Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Lanka Academy of Technological Studies (Private) Limited ("Lanka Academy", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, discloses and protects your personal data when you visit seamatelanka.co.uk or contact us. We are committed to handling your data responsibly and in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022 of Sri Lanka (the "PDPA") and other applicable laws.

1. Who we are (Data Controller)

Lanka Academy of Technological Studies (Private) Limited, Fishery Harbour, Modara, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, is the controller responsible for your personal data. You can reach us at academy@seamatelanka.co.uk or +94 11 265 7448 for any privacy-related matter.

2. The personal data we collect

We collect only the data we need to respond to you and provide our services:

• Enquiry details you submit through our contact form — your name, email address, telephone number (optional), the course you are interested in, and your message.
• Communications — any information you provide when you contact us by email or telephone.
• Technical data — limited information automatically processed when you visit the site, such as your IP address, browser type and pages viewed, primarily through our hosting provider's server logs and embedded third-party services.
• Spam protection — to stop spam, our enquiry form counts how many messages come from one connection, using a coded form of your network address that can't be reversed and expires within a day. Messages that look like spam may be marked for review. A person still reads every message.

We do not knowingly collect "special categories" of personal data through this website.

3. How and why we use your data

We use your personal data to:

• respond to your enquiries and provide information about our courses, testing services, admissions and crewing services;
• take steps at your request before entering into a course enrolment or service agreement;
• operate, maintain and improve the website and its security;
• comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

Our lawful bases for processing under the PDPA include your consent (which you give when you submit the enquiry form), the performance of steps prior to a contract at your request, our legitimate interests in running the academy, and compliance with legal obligations.

4. Sharing and disclosure

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only as necessary:

• Internally, with our admissions and administrative staff who handle your enquiry. Enquiry messages submitted through the website are delivered to our staff via a secure third-party messaging service (Telegram).
• Service providers who help us operate the site: IONOS, our web hosting and email provider; Google, for the maps on our contact and about pages and the fonts on every page; and jsDelivr, which delivers the moving ocean on our home page. They may process limited technical data, such as your IP address, under their own privacy policies.
• Authorities, where we are required to disclose information by law or by a competent regulator (such as the Director General of Merchant Shipping).

5. International transfers

Some of our service providers process data on servers outside Sri Lanka. Where personal data is transferred abroad, we take reasonable steps to ensure it continues to be protected to a standard consistent with the PDPA.

6. How long we keep your data

We retain enquiry and contact information only for as long as necessary to deal with your request and for a reasonable period afterwards, or for longer where required to meet legal, accounting or regulatory obligations. When no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymise it.

7. Your rights

Subject to the PDPA, you have the right to:

• request access to the personal data we hold about you;
• request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
• request erasure of your data where there is no lawful reason to keep it;
• withdraw your consent at any time (this does not affect processing already carried out);
• object to or request restriction of certain processing;
• lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority of Sri Lanka.

To exercise any of these rights, please email academy@seamatelanka.co.uk. We will respond within the time required by law.

8. Cookies and third-party services

Our website doesn't set cookies itself. The Google map on our contact and about pages may set Google's own cookies when it loads, and Google Fonts and jsDelivr receive technical data such as your IP address when they deliver fonts and code to your browser. You can control cookies through your browser settings; blocking them may stop the map from working.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures, including encrypted (HTTPS) connections, to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss or misuse. However, no transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Children

This website is intended for prospective seafarers and the general public. If you are under 18, please make any enquiry with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "last updated" date above shows when it was last revised. Please review it periodically.

12. Contact us

Lanka Academy of Technological Studies (Private) Limited
Fishery Harbour, Modara, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Email: academy@seamatelanka.co.uk
Telephone: +94 11 265 7448 · +94 38 428 1556 · +94 71 415 7001