Privacy Policy


 

Introduction

This privacy policy applies to all business activities of HomeLink International United Kingdom.

HomeLink International United Kingdom (referred to as "HomeLink UK") is a licensed affiliate of HomeLink International Associates (referred to as "HLIA"), an association registered in Brussels, Belgium.

HomeLink UK recognises the importance to its members of the discreet and confidential handling of their personal information. It is HomeLink UK's policy to comply with the requirements of any applicable privacy legislation in all its activities involving the collection, use, disclosure and handling of personal information.
Your access to and use of the website located at www.homelink.org.uk (the "Site") is conditional upon your acceptance of HomeLink UK's privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") and any other terms and conditions contained on the Site (collectively referred to as the "Agreement"). Your use of the Site  constitutes your acceptance of the Agreement and any variations to it.

 

Collection of Personal Information

HomeLink UK collects personal information from members who register with HomeLink UK to exchange their homes with other members of HomeLink International Association ("HLIA"). This information is then published online at www.homelink.org. In registering with HomeLink UK members acknowledge that their personal information will be published online at www.homelink.org.
If you choose not to provide HomeLink UK with your personal information, it may be unable to provide you with its services or respond to a request for information or feedback given by you.
Examples of personal information HomeLink UK collects include but are not limited to: name, address, email address, phone numbers, home information.

HomeLink UK only collects personal information by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.

HomeLink UK only collects personal information directly from an individual and makes known the purpose for which personal information is being collected at the time it is being collected.
Personal information may also be collected by cookies when you use the Site. Cookies are pieces of data stored by your web browser on your hard drive that contain information relating to your use of the Site. When you access the Site, cookies may record details relating to your use of the Site, including what pages you view from the Site. HomeLink UK does not use cookies to track your personal information and uses them for internal management purposes only.

Particular areas of our web site employ the use of temporary cookies. For example, HLIA uses temporary cookies to maintain a user's state - such as logged in or not logged in.

 

Use and Disclosure

As a general rule, HomeLink UK will not use personal information for a purpose other than the primary purpose for which it is collected unless HomeLink UK has obtained your consent to such use.

HomeLink UK will not disclose your personal information to any third parties except to the following:

    * HLIA
    * HLIA Affiliates and members, including in other countries;
      for the purpose of facilitating home exchanges between members of HLIA and you consent to such disclosure.

Your personal information may also be available for public viewing by visitors to the Site. However, your contact details will not be on public display and are only available for viewing by other members in a secure "members only" area of the Site.

You consent and agree to use and disclosure of your personal information generally in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

You also consent to HomeLink UK using your personal information for the purposes of:

    (a) providing you with its services;

    (b) responding to a request for information and/or feedback by you; and

    (c) marketing and promoting its services and providing you with any information HomeLink UK considers may be of interest to you;

at any time, including changes to its services and the Site.
If you do not wish to receive future marketing or promotional material from HomeLink UK, you may contact it at any time by sending an email to the following email address info@homelink.org.uk requesting that no further material be sent to you. HomeLink UK will as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving your request, remove your contact details from its database.

 

Data Quality

Once your personal information is collected, HomeLink UK then uploads that information to a central HLIA database that is maintained by HLIA.

HomeLink UK will take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal information that it holds about a member is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Where a member registers with HomeLink UK, it will provide a proof copy of their advertisement, upon request, at any time during the registration period and/or where a change is made. Changes are made only at the request of the member. It is the member's responsibility to ensure that the proof sent to them is accurate and in keeping with that information that they are satisfied will be disclosed to other HLIA affiliates and members.

 

Data Security

You acknowledge that no data transmission over the Internet is totally secure. Accordingly, HomeLink UK does not warrant the security of any information that you transmit to it. Any information that you transmit to HomeLink UK is transmitted at your own risk. However, once HomeLink UK receives your transmission, HomeLink UK will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, loss or unauthorised access which may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following measures: secure network links, firewalls, password protection and virus protection.
Openness
On request by you, HomeLink UK will make known to you the types of personal information it holds about you, the purpose for which it is held and how it collects, holds and uses that information.

 

Access

On request by you, HomeLink UK will provide you with access to your personal information except where access may be denied under applicable privacy legislation. To request access to your personal information, please contact HomeLink UK's privacy officer ("Privacy Officer") whose contact details are set out at the end of this Privacy Policy. The Privacy Officer or a delegate will endeavour to respond to your request for access to your personal information within 14 days of the date of receipt of such request.
If your request for access is denied, HomeLink UK will provide you with reasons for its decision.Correction of your personal information

If you believe that the personal information HomeLink UK holds about you is inaccurate, incomplete or not current, please let it know and it will correct it.

 

Changes to Privacy Policy

HomeLink UK reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time by posting such changes on the Site. Changes will be effective immediately upon notification on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following notification will constitute your acceptance of those changes.

 

Contact details

If you have any queries or complaints relating to the handling of your personal information, please contact the Privacy Officer, whose contact details are as follows:

Caroline Connolly
Director, HomeLink UK
A: 7 St Nicholas Rise, Headbourne Worthy, Winchester. SO23 7SY
E: mail@homelink.org.uk
T: 0044 (0)1962 886882