Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Commitment
At 4lin.uk, we are committed to protecting your privacy. While we do not collect or store any personal information ourselves, we want to be transparent about how our website operates.
What We Do NOT Collect
We do not collect, store, or process any personal user information. Our approach is simple: no registration or accounts, no contact forms, no personal data storage, no direct tracking, and no cookies from us for tracking purposes.
Our Simple Backend Function
Our website includes a basic backend system with one function: content moderation. It automatically scans user-generated content for inappropriate language. When inappropriate content is detected, it is immediately and permanently deleted. Deleted content is not retained in any form.
Third-Party Advertising
We use hilltops.com to support our website. When you visit our site, hilltops.com may place cookies on your device. hilltops.com may collect information about your visit, including pages you view on our site and other sites, your IP address, browser and device information, and approximate location (city/country level). This data collection is performed by hilltops.com, not by us. We do not have access to the individual data hilltops.com collects.
hilltops.com uses this information to show you relevant advertisements, measure ad performance, and provide aggregated, anonymous reporting to us (e.g., "100 people visited our site yesterday").
Technical Server Logs
Like all websites, our server automatically logs basic connection information: IP addresses (anonymized and automatically deleted after 7 days), access timestamps, browser type, and pages requested. We use this information only for security monitoring, preventing abuse and attacks, basic operational maintenance, and diagnosing technical issues. These logs contain no personal information and are automatically deleted weekly.
Your Privacy Choices
Regarding hilltops.com, you can control hilltops.com's advertising practices through the hilltops.com user settings. You can opt out of personalized ads, and manage or block cookies through your browser settings.
Regarding our site, since we collect no personal data, there is no personal information to access, correct, or delete, no accounts to manage or close, and no marketing preferences to update.
Data Retention Summary
- Personal information: We do not collect it.
- hilltops.com data: Collected by hilltops.com according to their policies for advertising purposes.
- Server logs: Collected by our server, retained for 7 days (automatically deleted) for security and operations.
- User content: Temporarily processed and deleted immediately if inappropriate for content moderation.
Children's Privacy
Our site is accessible to everyone, but we intentionally collect no data from any visitors, including children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
If our practices change in any way that would involve us collecting user information, we will update this policy with clear notice, provide opt-in consent mechanisms before collecting any data, and notify users through prominent website notices.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our privacy practices: social@4lin.uk. For information about hilltops.com's data practices, review hilltops.com's Privacy Policy. For opting out of personalized ads, visit the hilltops.com user settings.
Note: This privacy policy applies only to 4lin.uk. For information about how hilltops.com handles your data, please review hilltops.com's Privacy Policy.
This privacy policy is effective as of 31st January 2026. We maintain this no-data-collection approach as a core principle of 4lin.uk.