1.1 Information collected for core app features

As before, we collect the following to power core features. This information is used only to improve your experience and is not saved on any server unless stated otherwise below.

• Location — to determine your Qibla direction, prayer timings, and Islamic date.
• Notification data — one daily "Ayat of the Day" notification, prayer-time reminders and last seen reminders, if you enable them.
• Device information — to diagnose and fix app crashes.
• Device identifiers — required to deliver push notifications.

You can change or revoke any of these permissions at any time from your device settings.

1.2 Profile feature

When you sign in with Single Sign-On (SSO), we create a Profile and collect the data below. Unlike the data in section 1.1, this information is used to display your Profile section and for the analytics purposes described in Section 1.4. If you don't sign in, this data is not collected, and you can continue using the app's other features without a Profile.

1.3 Profile view notifications

If your profile is public to the Islam360 community, you will receive a notification when another user views your profile. Similarly, if you view another user's public profile, that user may be notified that you viewed it.

1.4 App analytics

We use Firebase (Google) to understand aggregate usage statistics such as number of users by region and device model, and to monitor app crashes. With the Profile feature, aggregated and pseudonymized profile attributes (e.g., age range, general location) may also feed into these analytics to help us understand usage patterns. We do not use your name, email, or phone number for analytics reporting.

• To create and display your Profile within the app.
• To personalize prayer times, content, and recommendations based on your location and demographic details.
• To power the "Nearby User" feature (see Section 2.1).
• To secure your account (e.g., verifying your phone number or email) and to help you recover access if needed.
• To generate aggregate, de-identified analytics about how the app is used.
• To comply with legal obligations, such as responding to lawful requests from authorities.

Non-profile preferences (e.g., notification settings) continue to be stored locally on your device, as before.

2.1 Nearby User feature

This feature shows you an approximate indication of other users near your location, and shows other opted-in users an approximate indication of you. To protect your privacy:

• Your exact latitude/longitude is never shown to other users — only an approximate distance or general area is displayed.
• This feature is opt-in; it is disabled by default and can be turned off at any time in Profile settings.
• Your name and other profile details are only shown to nearby users if you have enabled this feature.

If you disable the Nearby User feature or delete your profile, your location will no longer be shared with, or visible to, other users.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, we process your personal data under the following legal bases in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Contractual necessity — to create your Profile and provide account-related services when you sign in with SSO.
• Consent — for enabling the optional Nearby User feature, which shares your approximate location with other users. You may withdraw this consent at any time.
• Legitimate interests — for app analytics, crash diagnostics, and improving our services, balanced against your rights and freedoms.
• Legal obligation — where we are required to retain or disclose information to comply with the law.

3.1 Your GDPR rights

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erase your data ("right to be forgotten") — see Section 5.
• Restrict or object to certain processing, including profiling used for analytics.
• Data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 7.

3.2 International data transfers

Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA/UK (for example, to servers or service providers such as Firebase/Google located in other countries), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms recognized under GDPR.

We do not sell your personal data. We do not share your Profile data (name, email, phone number, gender, date of birth, or precise location) with social media platforms or third-party advertisers.

• Service providers — such as our cloud hosting provider and Firebase/Google (for analytics and crash reporting), who process data on our behalf under confidentiality obligations.
• Other app users — only limited, non-precise information (e.g., approximate distance) is shared with nearby users if you opt in to that feature.
• Legal authorities — where required by law, regulation, or valid legal process.

Aggregate, de-identified statistics (such as install or usage counts) may be used for marketing purposes; these do not identify you individually.

Profile data is retained for as long as your account is active, or as needed to provide the Profile and Nearby User features. On-device preferences continue to be stored only locally, as described in Section 1.1.

You can request deletion of your data at any time by emailing us at [email protected], or by following the instructions on our Data Deletion Guide page. We will delete your data within 15 days of a verified request. Once deleted, your profile and associated data cannot be recovered.

We use industry-standard technical and organizational measures (such as encryption in transit and access controls) to protect your Profile data. However, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or want to request deletion of your data, please contact us at [email protected].

We may update this Privacy Policy when we introduce new features, content, or permissions. We encourage users to review this page periodically. Material changes affecting how Profile data is used will be communicated within the app where feasible.

• Quranic translations are composed manually and may contain human error; reported errors are corrected as soon as possible.
• Prayer (Namaz) timings are specific to your location and may differ from your local Masjid; please consult your local Masjid if unsure.

1. Sahih al-Bukhari – Translated by Maulana Dawood Raz.
2. Sahih Muslim – Translation and concise commentary by Professor Muhammad Yahya Sultan Mahmood Jalalpuri. Published by Darussalam Publications.
3. Sunan al-Nasa'i – Translation and commentary by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin. Research and Takhrij by Hafiz Abu Tahir Zubair Ali Zai. Published by Darussalam Publications.
4. Sunan Ibn Majah – Translation and commentary by Maulana Ataullah Sajid. Research and Takhrij by Hafiz Abu Tahir Zubair Ali Zai. Published by Darussalam Publications.
5. Sunan Abi Dawood – Translation and commentary by Abu Ammar Umar Farooq Saeedi. Research and Takhrij by Hafiz Abu Tahir Zubair Ali Zai. Published by Darussalam Publications.
6. Jami' al-Tirmidhi – Translated by Darul Da'wah, New Delhi.
7. Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah – Translated by Fazlee Sons, Karachi.
8. Musnad Ahmad – Translated by Maulana Muhammad Zafar Iqbal. Published by Maktaba Rahmaniyah Publications, Lahore.
9. Mishkat al-Masabih – Translated by Abu Anas Muhammad Sarwar Gohar. Research by Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai. Published by Maktaba Islamia.
10. Al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn (Al-Hakim) – Translated by Al-Shaykh Al-Hafiz Abi al-Fadl Muhammad Shafiq al-Rahman al-Qadri al-Rizvi. Published by Shabbir Brothers.
11. Sunan al-Darimi – Translated by Bint Shaykh al-Hadith Hafiz Abdul Sattar Hammad. Takhrij and commentary by Abu al-Hasan Abdul Manaan Rasikh. Published by Ansar al-Sunnah Publications, Lahore.
12. Muwatta Imam Malik – Translation, Takhrij, and commentary by Hafiz Abu Samiah Mahmood Tabassum. Published by Ansar al-Sunnah Publications, Lahore.
13. Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah – Translated by Muhammad Ajmal Bhatti. Research by Shaykh Nasir al-Din al-Albani. Takhrij by Naseer Ahmad Kashif. Published by Ansar al-Sunnah Publications, Lahore.
14. Majma' al-Zawa'id – Translation and Takhrij by Abu al-A'la Muhammad Muhi al-Din Jahangir. Published by Akbar Book Sellers, Urdu Bazar, Lahore.
15. Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah – Translated by Maulana Muhammad Owais Sarwar. Published by Maktaba Rahmaniyah.
16. Sahih Ibn Hibban – Translated by Abu al-A'la Muhammad Muhi al-Din Jahangir. Published by Shabbir Brothers, Urdu Bazar, Lahore.
17. Al-Sunan al-Kubra (Al-Bayhaqi) – Translated by Hafiz Sanaullah. Published by Maktaba Rahmaniyah, Urdu Bazar, Lahore.