Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy — recruitlanka.online

Effective Date: August 13, 2026

Website URL: https://recruitlanka.online

Operating Entity: Recruit Lanka

Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Contact Email: info@recruitlanka.online

Applicable Legal Framework: Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022 (PDPA Sri Lanka) & General Data Protection Standards

1. Introduction & Overview

Welcome to Recruit Lanka (“we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Platform”), accessible via recruitlanka.online. Headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Recruit Lanka operates as a comprehensive dual-function online portal:

  1. A Job Board: Connecting job seekers across Sri Lanka and abroad with top employers, corporate recruiters, and placement opportunities.
  2. An Information & Article Publishing Platform: Providing educational content, career advice, industry insights, resume guides, and informational updates.

We recognize the paramount importance of your personal privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines in detail how we collect, store, process, transfer, and protect your personal data when you browse our site, register an account, upload CVs, apply for employment, publish or post job ads, subscribe to alerts, or engage with our educational articles.

By accessing, browsing, or using recruitlanka.online, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection and use of your information in accordance with these terms.

2. Information We Collect

To deliver efficient job recruitment services and personalized educational content, we collect information across three main categories:

A. Information Provided Directly by Job Seekers & General Readers

  • Account & Profile Data: Full name, phone number, email address, physical location (city/district in Sri Lanka), account username, and password credentials.
  • Resume & Career Details: Curriculum Vitae (CV), cover letters, employment history, educational qualifications, professional certifications, skills, language proficiencies, salary expectations, and portfolio links.
  • Inquiries & Support Data: Direct messages, support queries, and correspondence submitted via web forms or sent to info@recruitlanka.online.
  • Community & Reader Engagement: Comments, article feedback, ratings, and discussion posts submitted on published news and educational articles.

B. Information Provided Directly by Employers & Recruiters

  • Corporate Details: Company name, legal business registration details, corporate address in Colombo or other regions, official website URL, logo, and organizational overview.
  • Contact Representative Details: Name, job title, work email address, telephone number, and billing/invoice contact information.
  • Job Postings: Detailed job requirements, candidate criteria, compensation parameters, and hiring contact preferences.

C. Information Collected Automatically (Technical & Usage Data)

  • Device & Technical Identifiers: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, device models, time zone settings, and system log data.
  • Navigation & Engagement Data: Pages visited, duration of stay, articles read, job search queries executed, click rates, and referring web addresses.
  • Cookies & Tracking Identifiers: Data collected via session cookies, persistent cookies, web beacons, and analytical tags.

3. How We Use Your Personal Information

We utilize collected data strictly for transparent, operational, and legitimate recruitment and publishing purposes, including:

  1. Job Application Processing & Matching: Forwarding candidate applications and CVs to listing employers, allowing employers to search candidate databases (where explicitly permitted), and generating customized job recommendations.
  2. Content Personalization: Delivering tailored educational articles, career guides, industry developments, and topic recommendations matching user reading habits.
  3. Platform Administration & Security: Authenticating user accounts, verifying corporate recruiter profiles, preventing unauthorized access, and maintaining system integrity.
  4. Communication & Alerts: Transmitting system announcements, application status alerts, security notices, policy revisions, and responses to support inquiries.
  5. Direct Marketing & Newsletters: Sending periodic email digests featuring top job openings and popular articles (users may opt out at any time).
  6. Analytics & Platform Improvement: Evaluating traffic metrics, search trends, and popular content categories to refine site usability and performance.
  7. Legal Compliance: Complying with Sri Lankan regulatory mandates, preventing fraudulent activities, enforcing site terms, and cooperating with law enforcement when required.

Under the Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022 (PDPA) of Sri Lanka, we process personal data under the following lawful grounds:

  • Consent: When you explicitly grant us permission (e.g., submitting your CV for a vacancy, opting into newsletters, or accepting cookie tracking).
  • Contractual Necessity: When processing is necessary to fulfill our service commitment to you (e.g., transmitting your job application to an hiring manager).
  • Legitimate Interests: Where necessary for business operations, site security, network protection, and fraud prevention, without overriding your fundamental privacy rights.
  • Legal Obligation: Where processing or retaining records is required by Sri Lankan statutory law or court orders.

