Privacy policy
Last updated 3 November 2026
Malsara (malsara.online and the Malsara apps) is a place to find a partner, with your family part of it and Sri Lankan values at its heart. Malsara is run by Kevin Peiris in Victoria, Australia. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have.
What we collect
Your profile: name, date of birth, gender, height, marital status, photos, city and country, and the details you choose to add (such as profession, education, religion, languages, family values, interests and partner preferences). Age, country, marital status, children, height and pets are always shown, because matching depends on them. Other details, such as your full name, city, religion and profession, can be hidden until you match, shown only to matches you choose, or kept to yourself.
Locked details and change requests: your name, date of birth, birth place, birth time, height and gender are locked once your profile is created. If you ask for a change, we collect the new value, your reason and the document you upload as proof.
ID verification (optional): if you choose to verify, a photo of your government ID (NIC, passport or driving licence) and a selfie.
Location: if you allow it, a location rounded to about 5 km, used to show people within your chosen distance. Other members only ever see a rounded distance. Travel mode stores the city and dates you enter.
Contacts (optional): if you choose to hide from people you know, phone numbers are turned into one-way codes on your device. Only the codes are sent; we never receive or store your contact list.
Activity: likes and passes, matches, messages and calls, Garden posts, reactions and replies, events and ads you post, reports, and basic usage that keeps Malsara working well.
Linked apps (optional): if you connect Instagram or Facebook, the posts you choose to show and their counts.
Payments: if you subscribe (Rs 1,999 a month) or pay to show an event or ad to everyone, payments are handled by PayHere on the website and by Google Play in the Android app. We don't see or store your card details.
How we use it
To run Malsara: to show you people who fit what you're here for and are within your distance, to suggest partner matches (including automatic matches at 90% compatibility, which stay private until you both choose to share), to deliver messages, calls and updates, to check change requests and ID verification, to keep members safe (including reviewing reports), to take payments, and to improve the service.
Malsara has no ads from ad networks. Events and ads in Malsara are posted by members and businesses; a paid one is shown to everyone. We don't give advertisers your personal information.
Who can see it
Other members see only what your privacy settings allow. Malsara has no search, so nobody can look you up by name. We don't sell your personal information. We use trusted service providers to run Malsara: Google Firebase (hosting, database, sign-in and storage), Google's Gemini AI (to answer questions in Ask Malsara and to read horoscope photos you choose to upload), and PayHere and Google Play (payments). They only process data to provide their service to us. We may share information if the law requires it or to protect members' safety.
ID photos and documents
Your ID photo, selfie and change-request documents are seen only by the two Malsara admins. They are never shown on your profile or to other members, and they are deleted as soon as the check is done. We keep only the result (for example, that your profile is verified).
Confidentiality
Everything on Malsara is confidential. Our terms prohibit sharing anything from Malsara outside it. While Malsara is in testing, screenshots are allowed so members can show us problems; they must still be kept private. Every photo carries a malsara.online watermark, which shows no details about you or the viewer.
Where it's stored and for how long
Your data is stored with Google Firebase in Australia and the United States. We keep it while your account is open. When you close your account, your profile, photos, Garden posts and messages are deleted within 30 days, except where we must keep something by law or to deal with a safety report.
Your choices
You can change your profile (within the locked-details rules above) and your privacy settings at any time in Me → ⚙️ Settings, turn location off, use a city instead, and delete your account. You can ask us for a copy of your data or to correct it by emailing hello@malsara.online.
Age
Malsara is only for people aged 18 or older.
Changes
If we change this policy we'll update this page and tell members in the app when the change is important.
Contact
Kevin Peiris, Malsara, Victoria, Australia · hello@malsara.online