Updated November 7, 2026. This notice describes account access, billing and metering for Golfapedia’s pay-per-view tour service.
Account and billing information
The commercial service uses customer contact details, registered websites, agreement acceptance records, payment-provider references and a ledger of credit purchases, usage and refunds. Payment card details are handled by the payment provider rather than stored in Golfapedia's account interface.
Tour metering and session information
A limited browser-session identifier, course, website domain, timestamps, successful-load and start events support counting and duplicate prevention. IP addresses and user agents may support security and bot detection. A browser session is not a unique person. Different devices or browsers may count separately. Do not put visitor names, emails or other unnecessary personal data into embed URLs.
Why this information is used
We use it to deliver tours, enforce approved domains, deduct credit for qualifying starts, prevent duplicate billing, handle refunds, protect against abuse and provide account reporting. Partner websites are responsible for notices and consent appropriate to their use of the embed.
Service providers and hosted demonstrations
Hosted tours use mapping, imagery and infrastructure providers. Payments use a payment processor. Visiting the hosted Golfapedia demonstration loads that website's services and is subject to its privacy policy. This licensing site also loads fonts and the existing translation service.
Account access and payment security
We send a single-use email sign-in link and use a protected, HTTP-only account cookie to maintain your session. Stripe processes card payments and refunds. Golfapedia stores payment references, amounts and status for account reporting and reconciliation; it does not store full payment-card numbers.
Retention, access and contact
Account closure stops new tour starts and future automatic replenishments. It does not automatically delete payment, agreement or usage records needed for accounting, billing review, disputes, security and legal obligations. Contact us to discuss access, correction or deletion of your information and any records that must be retained.
For access, correction, deletion or privacy questions, contact licensing@golfapedia.org. See the main Golfapedia privacy policy and pay-per-view agreement.