Privacy policy

Sri Lanka Barometer is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. The following is a description of what data is collected when you use this website and what it is used for.

Personal identification information

This website may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, subscribe to a newsletter and fill out a form on the Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name and email address. Users may, however, visit the site anonymously. The website will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Web Browser Cookies

This website uses cookies (text files that identify your computer to our server) to gather anonymous information about visitors' usage patterns, in order to improve the navigation of the site, the presentation of its content, and the quality of its services. Cookies will indicate which pages have been accessed and when. This information is collected automatically.

The information collected does not include personal details such as your name, age, telephone number, postal address or email address, nor does it allow personal identification of a user.

User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. Sri Lanka Barometer is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites.

Sri Lanka Barometer Usage of Cookies

We use Matomo Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.

The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Our analytics service provider’s privacy policy is available here

Rights of The Data Subject

You shall have the right to request from the Company, access to and rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data subject or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. You shall also have the right to withdraw your consent for us to use your personal data at any time, provided that any processing of your personal data prior to the withdrawal of your consent shall not be rendered unlawful. Further, if you are an EU data subject, you shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in the event that there is a breach of the relevant data protection regulations.

Period For Which The Personal Data Will Be Stored

Your personal data will be stored by the Company for a minimum of three (3) years and for a maximum period as may be required under law or accepted business practices.

Your Acceptance Of These Terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

No part of the Sri Lanka Barometer website may be reproduced, modified, or distributed in any form or manner without the prior written permission of Sri Lanka Barometer. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system. Contravention is an infringement of the Intellectual Property Act No 36 of 2003 and its amendments and maybe subject to legal action.