5. Disclosure & Information Sharing

We treat your personal data with high confidentiality and do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties. Information sharing occurs solely under the following conditions:

  • With Employers & Recruiters: When a job seeker applies for a position listed on recruitlanka.online, their profile, CV, and application details are shared directly with the prospective employer. (Note: Employers act as independent data controllers once they receive application materials).
  • Service Providers & Technical Partners: Third-party cloud hosting providers, database managers, email delivery networks, security auditors, and analytics services operating under strict confidentiality agreements.
  • Legal & Regulatory Demands: Disclosure to government agencies, courts, or law enforcement bodies in Colombo or Sri Lanka where compelled by law or judicial summons.
  • Business Reorganization: Transfer of user records as part of corporate assets during a merger, acquisition, or restructuring of Recruit Lanka.

6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Recruit Lanka utilizes cookies and similar web tracking mechanisms to enhance user experience:

  • Essential Cookies: Mandatory for core site functionality, user login authentication, and security.
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Enable measurement of site traffic, popular search queries, and article viewership (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Functionality Cookies: Store user preferences, such as selected region, language settings, and active filter parameters.
  • Third-Party Advertising Cookies: Ad networks (such as Google AdSense) may place cookies to serve relevant contextual advertisements based on browsing behavior.

Managing Cookies: You can adjust your web browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. However, disabling essential cookies may impact specific features on our website.

Our portal contains hyperlinks to external third-party sites, including employer corporate sites, external job engines, sponsored links, and reference resources. Recruit Lanka holds no responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or security policies of third-party websites. We advise users to read the privacy statements of all external platforms visited.

8. Data Security & Storage

We maintain comprehensive technical, physical, and administrative measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure:

  • SSL/TLS Encryption: Encrypted end-to-end data transmission across https://recruitlanka.online.
  • Firewalled Servers: Secure hosting infrastructure with restricted administrative access.
  • Access Control: Restricted internal employee access to personal data strictly on a need-to-know basis.

Note: While we employ industry-standard protection measures, no online transmission method is 100% immune to potential risks. Users are encouraged to maintain unique account passwords and notify us immediately of any unauthorized access.

9. Data Retention Policy

We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:

  • Candidate Accounts & CVs: Retained for as long as your account remains active or until you request account deletion.
  • Employer Job Records: Retained for statutory record-keeping and auditing requirements under local laws.
  • Server Logs & Web Analytics: Anonymized or automatically purged within standard cycles (typically 12 to 24 months).

10. Your Rights Under Sri Lanka PDPA

In accordance with the Sri Lanka Personal Data Protection Act No. 9 of 2022, you possess the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right of Access: Request copies of your personal data held by us.
  • Right to Rectification: Request corrections to incomplete or inaccurate data.
  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request permanent deletion of your profile and submitted CVs.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Revoke consent for newsletter distributions or candidate database indexing at any time.
  • Right to Object/Restrict Processing: Object to specific processing activities on legitimate grounds.

To exercise these rights, please email our team at info@recruitlanka.online. Requests are handled within statutory timelines (typically 30 business days).

11. Children’s Privacy

Recruit Lanka is intended for adult career professionals, job seekers, and readers over the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors under 16. If we become aware that a minor’s information has been submitted without verified parental/guardian consent, we will promptly delete it.

12. International Data Transfers

Our web infrastructure and cloud databases may involve data hosting servers situated outside Sri Lanka. Whenever data is stored or processed internationally, we ensure that contractually binding safeguards compliant with Sri Lankan data protection standards are maintained.

13. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect legal changes or platform updates. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” Continued use of recruitlanka.online after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions, feedback, or data privacy requests, please contact us: