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Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 19, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

• Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

• Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to World News.

• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

• Country refers to: Sri Lanka

• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

• Service refers to the Website.

• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

• Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.

• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• Website refers to World News, accessible from https://worldnewssri.blogspot.com

• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, 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:

• Email address

• First name and last name

• Phone number

• Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Information from Third-Party Social Media Services

The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:

• Google
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account.

You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies on TermsFeed website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies

  Type: Session Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

• Functionality Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data 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 Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: worldnews19930410@gmail.com

A statement from former President Mahinda about his retirement from politics

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that he has no intention of retiring from politics.

  He further says that politicians do not retire.

  He mentioned that every party should hold congresses and the strength of the party can be shown by such a thing.

  The former president said that the largest number of people are united with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, although there have been some changes, the party conference proved that the people are not far from the bud and he said that the people still have hopes for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.

  Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that he is not able to run in the next presidential election, and that he will work to win whoever the party decides to be.

  He further stated that he is not aware of a merger between the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the United National Party.

The mission of justice is bearing fruit! Police arrested 2100 suspects in 24 hours!

The police stated that 2,121 suspects were arrested during the special operations conducted throughout the island during the last 24 hours.

 Police Media Spokesman, Senior DIG Nihal Talduwa said that investigations are being conducted on the detention orders regarding 12 suspects from that group.

 Also, asset investigations have been started in relation to 5 suspects, and 133 people have been referred for rehabilitation, police said.

 The police said that 116 suspects who were on the list of registered suspects of the Police Narcotics Bureau and the Special Bureau were also arrested here.

 The quantities of drugs seized by the police are as follows.

 Heroin 2kg 232g

 769g of ice

 178kg 916 g of cannabis

 30,550 cannabis plants

 Ash 35kg 89g

 Mawa 626g

 Thule drug 102g

 3,489 pills

A virus that kills pigs in sausages smuggled out of the country

Customs and Quarantine Officers have taken into custody a stock of sausages with "African swine fever virus" which has a strong effect on the death of pigs, which had been smuggled into the Sri Lankan market without any approval from the Department of Animal Production and Health.

 The meat stock including these sausages was imported from China.  2560 kg of fresh frozen duck meat, 171 kg of frozen fresh chicken meat, 56 kg of Taiwan Grill Sausage, 132 kg of duck heads, 20 kg of chicken wings were imported by the concerned importer without the permission of the Department of Animal Production and Health.  The Department of Animal Production and Health states that 288 kg of sweet corn roll sausages were imported.

 The customs officials have informed the officials of the quarantine departments regarding the meat container with the sausages, where it has been revealed that the sausages contain the virus called "African swine fever virus".  This virus is the causative agent of African swine fever.  This virus causes hemorrhagic fever after entering the body of pigs, and due to its effect, domestic pigs are at risk of dying within a week.

 Director General of the Animal Production and Health Department, Dr. Hemali Kothalawala, said that the presence of this virus in the food concerned was discovered during the inspection conducted by the Veterinary Research Institute, and accordingly, the Quarantine Division decided to destroy not only the relevant sausage stock but also all other meat stocks.  She said.

 The Director General said that the permission of the Department of Animal Production and Health must be obtained when importing meat or meat-related products into Sri Lanka, and without such permission it is not possible to import meat.

 She said that if this virus enters pig farms, there is a risk of it spreading, and therefore all related meat is to be destroyed today (18th).

Risk of oral cancer for school students! Here's why!

Doctors warn that there is a risk of developing oral cancer among school children.

 Doctors also say that if a white color remains in the mouth and around the lips of school students and children under the age of twenty, it can be a sign of oral cancer.

 Dr. A.H.P.S., a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the National Dental Hospital, said that the reason for this situation is that school students are especially motivated to eat when they are packed.  Karunathileka recently spoke to the media.

 The expert emphasized that parents should be aware of this and work to save them from it.

 He said that between 5-20 patients suffering from oral cancer and pre-cancer come to the National Dental Hospital every day and most of them can be treated easily in the early stages of oral cancer.

 He recalled that the doctor in the school's dental surgery can deal with school students in particular, otherwise it is appropriate to meet with the dental therapist who is attached to the medical officer's offices and receive treatment.

 It has been revealed that oral cancer is mostly caused by eating betel nut and forty nine percent of the people eat tobacco with betel nut and the expert said that this situation should be avoided.  Accordingly, he emphasized that it is important to check the mouth at least once a week.

Chairman of Milko Company resigns

 

Renuka Dushyantha Perera, who served as the chairman of Milko, has decided to resign from today (18).

 In a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, he has mentioned that although he has one more month to work in this position, he has decided to resign as he is working together with a local and Indian company to privatize Milko.

 For the past few weeks, MILCO employees have been protesting demanding Renuka Perera to resign from her post.

 The employees alleged that Milko, which was making profits, turned loss-making during Renuka Perera's tenure.

