Privacy Policy

At Visit Ceylon, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website visitceylon.net.

Who we are

Visit Ceylon is a travel and tourism website that provides information on various tourist destinations in Sri Lanka.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features, and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your personal information with third parties unless it is necessary to fulfill your request or provide you with a service.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Google AdSense and Google Analytics

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to personalize the ads displayed to you based on your interests, and to help measure the effectiveness of the ads. You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices and how to opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting their Privacy & Terms page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We also use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. This information is used to help us improve the user experience and to analyze trends. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use our website and how to opt-out of Google Analytics by visiting their Privacy & Terms page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Advertising

We may display advertisements from third-party advertisers on our website. These advertisers may use cookies to personalize the ads displayed to you based on your interests. We do not have access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Links to Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.