Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for theTamil Global

Effective Date: 23.10.2025

Last Updated: 23.10.2025

1. Introduction

TheTamil Global (referred to as “We,” “Us,” or “Our”) is a Sri Lanka-based news website specializing in South Asian affairs, including politics, geopolitics, defence, sports, culture, and current affairs. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information when you access or use our website, http://thetamilglobal.com (the “Website”). By using the Website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information about you in the following ways:

Category	Type of Data Collected	Purpose of Collection
A. Data You Directly Provide
Comments & Accounts	Name, Email Address, User ID, Profile Picture (Gravatar), Website URL.	To post and manage comments, verify account authenticity, and facilitate user-to-user interaction.
Contact/Inquiries	Name, Email Address, the content of your message.	To respond to your questions, support requests, and business inquiries.
Newsletter Sign-ups	Email Address.	To send you our daily or weekly news summaries and promotional content.
B. Data Automatically Collected
Technical Data	Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, browser type and version, device identifiers, time zone setting.	For security, spam detection, managing the website, and diagnosing server issues.
Usage Data	Pages viewed, articles read, time spent on pages, referral source, clicking behaviour, search terms used.	To analyze website performance, understand user engagement, and improve content relevance.
Location Data	Approximate geographic location derived from your IP address.	To serve relevant content, measure regional traffic, and comply with region-specific advertising regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data for various purposes:

To operate and maintain our Website (e.g., ensuring site functionality, security).
To personalize your experience (e.g., suggesting related articles).
To analyze and improve our content, features, and overall service.
To communicate with you (e.g., respond to comments/inquiries, send newsletters).
For legal compliance and security (e.g., detecting and preventing spam/fraud, enforcing our terms).
To serve personalized advertisements (as detailed in the “Third-Party Advertisers” section).

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

TheTamil Global uses “cookies” and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on our Website and hold certain information.

What are Cookies? Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences, analyse traffic, and enable advertising functions.
Functional/Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function (e.g., session cookies for login, security cookies).
Analytics Cookies: Used by us and third parties (like Google Analytics) to count visitors and see how they use the site.
Advertising Cookies (Third-Party): Used by our advertising partners, including Google AdSense, to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on this and other sites.

You have the right to accept or refuse cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed. Please note that if you disable cookies, some parts of the Website may not function properly.

5. Third-Party Advertisers and Data Sharing (Google AdSense Disclosure)

We use third-party vendors, including Google AdSense, to serve advertisements on our Website. These partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website or other websites (often referred to as “Personalized Advertising”).

Required Disclosure for Google AdSense:

Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
You can opt out of Personalized Advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings: https://www.google.com/settings/ads.
Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

We may also embed content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. This embedded content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website, and these external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction.

6. Data Retention

We retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
User account information is stored as long as the account is active.
Data collected for legal, security, or administrative purposes will be retained as required by relevant laws.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Regardless of where you are located (including those protected by global laws like GDPR and CCPA), you have the following rights over your data:

The Right to Access: You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
The Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
The Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
The Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, especially for direct marketing.
The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 9.

8. Cross-Border Data Transfer (South Asia Focus)

TheTamil Global is operated from Sri Lanka. However, as a news site covering South Asian affairs and using global services like Google (which has servers worldwide), your information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your country, province, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in Sri Lanka.

By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storage, or processing. We take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.