Privacy policy
Data Processing:This site does not require you to enter or hold any personally identifiable data.
We use a Profile that simply holds your username and user defined password to allow you to login to the site and participate in the forums. You can view your Profile using the "My Profile" link at the top of this page - https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/index.php
All data processing of name, address and membership payments are held, controlled and processed by PayPal.
Data Deletion:
Your can request your Profile to be deleted by sending an email to email webmaster@vwgolfmk1.org.uk, this will delete all your data that we hold.
You can request your PayPal payment and recurring subscription payments to be stopped or deleted by contacting PayPal directly.
This website:
- stores temporary cookies that are removed when you close the browser window, such as a user session identifier; uses Google Analytics for analysing visitor trends and tracking the effectiveness of our advertisements;
- stores cookies (yes/no) for remembering what things have been turned off/closed;
- stores cookies for improving the usability of engaging aspects such as the chat room or forum (in particular, auto-saving of partly typed posts);
- stores other kinds of cookie that are mentioned before they are set;
- logs basic information pertaining to your computer including your IP address, web browser name, and operating system;
- stores other information that you explicitly enter, such as your account information, or forum posts;
- if you are logged in, your member profile will update the publicly displayed time that you last visited (which will also be stored in a cookie), and you will show as online (unless you login as invisible).
We may occasionally send bulk emails about The Mk1 Golf Owners Club, or matters relating to mk1 Golfs to our members. We will not send bulk e-mails or allow others to send bulk e-mails, which we believe would be considered spam.
We will not share private details other than what can be seen in the forum profile and public postings unless legally required to do so.
The staff reserve the right to read any Private Topics and posts placed on this website. Any form of conversation made through this website should be considered viewable by staff. All private-posts and posts, whether 'deleted' or not, are stored on the server and may be reviewed if we feel we have cause for an investigation. If you do want to keep something private, do not use our services for transmitting it. Situations involving investigations can be anything at our discretion, for example, to investigate specific incidents of our services being used for racism or harassment.
Use of the shopping cart may cause a non-logged-in-user's session to stick around for a longer than normal period of time, using a cookie, in order to keep the cart from being lost.