Last updated: August 19, 2026
USAGOLFMAGAZINE LLC operates USA Golf Magazine. This Privacy Policy explains the information that may be processed when you visit this website, follow an external link, or contact us directly by email.
Current Website Services
USA Golf Magazine currently keeps display advertising and publisher-controlled audience analytics disabled. The public website does not currently provide a newsletter signup form, public contact form, account-registration feature, or article-comment interface.
That does not mean a website request is anonymous. Our hosting, security, caching, and WordPress infrastructure may process technical request information needed to deliver and protect the site, including an IP address, browser and device information, requested URL, referral information, timestamps, and error or security events.
Information You Provide
If you email us, we receive the address you use and the information you include. We use that information to respond, investigate a request, maintain appropriate business records, protect the publication, or meet a legal obligation. Please do not send sensitive personal information that is not needed for your request.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
WordPress, the hosting platform, security tools, and caching systems may use cookies or similar storage that is necessary for administration, security, load management, or site operation. Logged-in editors receive WordPress authentication and preference cookies. See our Cookie Policy for the current category-level explanation.
Non-essential analytics and advertising technologies should not be enabled until the corresponding disclosures and consent controls are active and tested.
Advertising Status and Google
Google AdSense display advertising is disabled while the site is prepared for advertising review. If Google advertising is enabled later, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers to serve, limit, personalize, and measure advertising as permitted by a visitor’s choices and applicable law.
Before advertising is enabled, USA Golf Magazine must activate and test its Google-certified consent message for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Visitors in covered regions must be able to consent, refuse consent, manage options, and later reopen their privacy choices. Google explains how it uses information from partner sites on its partner-sites information page. Advertising personalization can also be managed through Google Ads Settings.
External Links and Affiliate Relationships
Articles may link to manufacturers, retailers, golf organizations, sources, social platforms, or other websites. Those services operate under their own privacy terms after you visit them. Some commercial links may be affiliate links, as explained in our Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure. A retailer or network may receive referral information when an affiliate link is followed.
Service Providers and Disclosure
We may allow service providers to process information as needed for hosting, security, caching, email delivery, site administration, professional advice, or legal compliance. We may also preserve or disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect rights or safety, investigate misuse, comply with lawful process, or complete a business reorganization. We do not authorize service providers to use information for unrelated purposes merely because they support the site.
Retention and Security
Retention depends on the type of record and why it is needed. Technical logs may be retained according to hosting and security settings. Direct email and business records may be retained while a request is active and afterward when reasonably needed for administration, disputes, security, or legal obligations. We use reasonable safeguards, but no internet transmission or storage method is guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and the information involved, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or withdrawal of consent. These rights can be subject to legal exceptions. Email privacy@usagolfmagazine.com with enough information for us to understand and verify the request.
Children
USA Golf Magazine is a general-audience golf publication and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly request personal information from children through a public form. If you believe a child has sent personal information to us, contact the privacy address above.
Policy Changes
We may revise this policy when the site’s services or legal obligations change. The date above identifies the current version. Advertising, analytics, newsletter, account, form, or comment features should not be treated as covered merely because they are mentioned as possible future services; this policy must be updated when those services are actually enabled.
Contact
Privacy questions and requests: privacy@usagolfmagazine.com
Legal notices: legal@usagolfmagazine.com
Website: USA Golf Magazine