Privacy policy
Last updated 15 November 2026 (sharing added)
Courses Played is a free, non-commercial website for logging the golf courses you have played in Ireland. It is run by Derek Byrne, an individual in Ireland. This page explains what information the site keeps and why.
What we collect
- Your email address and name, when you sign in with Google or with an email link. If you use Google, we receive only your basic profile (name, email address and profile picture). We do not get access to your Gmail, contacts, calendar, files or anything else in your Google account.
- What you enter: the courses you log, dates, rounds, scores, ratings, notes, and your personal list of target courses.
We do not use advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. The site stores a sign-in token in your browser so you stay signed in.
How it is used
Only to make your tracker work: to sign you in and to show your own courses back to you on any device. Your courses are private to your account unless you choose to share them (see below). We do not sell, rent or share your information with anyone, and we do not use it for marketing.
Sharing (optional)
Sharing is off unless you switch it on. If you turn on "Let anyone with my link see my courses", anyone who has your personal link can see the name you choose, the courses you have marked as played and your star ratings. They cannot see your email address. Turning sharing off stops the link working straight away.
Where it is stored
Account and course data is stored with Supabase on servers in Zurich, Switzerland, which the EU recognises as giving adequate data protection. The website is served by Cloudflare. Map tiles come from OpenStreetMap, which sees your IP address when the map loads, as with any website that shows a map.
Your choices
You can edit or delete any course at any time from the site. To have your whole account and all its data deleted, or to ask what we hold about you, email derekjbyrne@gmail.com and it will be done within 30 days. Under EU data protection law (GDPR) you also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commission.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top will be updated.