This policy explains how Arugam Bay Taxi uses cookies and similar technologies on arugamtaxi.com. We use cookies sparingly. We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, or selling your data to third parties.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website saves to your browser when you visit. They are widely used to make websites work correctly, remember your preferences, and provide site owners with basic usage information. Cookies do not contain executable code and cannot access other data on your device.

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them manually.

2. Cookies We Use

Essential cookies — always active

These are strictly necessary for the website to function. They cannot be disabled.

PHPSESSID — maintains your session as you navigate the site (session cookie, deleted when you close the browser).
CSRF token — protects form submissions from cross-site request forgery attacks.

Analytics cookies — optional

If you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics to collect anonymised data about how visitors use our site (pages visited, session duration, approximate location by country). No personally identifiable information is collected.

_ga — distinguishes unique users (expires after 2 years).
_gid — distinguishes users across sessions (expires after 24 hours).

Preference cookies — optional

These remember choices you have made on the site, such as whether you have dismissed a cookie notice, so you are not asked again on every visit.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Some content on our website may cause third-party cookies to be set. We do not control these.

Google Analytics — sets _ga and _gid if analytics cookies are accepted. Governed by Google's Privacy Policy.
Google Maps — if a map is embedded on the page, Google may set cookies when you interact with it.
WhatsApp (Meta) — clicking our WhatsApp contact link may result in Meta cookies being set, subject to Meta's Privacy Policy.
Unsplash — images loaded from images.unsplash.com may result in Unsplash setting their own cookies, subject to Unsplash's Privacy Policy.

4. Managing Your Cookies

Browser settings

All modern browsers allow you to view, block, or delete cookies via browser settings. Blocking essential cookies will prevent parts of our site from working correctly.

Google Analytics opt-out

To block Google Analytics tracking across all websites, install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Do Not Track

We respect the Do Not Track (DNT) browser signal where technically feasible and will minimise optional tracking when DNT is enabled.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our use of cookies changes or in response to new legal requirements. The revision date at the top of this page always reflects the latest version.

Contact

Email: [email protected]
Phone / WhatsApp: +94 71 709 8891

See also: Privacy Policy · Terms & Conditions