What We Collect
We may collect the following information:
- Name
- Contact information including email address
- For the exhaustive list of cookies, we collect see the List of Cookies We Collect section.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information, which we think you may find interesting using the email address you have provided.
- We may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes, such as by email, phone, fax, or mail. We may also use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How We Use Cookies
A cookie is a small file, which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information, which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your Personal Information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
- If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email protected]
- We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to Brown & Company PLC, No. 34, Sir Mohamed Macan Markar Mawatha, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka.
If you believe that any information, we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
List of Cookies We Collect
The table below lists the cookies we collect and the information they store.
| COOKIE name |
Essential/non-essential |
First or Third Party |
Purpose |
| anon |
Essential |
Third-Party |
Track anonymous visitor ID |
| _ga |
Non-essential |
First Party |
Used to distinguish users on Google Analytics. |
| _gid |
Non - essential |
First Party |
Used to identify the users in GA4 and expires in 24 hours |
How Can you Manage or Control Cookies?
Customised cookie preferences
When you first visit our site, you will see a cookie consent banner that asks for permission to set cookies. If you do not accept, non-essential cookies will not be set. However, your previous preferences may sometimes be saved. If you wish to update them, you can manually adjust the settings in your browser.
Browser settings
You can manage cookies directly through your browser. Options typically include the ability to disable all cookies or block cookies from specific websites. Most browsers also allow you to delete cookies, either for individual websites or all at once. For more information, refer to your browser’s help documentation.
Cookie management tools
Some websites provide dedicated cookie management tools or dashboards, which allow you to adjust your preferences in real-time. These tools allow you to enable or disable specific types of cookies even after they have been set.
Browser extensions
Some browser extensions can block cookies giving you more control over third-party cookies and limiting tracking across websites.
This cookie policy was last updated on January 17, 2025.
