Sanmarga Trust takes your privacy seriously and we are committed to protecting your Personal Data. The Privacy Policy explains how we may collect and use the Personal Data you give us.

Definitions:

  • “Personal Data” has the meaning as set out in the Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022 (Sri Lanka)
  • “User Content” means any and all information and/or content that you submit on this site including but not limited to Personal Data.

When submitting any User Content on this site, you are consenting to the collection and use of your Personal Data to the extent described in this Privacy Policy.

  1. Type of Information Collected:

If you express your interest to “donate” or “support us” or “get involved” on the website, you will be asked to provide certain Personal Data including your name and email address (compulsory fields) and contact number (optional). You may also at your own option input any further information as a “message” to us.

By inputting the User Content in the relevant fields and clicking “Send”, you acknowledge that you have submitted your Personal Data to the Sanmarga Trust at your own will and with your full consent.

We also use analytical and statistical tools that monitor details of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data (but this data will not identify you personally).

  1. What do we do with your Personal Data?

Any Personal Data provided by you on the website, is collected and used by Sanmarga Trust in compliance with the obligations specified under the Personal Data Protection Act No. 2 of 2022 and exclusively for the following purposes:

  • To contact you to understand how you would like to donate to or otherwise support Sanmarga Trust
  • To provide any information you have requested.
  • To keep you notified of any changes to our on-going projects or to the structure of Sanmarga Trust if relevant and to update you on any new projects or opportunities for support

Sanmarga Trust shall not store or use any Personal Data for any other purposes without your consent or as required by law.

Sanmarga Trust shall in no event sell, trade, or disclose to third parties any of your Personal Data.

  1. Remove or vary your Personal Data

You retain control of how we use your data. You can unsubscribe from our mailings, or you can request us to remove you from our contact list, at any point. We will then ensure that all your Personal Data is erased from our records and systems subject to any legal requirement for retaining the Personal Data for audit purposes or otherwise.

In the event you find that in our communications to you, your Personal Data appears to be incorrect or inaccurate, you may request us in writing to rectify or complete the said Personal Data. We will take steps to rectify/complete the same immediately.

  1. Third-Party links and pop-up advertisements

The website may contain links to other websites of interest. Once you use these links to leave the Sanmarga Trust website, please note that Sanmarga Trust does not have any control over such other websites or advertisements and Sanmarga Trust shall not be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites. Such sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.

  1. European Union Regulation and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Privacy Policy

The Privacy and Data protection of our website visitors who are resident in the European Union comply with all European Union regulations on Data Protection and privacy including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Privacy Policy.

  1. Changes to this policy

We reserve the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time. The amended Policy will apply from the date it is posted on the site. We encourage you to regularly review these policies to be informed of how we are protecting your Personal Data.

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or require any removal or variation to be done in terms of paragraph 3 above, please write to: info@sanmarga.org

Latest Update: August 2023