This privacy policy outlines how this site (bash.lk), operated by Prabashwara Hirendra Seneviratne, collects, uses, discloses and safeguards your personal data.
Personal data collected
This site collects and uses the following types of personal data.
- Name
- Profile picture
This data is collected only when you sign in to leave a comment or sign up to receive posts to your e-mail.
How your personal data is used
Your personal data is used to
- Verify your identity when you write new comments
- Show your name and profile picture on the comments you write
- Notify you via e-mail when someone replies to your comments
- Send new posts to your e-mail, if you have signed up to receive them
Legal basis for processing
Your personal data is processed under the following legal bases
- Consent - when you provide explicit consent for certain activities
- Legitimate interests - to pursue our legitimate interests, provided your rights and interests do not override these interests
Cookies
This site uses Matomo (hosted at analytics.bash.lk) to collect annoymous statistics about how this site is being used. These statistics help me improve this site and the content that is on it.
Matomo uses first party cookies to improve the accuracy of these statistics. These cookies do not require consent since they are used solely for the purpose of collecting anonymous statistics. They are not used to track your activity across different sites.
If you wish to be excluded from these statistics, you can click on the checkbox below to opt-out. If you clear your cookies or use a different device or web browser, you will have to opt-out again.
Data security
This site employs several measures to protect your personal data. However, no method of data transmission or storage is completely secure and I cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
Data retention
Your personal data will be stored as long as your comment account is active and/or you have signed up to receive posts to your e-mail. If you request your comment account's deletion or unsubscribe from receiving posts to your e-mail, the correspnding personal data will be deleted within 2 months.
You can request your comment account's deletion by logging into the comment section, clicking your username and clicking "Request my data removal" to send an e-mail to request its deletion.
You can stop receiving posts to your e-mail by clicking the unsubcribe link at the bottom of each e-mail.
Third parties who process your data
- The comments and post e-mail service uses cloud servers provided by Hetzner Online GmbH (Privacy policy). Personal data that is collected from you when you sign in to the comment section or sign up to receive post e-mails is stored on those servers.
- The comments service allows you to login using a third party provider such as Google (Privacy policy) and Microsoft (Privacy policy).
Your rights
- You have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:
- The right to access your personal data.
- The right to rectify inaccurate information.
- The right to erasure (the "right to be forgotten").
- The right to restrict processing.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to object to processing.
- The right not to be subject to automated decision-making.
- The right to lodge a complaint regarding how the app uses your data.
Contact information
- If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact me at privacy@bash.lk
Changes to this policy
- This privacy policy may be updated to reflect changes in practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the revised policy will take effect from the date it is posted.