Your privacy, explained clearly.
Love Live Golf is an independent golf publication. This notice explains what personal information we may collect, why we use it, who we may share it with, how long we keep it and the choices available to you.
19 September 2026
lovelivegolf.com
andy@lovelivegolf.com
We aim to collect only what we reasonably need, explain why we use it, keep it secure, respect your choices, and make it straightforward to contact us about your information.
1. Who we are
Love Live Golf (“Love Live Golf”, “we”, “us” or “our”) publishes golf journalism, features, reviews, interviews and related editorial content at lovelivegolf.com.
For the personal information described in this notice, Love Live Golf acts as the data controller unless another organisation is identified as the controller when information is collected.
Brand history. Love Live Golf was previously published under the LIV Golf Weekly name. Legacy web addresses may redirect to lovelivegolf.com. This notice applies to the current Love Live Golf publication.
2. Information we collect
Depending on how you interact with Love Live Golf, we may process information you provide directly, technical information generated when you use the site, and limited analytics, communications or commercial information where relevant.
Information you provide: name, email address, telephone number, postal address, correspondence, survey or competition entries, preferences and other information you choose to send us.
Newsletter information: email address, subscription status, communication preferences and engagement information where newsletter services are used.
Technical information: IP address, browser and device information, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, timestamps, approximate location derived from IP address and security or diagnostic information.
Analytics and advertising information: where permitted and, where required, with your consent, identifiers and interaction information used to measure audiences, improve content or support advertising.
Commercial information: if Love Live Golf offers paid products, services or events, we may process purchase and transaction information. Payment-card information should normally be handled by the relevant payment provider rather than stored by Love Live Golf.
We do not intentionally ask readers to provide special-category personal information through ordinary use of the website. If you choose to provide such information in correspondence, it will be handled in accordance with applicable law.
3. How and why we use personal information
We may use personal information to operate and secure the website, respond to enquiries, administer communications, understand our audience, support advertising, run competitions or surveys, and meet legal or regulatory obligations.
Operate and secure the website. To deliver pages, maintain functionality, prevent abuse, diagnose problems and protect the website.
Respond to you. To deal with editorial enquiries, commercial enquiries, feedback, complaints and privacy requests.
Newsletters and marketing. To send communications you have requested or that we are otherwise permitted to send. Where consent is required, you may withdraw it at any time.
Audience measurement. To understand how readers use Love Live Golf and improve our content, website and reader experience.
Advertising. To display, measure or personalise advertising where applicable, subject to appropriate consent controls where required.
Competitions, surveys and events. To administer an activity you choose to enter and communicate with you about it.
Legal and regulatory purposes. To comply with legal obligations, establish or defend legal claims and respond to lawful requests from authorities.
Depending on the activity, our lawful basis may be consent, legitimate interests, contractual necessity, steps taken at your request, legal obligation or another basis permitted by law.
4. Cookies, analytics and advertising
Cookies and similar technologies help websites function, remember choices, measure audiences and, in some cases, support advertising.
We may use technologies that are strictly necessary for the website to operate. For non-essential analytics, personalisation or advertising technologies, we seek consent where required before they are activated.
Because the technologies used on a modern website may change, the live cookie-consent tool should contain the most current list of cookies and providers.