PRIVACY POLICY

www.palamuwen.com is operated by Palamuwen.Com (Pvt) Ltd a limited liability Company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Sri Lanka under registration No. PV - 00252509 and having its registered office at No. 45/9, 3rd Lane, Woodland Avenue, Kohuwala, Nugegoda (“Palamuwen/we/us/our”)

We collect personal and other information from you and use it to help you connect with potential employers/employees/work seekers. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, shared, and secured, as well as your choices regarding use, logins, and correction of your personal information.

By using the www.palamuwen.com website (the ‘Site’), you agree to the collection, use and transfer of your data as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not want your information to be collected, used, and transferred as described by this policy, you may revoke your consent to our Privacy Policy. Revocation of consent can be done by contacting us directly, if you revoke your consent, your account and profile information will be removed from our website and server within 2 working days.

Any information that is posted on and/or uploaded to and/or saved on our Site is subject to the laws of Sri Lanka.

Information We Collect

We collect information about you when you use our Site and mobile application. We collect information directly from you such as your name, contact information, resume, profile information, or business information. We receive and store this information when you enter it on our Site, send it to us, or provide it to us in any other way.

For example, depending on the services you use, we collect,

• Information imported by you or your connections from third party applications with your permission;
• Personal Information from you, such as full name, gender, date of birth, address, job title, company information, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, identification details, education and professional qualifications, working experience and referral source;
• If you are a Candidate or Employer (as defined in the Terms of Use) we may also collect payment information (including bank, credit/debit card details, electronic payment IDs) billing address, identity details, and professional profile. This data may include IP Address, operating system and browser type.

Information Collection

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name ('Personal Information').

• When you post information on job seeker/freelancer sections of our Site, or any other section where you are free to upload your information, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you choose to post there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to post on or submit to these forums.
• Log Data - Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site ('Log Data'). This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ('IP') address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. This information is gathered from all visitors to our Site. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using 'cookies.'

How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to provide our services, respond to you, operate and improve our sites and applications, and foster a positive user experience.

By registering with us or opening an Account on the Site, managing your profile, publicly posting information, or by opting in when presented with choices, you have consented for us to use your information in the following ways:

• to send you promotional emails containing the information we think you will find useful or interesting
• to contact you to fill out surveys and participate in other types of market research aimed at improving the services we provide
• to customize our website according to your online behavior and personal preferences.

How We Share Information

For those seeking work, jobs and employment opportunities, we provide you with a platform to publish information about yourself to maximize your career opportunities. Personal information of the user is shared with third parties who help deliver our services to you, they include,

• Recruiters and other agents
  In the course of our business to help you search for and secure a job/work, we may you’re your Personal Information available to third parties such as recruiters and other intermediaries and agents, other business partners and any other person interested in reviewing the information in our Site. For the avoidance of doubt this Site has no restriction and anyone can visit the site and review information posted therein.
• Our service providers
  This includes external third-party service providers, such as accountants, auditors, experts, lawyers and other outside professional advisors; IT systems, support and hosting service providers; printing, advertising, marketing and market research and analysis service providers; document and records management providers; technical engineers; data storage and cloud providers and similar third-party vendors and outsourced service providers not specifically mentioned here but assist us in carrying out business activities.
• Governmental authorities and third parties involved in court action
  We may share Personal Information with governmental or other public authorities (including, but not limited to, workers’ compensation boards, courts, law enforcement, tax authorities and criminal investigations agencies); and third-party civil legal process participants and their accountants, auditors, lawyers and other advisors and representatives as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) to comply with applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our Terms of Use; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our group companies; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and that of our group companies, you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit our damages.
• Other third parties
  Occasionally, we may share Personal Information with other third parties where necessary.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree to allow our Site to use cookies, you also agree to the use of the data it collects regarding your online behavior (analyze web traffic, web pages you spend the most time on, and websites you visit). The data we collect by using cookies is used to customize our website to your needs. After we use the data for statistical analysis, the data is completely removed from our systems. Please note that cookies don't allow us to gain control of your computer in any way. They are strictly used to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not so that we can provide a better experience for you.

If you want to disable cookies, you can do it by accessing the settings of your internet browser.

Links To Other Websites

Our Site contains links that lead to other websites. If you click on these links and visit these sites, we will not be responsible for you’re the protection and privacy of any data and information that you may share with such sites. Visiting and using those websites is not governed by our Privacy Policy but may be subject to separate privacy policies/agreements. Make sure to read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to from our Site.

Social Media Policy

Palamuwen.com is connected to different social media sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook. Feature like ’likes’ and ‘share’ buttons are linked to our privacy policy and of the company providing the service.

Restricting The Collection of Your Personal Data

At some point, you might wish to restrict the use and collection of your personal data. You can achieve this by doing the following:

• When you are filling in forms on the Site, make sure to check if there is a box which you can leave unchecked, if you don't want to disclose your personal information.
• If you have already agreed to share your information with us, feel free to contact us via email and we will be more than happy to change this for you.
• We will not lease, sell or distribute your personal information to any third parties, unless we have your permission. We might do so however if compelled by the law. Your personal information will be used when we need to send you promotional materials if you agree to this Privacy Policy.
• The objective of this Palamuwen.com is to make available your information to all interested parties so that you are given a fair and equitable chance of getting the attention of interested parties. Therefore, we do not limit or restrict the access to your personal information, and it is your responsibility to block the access to your information should you wish to not share the same any longer.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 01st May 2022 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site and our Services after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Disclaimers

Social Media Login Disclaimer

By logging in through Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, or any other Social Media Login we may accept in the future, you consent to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service as well as the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service of the relevant Social Media platform you use to login to our Site. Please review the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for the Social Media platform you use to login to understand the data collection, data usage and data protection policies and processes used by such platforms.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@palamuwen.com.