For the first time in the history of Indian reality, a Sri Lankan girl wins a reality competition.

A Sri Lankan girl has succeeded in winning a reality show which was aired on a television channel in India.

The final competition of this little champs 2023 tournament organized by the Indian television channel Zee Tamil was held today.

Kilmisha, a Sri Lankan girl who participated in the program from Jaffna area, has won the crown of the tournament.

Kilmisha, who won the crown of the tournament, will also get a prize money of 10 lakh Indian rupees.

2 years from Shammi to Upul Tharanga's selection committee

The Sri Lanka Cricket Board officially announced the new selection committee of Sri Lanka Cricket recently.

The cricket selection committee chaired by Upul Tharanga includes Ajantha Mendis, Tharanga Paranavithana, Indika de Seram and Dil Ruwan Perera as other members.

Sri Lanka Cricket has taken steps to give a two-year contract to the new cricket selection committee.

Accordingly, this new selection committee will start its work from the Zimbabwe team's tour to Sri Lanka next month.

Eggs for 35 rupees from today! Here are the next available locations!

Steps have been taken to release 10 million imported eggs to the market from today (18).

The State Miscellaneous Statutory Corporation stated that the relevant stock of eggs with the approval of the Department of Animal Production and Health is to be distributed to Lanka Sathosa Institute from today.

Accordingly, people will be able to buy eggs during the festive season through the Sathosa network of stores without any shortage.

In the meantime, another 15 million imported eggs are to be brought to Sri Lanka and steps will be taken to send those stocks for quality inspection as soon as possible.

After the relevant tests, the eggs are to be distributed from the Sathosa chain of stores as well as to some selected supermarkets.

Good news for small and medium businesses

 

Minister of State Shehan Semasinghe says that the institution for providing guarantees for small and medium enterprises will start in January under the Ministry of Finance.

 Issuing an announcement, the minister says that an amount of 50 million US dollars has been allocated for that purpose.

 The announcement further states that at a time when the crisis is emerging, the government considers the upliftment of small and medium enterprises, which contribute more than 50% of the country's economy, to be a priority.

 The minister also said that the government will take steps to use the over 30 billion rupees allocated for the upliftment of the relevant enterprises in the 2024 budget for loan schemes.

 In the meantime, the minister has also indicated in his announcement that 11 different relief schemes, including the provision of working capital, have been implemented for the relevant enterprises since the Covid epidemic.

The selectors choose three new captains for the Test, ODI and T20 teams

The new selection committee chaired by Upul Tharanga has decided to appoint new captains for the three Sri Lanka Test, ODI and T20 teams.

According to cricket sources, the selection committee has decided to give Test captaincy to Dhananjaya de Silva and its vice-captaincy to Kusal Mendis.

It is reported that Kusal Mendis will be appointed as the captain of the ODI team and Charit as the vice-captain.

The selection committee has focused on giving the captaincy of Twenty20 to Vanindu Hasaranga and the vice-captaincy of the 2020 team is going to be given to Charith Sasankata.

The selection committee chaired by Upul Tharanga is scheduled to meet again on Monday to make a final decision on the Sri Lanka squad and the team leadership for the Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe series starting in January.

Two powerful politicians are about to retire from politics

 According to political sources, the person who becomes the leader of the Ilangei Tamil Arusukachchi Party will be the next leader of the Tamil National Alliance.

Acting as the leader of the Tamil National Alliance.  It is stated that the Tamil Arushukachchi leader will be the leader of the alliance with Mr. Sampanthan's announcement that he will retire from party leadership and politics.

However, it is reported that a problematic situation has arisen with the submission of 03 applications to the Tamil Arusukachchi leadership.

M. for Tamil Arusu leadership.  A Sumanthiran and S.  Mr. Sreedharan and Mr. Yogeswaran, the former Member of Parliament of the Eastern Province, have also submitted their nominations.

However, the new leader will be elected at the party's central committee meeting in Vavuniya next January.

When Mr. Mawei Senadhiraja, who is the leader of the Ilangei Tamil Arusukachchi Party, decided to retire from politics, it was decided to appoint a person for the leadership of the party.

A new qualification to apply for government universities! It is mandatory to engage in social services before admission!

Minister of State for Higher Education Mr. Suren Raghavan says that students who are going to attend universities next year should engage in social service work for four months.

The minister stated this while attending the news conference held recently at the Presidential Media Center under the theme 'One path to a stable country'.

Mr. Suren Raghavan mentioned that it has been decided to enroll 41,000 students in the Sri Lankan universities for next year.

The minister further pointed out that the students should engage in social service activity for four months according to their chosen subject before coming to the university.

Suren Raghavan said that he will end violence in universities and take steps to create an environment where children can get proper education.

In addition to the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors are planned to be appointed in order to further strengthen the administrative process of the universities, the minister said.