Cookie Policy

Last updated: 19 September 2026

What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. "Similar technologies" include browser storage (such as localStorage) and comparable methods. Some are strictly necessary to operate a site or to remember your own choices; others are optional (for example advertising or marketing measurement).

How this site uses them

This site uses a small, deliberately limited set of technologies: essential storage needed for the site to work and be secure; a first-party idre_consent cookie that records your privacy choices; Google Analytics 4 for aggregate usage measurement (on by default, with an easy opt-out); the Meta Pixel for advertising measurement (off unless you allow it); and a small functional newsletter-preference value stored only if you interact with the newsletter prompt.

Analytics — Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), provided by Google, to understand in aggregate how visitors use the site so we can improve it, and we provide a clear way to opt out (see below). We do not intentionally send your name, email, phone, WhatsApp number, message or enquiry text to Google Analytics. Google Analytics may still process browser, device, cookie and online-identifier information in accordance with Google's services and our privacy settings; Google Consent Mode is applied, IP handling follows GA4's standard, and it sets first-party Google cookies (for example _ga and _ga_<id>).

Sri Lanka's Personal Data Protection Act lawful-basis and data-subject-rights provisions are scheduled to take effect on 1 January 2027 (Extraordinary Gazette No. 2498/16, dated 22 July 2026, appointing that date for Sections 2 and 3, Part I and Part III). We are preparing our processing practices accordingly and do not present those statutory provisions as already in force. Where they are in force and we rely on legitimate interests for analytics, we will document and apply the required balancing and safeguards; in the meantime we run analytics with a clear, always-available opt-out.

Your right to object: you can opt out of analytics at any time using the "Your privacy choices" notice or the Cookie preferences link in the footer. If you opt out, analytics stops on your device.

Advertising — Meta (Facebook) Pixel

We use the Meta (Facebook) Pixel to measure the performance of our advertising and to support audience/remarketing measurement. It is off by default and loads and runs only after you opt in to Marketing; it never fires before that consent. When you accept, Meta may set its own cookies (for example _fbp) and receive standard events such as page views and enquiries — without your name, email, phone number or message content. You can withdraw this consent at any time via Cookie preferences, after which the Pixel is no longer enabled on your device.

Your choices and consent

When you first visit, we show a short "Your privacy choices" notice. Analytics is on by default for aggregate measurement and you can opt out there; Marketing is off until you allow it. The notice offers Allow all, Opt out of non-essential and Manage, where Analytics and Marketing are separate, independent choices. We remember your choice in a first-party functional cookie named idre_consent (kept for about 180 days). You can change it at any time using the "Cookie preferences" link in the site footer.

Newsletter preferences

If you subscribe to our newsletter, or if our newsletter prompt is shown to you and you dismiss it, we save a small first-party entry in your browser's local storage — for example a "subscribed" flag and a "prompt dismissed" date — so that we don't ask you again. These entries are written only when you take that action, contain no personal data or tracking identifiers, are never shared, and involve no third party. You can remove them at any time in your browser settings.

Cookies for signed-in administrators

If you are a signed-in administrator of this website, WordPress sets a small number of functional cookies (for example to keep you logged in and remember admin screen preferences). These are never set for ordinary visitors and are not used for tracking or marketing.

Third-party technologies

Apart from Google Analytics 4 and the Meta Pixel (which loads only after marketing consent), this site loads no other third-party tracking pixels, maps, social embeds, A/B testing or third-party fonts.

Browser controls

You remain in full control of cookies and site data through your browser settings, where you can view, manage or delete anything stored by any website you visit, including this one.

If this changes in future

If we introduce a new technology, or change the basis on which an existing one runs, we will update this page with its provider, purpose and lawful basis — and, where the rules require prior consent, we will ask for it before that technology runs and give you a way to change your choice.

Contact and privacy rights

For questions about cookies or your data-protection rights, see our Privacy Policy or contact us via the enquiry form.