Statement of Intent

The purpose of this privacy statement is to provide you, The User, with details of how XLIN.com will collect, store and use the personal data you supply to it. Personal data is information which relates to identifiable living individuals. This Privacy Policy is expressly incorporated into the Terms and Conditions of Use of this web site.

It is the stated policy of XLIN.com that it will act in accordance with current legislation and aims to meet current best practice with regard to the processing of personal data.

Collection of Personal Data

In using this site, you may provide certain personal data to XLIN.com. In agreeing to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of the web site (of which this Privacy Policy forms part), you agree that XLIN.com can compile and process this personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Use of Personal Data

XLIN.com shall only use your data for the purposes for which it is provided or for purposes to which you have consented. We comply with the 8 principles of the Data Protection Act. These are that any data gathered is:

•  fairly and lawfully processed
•  processed for limited purposes
•  adequate, relevant and not excessive
•  accurate
•  not kept longer than necessary
•  processed in accordance with the data subject's rights
•  secure
•  not transferred to countries without adequate protection

Storage and Correction of Personal Data

XLIN.com will retain the personal data it holds unless and until you send XLIN.com notice that you no longer wish it to retain this data. XLIN.com is obliged to supply you, on request, with a copy of the personal data it holds about you, provided that you pay a small fee. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us. Should you discover any inaccuracies in such personal information, please notify XLIN.com as soon as possible so that our records can be changed. We would like to assure you that we will never sell your contact details to any external third parties. We or our associate companies may contact you to provide you information that we feel may be useful to you. You can always unsubscribe from any newsletter or similar subscriptions and cancel your membership of any Forums and Blogs.

Financial information

In order to serve you most efficiently, credit card transactions are handled by reputable third party banking institutions. They receive the information needed to verify and authorise your credit card and to process your order. They are under strict obligation to keep your personal information private.