Privacy policy
Your privacy, taken seriously.
Match Lanka exists to help you meet someone at one of life's most personal moments. We treat the information you share with the care that deserves. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have.
Last updated 5 July 2026
Information we collect
To match you thoughtfully, we collect:
- Your mobile number — collected at sign-in and verified by a one-time SMS code — used to secure your account and to send you notifications. It is never shown to other members.
- Profile information you provide — such as age, gender, location, religion, ethnicity, education, profession, lifestyle, interests, an optional profile photo, and what you're looking for in a partner.
- Activity within the app — the interests you send, matches you make, and messages you exchange with other members.
- Basic technical data needed to keep the service running and secure, such as session information.
How we use your information
- To build your profile and show you to compatible members based on mutual preferences.
- To power discovery, interests, matches and messaging between members.
- To keep the community safe — preventing abuse and enforcing our terms.
- To generate a compatibility insight when you view another member — a short, private read of how your two profiles line up, shown only to you.
- To improve the app and the quality of the matches we suggest.
How we share information
We do not sell your personal information. Once approved, your profile is part of the community that anyone can browse, and may appear among the newest members shown on our home page — so people can see who's here before they join — but only signed-in members can send you interest or message you, your mobile number is never shown, and profiles are never indexed by search engines. You stay in control: blur your photo so it's only clear to members you connect with, or hide your profile entirely from Settings. We only share data with service providers who help us operate the app (for example, secure hosting, our SMS provider for sending verification codes and notifications, and the AI provider that generates the compatibility insights described below), and only as needed to provide the service.
AI-generated insights
When you open another member's profile, we show a short “AI insight” — a compatibility read written for you about how the two of you click. To create it, the relevant details from both profiles (including the bios you each wrote) are sent to our AI provider, which returns the insight. The result is shown only to you — it is not saved to your profile and never shared with the other member.
Your choices and rights
- Edit or update your profile at any time from within the app.
- Unmatch or block other members to control who can see and contact you.
- Hide your profile from Settings so you no longer appear in anyone's Discover, while keeping your account and existing chats.
- Blur your profile photo from Settings so anyone else only sees a blurred version until you choose to share it — you always see it clearly.
- Permanently delete your profile — along with your matches and messages — at any time from Settings → Delete profile.
Data security
Sign-in is handled by verifying your mobile number with a one-time SMS code, and your session is protected with an httpOnly cookie — our keys never reach your browser. We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information, though no online service can promise absolute security.
Contact us
If you have questions about this policy or how your data is handled, please get in touch and we'll be glad to help. We may update this policy from time to time; when we do, we'll revise the date above.