Privacy & analytics

Analytics stays off until you allow it.

Who we are

golfgame.ie is run by Moonshot Golf Studio, Tramore, Co. Waterford, Ireland. For any privacy question or request, email frazervaughan@gmail.com. See also our terms of use.

Your choice

Analytics is optional. Use the Privacy & analytics button below to allow it or turn it off. The game works either way. We remember your choice in this browser for up to 180 days. Local previews and showcase tests do not collect analytics.

What analytics measures

If you allow it, Google Analytics for Firebase measures site visits, returning browsers, game loading and engagement, including whether a daily challenge is started, finished, replayed or left early, and how far into a round people get (a round started, which hole was finished, a round finished or left early, whether the tutorial was skipped, and whether a leaderboard post was made) together with the course and format played. A returning browser is recognised using its analytics cookie; this does not reliably identify the same person across devices or after cookies are cleared. Google receives a browser identifier, page visits, device/browser information and approximate location derived from your internet connection. We send the site address without query parameters or referral details. We do not send your player name, shot data, scores or saved round to Analytics.

Analytics uses first-party cookies such as _ga and _ga_S9C4P0VN3P, configured to last up to 180 days. The Firebase SDK may also store an installation identifier. Advertising storage, advertising personalisation and Google Signals are disabled in this integration.

Turning analytics off

Choosing No thanks stops further analytics collection in this browser and removes this site's Google Analytics cookies. This does not erase reports already collected. It does not delete your saved game. Your choice applies separately on each device and site address.

Your game and hosting

Daily Challenge results and streaks are stored separately on this device, and so are your course records unless you sign in (see below). Saved rounds and game preferences use separate browser storage needed to save and resume play. Firebase Hosting records server requests, including IP addresses and request details, normally retained for 30 days. We use aggregate request counts to understand basic website traffic. That automatic server reporting runs separately from this optional Google Analytics choice.

Signing in and the leaderboard

You can play without an account. Signing in is only needed to post a score to a public leaderboard, and you must be 16 or over to sign in. When you sign in with Google, Firebase Authentication (a Google service we use) keeps your Google account identifier, email address, name and sign-in times, so we know which scores are yours. We keep your chosen display name and each score you post, with the course, hole scores and date. While you are signed in, your personal course records (your best round for each course and format and your best score on each hole) are also saved to your account so they follow you to another device; they are private, only you can read them, and they are never shown on a leaderboard. Signing out stops the syncing and leaves the records on the device.

Public: your display name, scores and the dates they were posted. Never shown: your email address or Google account details. We use this information only to run the leaderboards, prevent cheating and abuse, and contact you about your account if needed. The legal basis is providing the leaderboard you asked to join.

Your account and scores are kept while the leaderboards run, or until you ask us to delete them. Leaderboard data is stored in Google Cloud Firestore in the EU (Belgium). Backups are kept for up to 14 weeks, so a deleted score can take that long to leave every backup.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your information, or to stop posting at any time, by emailing frazervaughan@gmail.com. We will reply within one month. You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie).

Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Updated 29 September 2026.