Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Health Education by Sineth Hospitals (healtheducation.sinethhospitals.com) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use this educational website.

This policy applies only to the English Health Education subdomain. The main hospital website and other Sineth Hospitals subdomains may have separate privacy policies.

By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

We may collect the following types of information:

• Usage data: pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked, browser type, device type, approximate location, referral source, and general website interaction data.
• Cookies and similar technologies: small files or identifiers used for analytics, advertising, performance, and website functionality.
• Search queries: terms entered into the website search feature. If search is processed locally in the browser, search terms may not be sent to our server unless a server-side search feature is later added.
• Voluntary contact information: if you contact us by email or through linked Sineth Hospitals services, the information you provide may be handled by the relevant Sineth Hospitals service or website.

• To understand how visitors use the website
• To improve articles, tools, layout, and usability
• To monitor technical performance and fix errors
• To support website security
• To display, measure, and manage advertisements
• To understand which topics are useful to readers
• To comply with legal or technical obligations

We do not sell personal medical information.

This website may use cookies and similar technologies for website functionality, analytics, advertising, and performance measurement.

Cookies may help remember preferences, measure traffic, understand page usage, and support ad delivery.

Users can manage or disable cookies through browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website functions or advertising behaviour.

We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics tools to understand website traffic and visitor behaviour.

Analytics tools may collect information such as pages visited, device/browser information, approximate location, referral source, and interaction data.

Google Analytics uses cookies such as _ga to distinguish users and measure website usage. Google requires websites using Analytics to disclose analytics use and related cookies in their privacy policy.

You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services by visiting Google's privacy resources.

This health education website may display advertisements through third-party advertising networks.

Advertising partners may use cookies, scripts, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to deliver ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and understand user interactions.

These third-party partners may collect certain technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and ad interactions.

Advertisements shown on this website are not medical advice and do not mean endorsement by Sineth Hospitals or Dr. Seneth Gajasinghe.

Some advertising partners may use information to show personalised or interest-based advertisements, depending on user settings, browser settings, regional requirements, and ad network policies.

Users may be able to control personalised ads through browser settings, device settings, or the privacy controls provided by advertising platforms.

This website may link to external websites, including Sineth Hospitals, medical resources, references, tools, or advertisers.

External websites have their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, security, or data handling of external websites.

This website provides general health education. It is not intended to collect personal medical records.

However, users may search for health topics or read articles related to symptoms, diseases, investigations, and treatments. Search terms and browsing activity may reveal health interests.

Users should avoid entering sensitive personal medical details into general search boxes or comment/contact areas unless they are using an appropriate healthcare service channel.

We may share limited website data with service providers that support analytics, advertising, hosting, security, search, website performance, or technical maintenance.

We do not sell personal medical records.

We may disclose information when required by law, regulation, legal process, or to protect the security and integrity of the website.

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect website-related data from unauthorised access, misuse, disclosure, or loss.

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

This website is intended for general health education and may be accessed by families, students, and the public.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website. If a parent or guardian believes a child has provided personal information, they may contact us to request review or removal where appropriate.

You may:

• disable or manage cookies through your browser
• use browser privacy tools or ad-blocking settings
• avoid submitting personal details through general website features
• contact us regarding privacy concerns
• review privacy settings provided by third-party platforms

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with the revised date.

For questions about this Privacy Policy or this health education website, contact: