Slink Privacy Policy

Welcome to Slink.net Ltd. privacy policy for www.slink.net.

The services available at http://www.slink.net are provided by Slink.net Ltd. ('Slink', 'we', 'us', 'site' or 'our'), company registered office: 55 Parsonage Street, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 4BP.

This Privacy Policy applies from 1st March 2001. Please note that information that you provide us with will be stored and processed on our hosting computers in the UK.

Slink.net Ltd. will hold and transmit your information in a safe, confidential and secure manner. Slink.net Ltd. will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

By accepting this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement, you absolutely consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

If you object to this use and disclosure please do not use our services. Our sole aim in collecting personal information is to be able to provide you with a safe, efficient, and professional service. We only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for the provision of either our online or offline business service. You do not have to tell us anything about yourself when browsing the site outside the logged in area.

Once you have provided us with your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to use our services, we may require you to provide contact and identity information, financial information and other personal information as and when requested on the site.

Under some circumstances we may require some additional financial information, such as, credit card or debit card details, we will use this financial information in order for you to pay for services rendered.

We automatically collect and analyse information based upon your use of the Site. We use this information to conduct internal research, this is to enable us to both assess your learning performance and to improve you site’s navigation and content. Your learning performance information is never given to any third party other than those already agreed in the contract undertaken by both you and Slink.net Ltd.

We collect data on the URL that you came from and exit the site too, browser information, and your IP address. We use "cookies" on certain pages and areas of the site to store information. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing customised services and information to you.

If you post messages on either the site or a course message board (forum), chat room or use the messaging service to contact tutors and / or other users, that information will be recorded.

If you send us personal correspondence, in whatever format, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities, communications or postings on the site, we may store that information into a file specific to you.

Do not disclose personal information such as postal addresses or mobile phone numbers to any users on the site unless you are sure that that information will not compromise your personal safety. Slink.net Ltd. cannot be held responsible for any communication that is not specifically required for the delivery of Slink.net Ltd. services.

We use information in the files we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the site, to firstly assess your learning but also to resolve disputes, provide customer support, troubleshoot problems and enforce our User Agreement and policies.

You agree that we may use your information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, may be targeted according to the courses or learning modules that you have accessed, requested information on, or completed.

By accepting the User Agreement and reading this Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. At is policy that Slink.net Ltd. will never sell, rent or otherwise make available your personal information to third parties for their marketing or informational purposes without your explicit consent.

We cannot guarantee that all of your communications with Slink.net Ltd. and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this document. Whilst we endeavour to secure all data we may experience unlawful access and misuse of your data that is beyond our reasonable control. We cannot be held responsible if such an unlawful intrusion occurs and from that position we cannot guarantee that data will always be secure.

You are responsible for all activities that occur when information is accessed using your User ID and password, including those actions that result in fees being charged to your account. We do not recommend that you disclose your Slink.net Ltd. password to any third parties.

It is also good practice to change your password on a regular basis. If you expose your password, you may lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf.

You will also be responsible for any hurt or offence caused to other users if messages are posted to any area of the site. If offensive messages are posted it is likely that your account will be suspended and you will be refused access to the site.

Therefore, if your password or account has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password and inform Slink.net Ltd. of any offensive material. Written request is required to delete your account, and for your contact information, and financial information to be deleted. To make this request, please contact Customer Support.

Such information will be deleted as soon as reasonably possible. We will retain in our files information you have requested to remove in some circumstances, such as to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems. Further, such prior information is never completely removed from our databases due to technical and legal constraints, including stored "back up" systems.

Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personally identifiable information will be immediately and completely removed from our databases in response to your requests. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time in order that it accurately reflects the industry ‘best practice’ and the law.

For further information, contact us on +44(0)20 89 814 814.