via the Services and/or in connection with them, actions contrary to the terms of use and regulations, including the Privacy Policy, including violation of any law.
6.2.3. For legal needs and compliance with applicable law, such as disclosure to authorities pursuant to a legal requirement, including a judicial order instructing the Group to disclose the Information to third parties.
6.2.4. In any dispute, claim, demand, lawsuit or legal proceedings between the User or anyone on the User’s behalf and the Group or anyone on the Group’s behalf.
6.2.5. In any case where the Group believes that disclosure of the Information is necessary to prevent harm to the Group and/or anyone on its behalf, and/or to property and/or to the User’s body and/or to third parties, or to prevent any other harm.
6.2.6. If the Group transfers and/or sells and/or assigns to a third party its activity and/or its rights and obligations toward the User, in whole or in part, including transfer of Information in the event of a change of control in the Group or the Website, including by way of merger, acquisition, or acquisition of assets, in whole or in part, including in the context of examining the feasibility of the above-mentioned events.
6.2.7. At the User’s request and/or with the User’s consent.
6.3. The Group may transfer Information to third parties as stated above also outside the borders of the State of Israel, including to the United States, including to third parties located in countries where the level of protection of Information differs from the requirements of Israeli law. Without derogating from this Policy, use of the Website indicates the User’s consent to this Privacy Policy, including to the transfer, retention and storage of Information by third parties located outside the borders of the State of Israel.
6.4. The Group may transfer, share, allow access to, or make any other use of anonymous information that is not personal and does not enable identification, at its sole discretion and without requiring any additional consent.
Links to External Websites and/or Applications
Within the Group Websites, links/references may appear to various websites and applications, including websites of various social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, etc., the option to purchase a GIFT CARD issued by BUYME, and more (hereinafter: “External Websites”).
Clicking on a link to External Websites is at your own discretion and sole responsibility, since by clicking you will leave the Website operated by the Group and be directed to an external website operated by a third party, and you will be subject to its terms, including its privacy policy. The Group has no and will have no control over the processing of information carried out via the external website. The Group shall not be responsible for anything related to the external website, including the processing of information.
In addition, the Group uses external payment processing services. The Group does not store the User’s credit card details. When placing an order, the User enters credit card details on an online payment page hosted on or linked directly to an external credit card clearing company’s website. The information transferred to the clearing company is stored in its databases and in accordance with the clearing company’s privacy policy. The Group has no and will have no control over the processing of information carried out by the clearing company. The User is responsible for reviewing the clearing company’s policy before making payments.
Without derogating from this Privacy Policy, the User confirms and agrees that the Group shall not be liable for any damage of any kind, direct or indirect, caused to the User and/or anyone on the User’s behalf in connection with the credit card clearing company, including the use and processing of information, etc.
Information Security
The Group uses customary security and protection tools, taking customary precautions and using accepted security technologies. However, please remember that despite our efforts, we cannot fully secure information absolutely. The Group cannot guarantee, and does not guarantee, that the information will be fully protected and secured, that the Website will operate without interruption, and/or that the Website and/or the information collected and/or provided as described above will be completely immune from unauthorized access and/or intrusion. The User acknowledges and confirms that the Group shall not be liable for any damage and/or loss, direct or indirect, of any kind, caused in connection with the foregoing.
Information About Third Parties
Providing the Group with information regarding third parties is subject to the Group’s prior explicit written approval. Subject to receiving such approval, the User represents and undertakes that the User has obtained the third party’s explicit written consent for the collection, processing, storage and transfer of the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and that the Group may receive, store and process such third party information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Right to Review and Correct Information
10.1. Under the Protection of Privacy Law, 1981, you or anyone on your behalf may review the information about you that is held in the Group’s databases and may request to correct such information if it is not accurate, complete or correct. To exercise this right, you are invited to contact us via the “Contact Us” tab on the Group Websites or in writing by email to: golfservice@golfco.co.il.
10.2. However, the Group may continue to retain the information if it is reasonably necessary for its business activity, including for managing records as required by law, maintaining documentation, proofs and evidence directly or indirectly related to Users and/or use of the Website and/or the Services, in accordance with this Privacy Policy; or if required for compliance with any applicable law.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The terms and provisions set forth in this Privacy Policy, and any amendment or correction thereof, as well as use of the Website and the Services, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Israel, without reference to conflict-of-law rules. Exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any dispute and/or claim arising in connection with this Privacy Policy or related thereto shall be vested exclusively in the competent courts in Tel Aviv–Yafo.
Contact and Questions
You may contact us with any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, exercising your rights hereunder, or any other matter related to information or information security, by sending an email to: golfservice@golfco.co.il.
This Privacy Policy is updated as of August 2025.
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