Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 2, 2025

Our website address is: https://xlankan.com.

Welcome to xlankan.co.uk (“we,” “our,” “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website, xlankan.co.uk, the business directory for Sri Lankans in the UK.

1. How We Use Your Information

We may collect the following types of information:

a. Personal Information

• • Name: For business listings and user profiles.

• • Contact Information: Email address, phone number, and mailing address for communication and verification purposes.

• • Business Information: Business name, address, contact details, photos, and description for directory listings.

b. Non-Personal Information

• • Usage Data: Information on how you use our website, such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages.

• • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve our website and deliver a better user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• • To Provide Our Services: To list businesses in our directory and maintain user accounts.

• • Communication: To contact you regarding your account, listings, and updates.

• • Improvement: To improve our website and services based on user feedback and usage patterns.

• • Marketing: To send promotional materials and offers (you can opt out at any time).

• • Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.

3. How We Protect Your Information

We implement various security measures to ensure the safety of your personal information:

• • Encryption: Data transmission between your browser and our servers is encrypted.

• • Access Controls: Access to personal information is restricted to authorized personnel only.

• • Data Storage: Personal information is stored on secure servers with appropriate safeguards.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties except in the following circumstances:

• • Service Providers: We may share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing our services.

• • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or to protect our rights and comply with legal processes.

• • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the new owner.

• • If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

5. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• • Access: You can request access to your personal information that we hold.

• • Correction: You can request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete information.

• • Deletion: You can request the deletion of your personal information.

• • Opt-Out: You can opt out of receiving marketing communications from us.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

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.

6. 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.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, but this may affect the functionality of our website.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take steps to delete it.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the date of the latest revision will be indicated at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

11. Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

12. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the 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.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

13. 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 exact 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.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

xlankan.com
Email: info@xlankan.com

By using our website, you consent to our Privacy Policy.