Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy for The Golfers Gear
Last updated: 7 October 2025
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, understanding how you use our site, and showing you relevant advertisements.
How We Use Cookies
We use several types of cookies for different purposes:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like:
- Tracking your visits to our website and other websites
- Building a profile of your interests
- Showing you personalized advertisements based on your browsing behavior
- Limiting the number of times you see an advertisement
- Measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
Third-Party Cookies for Advertising
Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our website. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
Google AdSense cookies enable:
- Personalized advertising based on previous visitor behavior
- Frequency capping (limiting how often you see specific ads)
- Ad reporting and analytics
- Fraud prevention
Microsoft Advertising
We may use Microsoft Advertising cookies to serve relevant ads through the Bing network.
Our Advertising Partners
We work with the following third-party advertising partners who may set cookies on your device:
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Google AdSense
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
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Microsoft Advertising
Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com
Opt-out: https://choice.microsoft.com/opt-out
Your Cookie Choices and Controls
Browser Controls
You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
Opt-out of Personalized Advertising
To opt out of personalized advertising from our partners, you can visit:
- Google Ads Settings
- Microsoft Advertising Opt-out
- Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page
- Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page
Cookie Consent Management
We provide a cookie consent banner that allows you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize your cookie preferences by category
Types of Information Collected by Cookies
Cookies may collect the following types of information:
- IP address
- Device and browser information
- Pages visited and time spent on site
- Referring website
- Clickstream data
- Interests and demographic information (for advertising cookies)
Data Retention
Cookies have varying lifespans:
- Session cookies: Expire when you close your browser
- Persistent cookies: Remain for set periods (from days to years)
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us through our contact form: https://thegolfersgear.com/contact/