Privacy Policy

Who we are

This website’s address is https://www.defonsekaconsulting.com and it is owned and maintained by Indika De Fonseka, writer and web designer.

The term ‘we’ is used to denote the aforementioned, as well as trusted partners and third-parties who help to provide services via this website.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Contact Form & Newsletter

We receive and store the information you provide when you fill in our contact form.

This includes your name, email address and telephone number. We will use this information to reply to your message or enquiry.

If you opted in to receive news and updates, we will use your contact information to contact you with new blog posts, details of events, promotions and other marketing information.

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 anonymised 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.

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.

Cookies

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.

Who we share your data with

We will only share your information with our email service provider and our email marketing service provider for the purpose of communicating with you.

How long we retain your data

We will retain the information you submit via the contact form for as long as we are dealing with your enquiry or replying to your message. It could be for longer, if there is any follow-up.

If you opted in to receive news and updates, we will retain your contact information until you decide to unsubscribe. A link to cancel your subscription is included in every email newsletter.

What rights you have over your data

You can request to receive 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.

If you have any questions or want to request a copy of the information we hold about you (or want it deleted), please get in touch with us.