Cookie Policy

Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT Campus / LeapGen)•Last updated July 20, 2020

This Cookie Policy explains how Informatics Institute of Technology (“Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at https://www.iit.ac.lk (“Websites”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

Please read this Cookie Policy carefully to understand our use of cookies and your choices regarding how your data is processed.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

First Party Cookies

Cookies set directly by the website owner (in this case, Informatics Institute of Technology) are called first party cookies.

Third Party Cookies

Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called third party cookies. These enable third party features (e.g. advertising, analytics, and interactive media) on or through the website.

The parties that set third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

2. Why do we use cookies?

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in detail below.

3. How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.

The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

Opting Out of Targeted Advertising

In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:

Digital Advertising Alliance (AboutAds)•Your Online Choices (EDAA)

4. Types of cookies served through our Websites

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and their purposes are outlined below:

Essential website cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

__tlbcpvExpires: 1 year (HTTP Cookie)

Provider: .termly.io

Country: United States

Purpose: Used to record unique visitor views of the consent banner.

__cfduidExpires: 30 days - 1 year (Server Cookie)

Provider: Cloudflare (usemessages.com, hs-banner.com, hubspot.com, hs-scripts.com)

Service: Cloudflare Security

Purpose: Used by Cloudflare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis.

Analytics and customization cookies

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites for you.

_ga, _gid, _gat#, #collectGoogle Analytics

Provider: .iit.ac.lk / Google

Duration: 1 minute to 2 years

Purpose: Records unique IDs to generate statistical data on website usage, visitor behavior, request throttling, and traffic patterns across sessions and devices.

__ptq.gifPixel Tracker (Session)

Provider: www.iit.ac.lk

Country: United States

Purpose: Diagnostic pixel tracking for visitor interaction diagnostics within the browsing session.

Advertising & third-party cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you, prevent repeat ads, measure campaign efficacy, and power interactive features.

__hstc, hubspotutk, __hssc, __hssrc, messagesUtkHubSpot Analytics & Chat

Provider: .iit.ac.lk

Duration: Session to 1 year 24 days

Purpose: Tracks visitor sessions, page views, and interactive messaging identity across visits.

_at.cww, vc, uid, umAddThis Social & Sharing

Provider: .addthis.com / www.iit.ac.lk

Duration: Persistent / 1 year 24 days

Purpose: Powers social sharing buttons, visitor preferences, and content sharing analytics.

5. What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Websites or opened an email including them.

This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

6. Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?

Websites may also use so-called “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.

If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions.

Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.

7. Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements.

This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

8. How often will you update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

9. Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at info@iit.ac.lk or by post to:

Informatics Institute of Technology

57 Ramakrishna Rd, Colombo 00600, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Phone: (+94)112 360 212 • Fax: (+94)112 360 212