Privacy Policy – AboutCeylon
Last updated: November 3, 2026
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Welcome to AboutCeylon.com (https://www.aboutceylon.com/). Your privacy matters to us, so here is a plain explanation of what information we collect when you visit, what we do with it, and how we look after it. In this policy, “we”, “our” and “us” all mean AboutCeylon. By using the site, you’re agreeing to the practices described below.
1. What Information We Collect
Some of what we collect comes from you, and some is gathered automatically as you browse.
Information you choose to give us
- Your name
- Your email address
- Anything you submit through our contact forms
- Messages, questions, comments or feedback you send us
You never have to hand over personal details just to read the site.
Information collected automatically
When you visit, we may pick up some technical details:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Operating system
- The website that referred you
- Pages you visited
- Date and time of your visit
- General usage and interaction data
We use this to see how people actually use AboutCeylon and to make browsing smoother.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use what we collect to:
- Run and maintain the website
- Improve our content, features and user experience
- Answer your questions, enquiries and feedback
- Understand what visitors are interested in and how much traffic we get
- Keep an eye on website performance
- Guard against spam, fraud and security problems
- Show relevant advertisements where applicable
- Meet our legal obligations
We don’t sell your personal information.
3. Cookies and Web Beacons
AboutCeylon may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. We may use them to:
- Remember your preferences
- Understand website traffic and visitor behaviour
- Improve website performance
- Support advertising services
- Give you a better browsing experience
You can manage or turn off cookies in your browser settings. Just keep in mind that blocking some of them may stop certain features from working properly.
4. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising
We may use third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense, to show ads on the site. These providers can use cookies, web beacons or similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites so they can serve you ads. Google may also use advertising cookies to show ads based on your earlier visits to this site or others.
If you’d like to dig deeper, these pages explain how it works and let you control it:
- How Google uses information from sites that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
- Your Google ad personalization settings: https://adssettings.google.com/
- Google’s advertising practices: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Third-party advertisers follow their own privacy policies, and we don’t control those.
5. Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics or similar services to understand how visitors interact with AboutCeylon. These tools can record things like:
- Number of visitors
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on pages
- Traffic sources
- Browser and device information
- General visitor interactions
That helps us improve the site, learn what our audience cares about, and create more useful travel content. For more on Google’s privacy practices, see https://policies.google.com/privacy.
6. Third-Party Links
Our pages sometimes link out to other websites, such as:
- Travel booking sites
- Hotel and accommodation sites
- Transportation providers
- Government and tourism websites
- Other travel and information resources
Those sites have their own privacy policies and practices. AboutCeylon isn’t responsible for their privacy practices, content or security, so it’s worth reading their policies before you share any personal information with them.
7. How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable steps to protect the information you submit against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration or disclosure. That said, no method of sending or storing information online is completely secure. We do our best, but we can’t promise absolute security.
8. Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as we reasonably need it: to fulfil the purposes in this policy, respond to enquiries, maintain website security or meet legal requirements. How long that is depends on the type of information and why we collected it.
9. Children’s Privacy
AboutCeylon is a general travel information website and isn’t aimed at children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from them. If we find out that we’ve collected a child’s information without appropriate consent, we’ll take reasonable steps to delete it.
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and the privacy laws that apply, you may have the right to:
- Ask for access to your personal information
- Ask us to correct inaccurate information
- Ask us to delete your personal information
- Withdraw your consent where we’re processing information based on consent
- Object to certain types of data processing
- Manage your cookie preferences
To use any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 13.
11. International Visitors
People visit AboutCeylon from all over the world. Depending on the services and technologies we use, your information may be processed or stored in countries outside the one where you live. Where that applies, we take reasonable steps to make sure your personal information is handled in line with relevant data protection requirements.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time as our website, services, technologies or legal requirements change. Any updates will appear on this page with a new “Last Updated” date. It’s worth checking back now and then to stay up to date on how we handle privacy.
13. Contact Us
Questions, concerns or requests about this policy or how we handle personal information? Get in touch and we’ll make reasonable efforts to reply.
- Website: https://www.aboutceylon.com/
- Email: [email protected]
Thanks for visiting AboutCeylon.com. We respect your privacy, and we want your time here to be safe, informative and enjoyable while we help travellers discover the beauty of Sri Lanka.
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