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Highlands Golf Club (“HIGHLANDS GC”) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and complying with your choices. Both personal and non-personal information collected is safeguarded according to the highest privacy and data protection standards adopted worldwide. HIGHLANDS GC has put in place a robust and effective data protection program which complies with existing law.

This privacy policy addresses the following questions:

  • How HIGHLANDS GC collects personal information about you.
  • The types of personal information HIGHLANDS GC collects about you.
  • How HIGHLANDS GC uses your personal information.
  • How HIGHLANDS GC secures your personal information.
  • How you can manage your personal information collected by HIGHLANDS GC.

HIGHLANDS GC’s Commitment

HIGHLANDS GC adheres to worldwide standards and practices for customer privacy and data protection. HIGHLANDS GC employs the following principles:

  1. HIGHLANDS GC will only collect your personal information with your consent.
  2. HIGHLANDS GC will not sell or give away your name, email address, phone number, or any other personal information about you to anyone outside of HIGHLANDS GC or its’ subsidiary companies, unless required to by law.
  3. HIGHLANDS GC employs strong security measures to protect your information from unauthorized use.
  4. HIGHLANDS GC gives you the possibility to control the information that you shared with us (opt-out)

Notice and Consent

HIGHLANDS GC will clearly inform you when information that personally identifies you ("personal information") is asked for and you will have the choice to provide it or not.  HIGHLANDS GC may ask you for information that personally identifies you, or allows us to contact you, for variety of purposes pertaining to providing services to you.   Generally, personal information about you is requested when you interact with HIGHLANDS GC’s website in the following manners:

  • When you complete an inquiry form.
  • ​When you sign up to receive email subscriptions or notifications from HIGHLANDS GC.
  • When you request to download information such as brochures, whitepapers, and other information HIGHLANDS GC may publish from time to time.

If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use www.highlandsgolfclub.com, but you will not be able to access or request information or services which require your personal information.

When you provide your personal information, you consent that it can be used for purposes listed in the “Usage” section of this policy, and that HIGHLANDS GC is an authorized holder of such information.

If you decide to provide your personal information to HIGHLANDS GC, you will be able to select the kinds of services you wish to receive from us by subscribing to specific services, for example electronic newsletters, product or service updates, information on upcoming events, and other services which HIGHLANDS GC may offer from time to time.  You can discontinue receiving information from HIGHLANDS GC at anytime by clicking on “unsubscribe” located at the bottom of all electronic correspondence from HIGHLANDS GC.

The types of personal information HIGHLANDS GC collects about you

The personal information HIGHLANDS GC may request from you when using www.highlandsgolfclub.com, is very limited, and includes:

  • First and Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Telephone number
  • Name of the company you are employed by or represent

Usage

HIGHLANDS GC may use your personal Information for four primary purposes:

  1. To improve and optimize the performance of HIGHLANDS GC’s website.
  2. To enable you to download specific content from HIGHLANDS GC or its’ subsidiaries.
  3. To provide you with notification services you have chosen to subscribe to.
  4. To facilitate contact with key members of HIGHLANDS GC’s management team within HIGHLANDS GC or its’ subsidiaries.

Access to your information

You are entitled to review the personal information you have provided us and ensure that it is accurate and current at all times. To review or update this information email [email protected] and request that HIGHLANDS GC send you this information.

Security of information

HIGHLANDS GC is strongly committed to protecting your information and ensuring that your choices are honored. HIGHLANDS GC has taken strong security measures to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. All sensitive data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted employee access.

Retention of information

HIGHLANDS GC retains information as long as it is necessary to provide the services requested by you, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information. Information associated with your account will generally be kept until it is no longer necessary to provide the services or until you ask us to delete it or your account is deleted whichever comes first. Additionally, HIGHLANDS GC may retain information from deleted accounts to comply with the law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Terms of Use, and take other actions permitted by law. The information HIGHLANDS GC retains will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

What HIGHLANDS GC does with the Information you share

Your information is never shared outside the company without your permission. Inside the company, data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted user access.

HIGHLANDS GC will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on HIGHLANDS GC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of HIGHLANDS GC and its subsidiaries, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of HIGHLANDS GC, its Websites, or the public.

How to opt-out

HIGHLANDS GC provides users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving from us updates on our products, newsletters and other communications. You can opt-out by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided in emails or by contacting us at the address at the bottom of this page.

Does HIGHLANDS GC’s privacy policy apply to linked websites?

HIGHLANDS GC’s Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected on the website www.highlandsgolfclub.com.  HIGHLANDS GC’s website may contain links to web sites of third parties. HIGHLANDS GC is not responsible for the actions of these third parties, including their privacy practices and any content posted on their websites. HIGHLANDS GC encourages you to review their privacy policies to learn more about what, why and how they collect and use personal information. HIGHLANDS GC adheres to industry recognized standards to secure any personal information in HIGHLANDS GC’s possession, and to secure it from unauthorized access and tampering.

HIGHLANDS GC uses third-party website analytic services to understand how HIGHLANDS GC’s website is used in order to better optimize the user experience. These third-party website analytics companies employ cookies to measure and track usage behavior on HIGHLANDS GC’s website.  To do so, these companies may use anonymous information about your visits to HIGHLANDS GC’s website and other websites but will not collect any information which can personally identify you or can be linked to you.

Use of Cookies

 Cookies are small pieces of data which are created by website servers and are either temporarily or permanently stored on your computer.  These cookies allow the issuer to identify your computer and browsing activities when you are visiting a website. 
HIGHLANDS GC does not create or issue cookies on www.highlandsgolfclub.com, however you may be subject to cookies issued by the following third parties when visiting HIGHLANDS GC‘s website, in particular:

  • Google – HIGHLANDS GC uses Google’s website analytics service to understand how visitors engage with HIGHLANDS GC’s website so HIGHLANDS GC can optimize it for better user experiences. There is no personal information associated with the site visitor cookie.

Changes to this policy

HIGHLANDS GC reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as it deems fit for its’ business and website operations.  If HIGHLANDS GC make changes to our Privacy Policy, HIGHLANDS GC will post these changes here so that you are always aware of what information HIGHLANDS GC collect, how HIGHLANDS GC use it and under what circumstances, if any, HIGHLANDS GC discloses it. If at any point HIGHLANDS GC decides to use your information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, HIGHLANDS GC will notify you by email.

Enforcement of policy

If for some reason you believe HIGHLANDS GC has not adhered to these principles, please notify us and HIGHLANDS GC will do its’ best to promptly make corrections.

Questions or comments

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us or write us at:

Highlands Golf Club
6603 Ada Boulevard NW
Edmonton, AB  T5W 4N5
[email protected]
 
For more information about how to contact HIGHLANDS GC please visit the contact page of HIGHLANDS GC’s website.
 
Effective Date: July 21, 2021