Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Welcome to Deeniq's Privacy Policy. At Deeniq, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with Islamic principles of trust (amanah), integrity, and respect for privacy. This Privacy Policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website or use our app and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We understand the sensitive nature of religious practice data and are committed to handling your information with the utmost care and respect. Our practices are guided by both modern data protection standards and Islamic ethical principles.

2. Islamic Principles Guiding Our Policy

Our approach to privacy is guided by the following Islamic principles:

• Amanah (Trust): We consider your data as an amanah (trust) that has been placed with us, and we are committed to protecting it.
• Hifz al-Asrar (Preservation of Secrets): We respect the Islamic principle of preserving private matters and will not disclose your personal information unnecessarily.
• Adl (Justice): We are committed to fair and transparent practices in how we collect, use, and share your data.
• Ihsan (Excellence): We strive for excellence in our privacy practices, going beyond the minimum requirements to ensure your data is protected.

3. Data We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data: Includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
• Contact Data: Includes email address and telephone numbers.
• Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our app.
• Profile Data: Includes your username and password, your preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
• Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our app and services.
• Location Data: Includes your current location disclosed by GPS technology (with your permission) to provide accurate prayer times, qibla direction, and nearby mosques.

3.1 Religious Practice Data

As an Islamic education and practice app, we may also collect the following types of data related to your religious practices:

• Prayer Tracking: Information about your prayer habits, including prayer times, completion status, and streak information.
• Quran Reading: Your Quran reading progress, bookmarks, notes, and favorite verses.
• Duas and Dhikr: Records of duas (supplications) and dhikr (remembrance) you have saved or frequently use.
• Learning Progress: Your progress in Islamic educational content, quiz results, and learning achievements.
• AI Interactions: Questions and conversations you have with Noor, our AI Islamic guide.

We understand the sensitive nature of this data and treat it with the highest level of confidentiality and respect.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your data for the following purposes:

• Providing Core Services: To deliver our primary services including accurate prayer times, qibla direction, Quran reading interface, and Islamic educational content.
• Personalization: To personalize your experience by remembering your preferences, such as your preferred Quran reciter, translation, or prayer notification settings.
• Progress Tracking: To help you track your progress in Quran reading, prayer consistency, and Islamic learning.
• Notifications: To send you prayer time notifications, Quran reading reminders, and other spiritual reminders that you have opted to receive.
• AI Guidance: To provide personalized Islamic guidance through our AI assistant, Noor, based on your questions and interactions.
• Community Features: To enable community features if you choose to participate, such as sharing achievements or joining group challenges.
• Improvement: To analyze usage patterns and improve our app's features, content, and user experience.
• Support: To provide customer support and respond to your inquiries.
• Security: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats.

4.1 Religious Data Usage

Your religious practice data is used specifically to:

• Help you maintain consistency in your Islamic practices through personalized reminders and progress tracking.
• Provide you with relevant content based on your interests and learning progress.
• Offer personalized spiritual insights and recommendations to enhance your Islamic journey.
• Improve our understanding of user needs to better serve the Muslim community.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where you have given us explicit consent to process your data for specific purposes, such as sending you marketing communications or collecting sensitive religious practice data.
• Contract Performance: Processing necessary for the performance of our contract with you to provide the Deeniq services.
• Legitimate Interests: Processing necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services, provided these interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
• Legal Obligation: Processing necessary to comply with legal obligations.

6. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We may share your personal information with:

• Service Providers: Trusted third-party vendors who help us operate our services, such as cloud storage providers, analytics services, and payment processors. These providers are bound by contractual obligations to keep your data secure and confidential.
• Islamic Scholars and Content Providers: When necessary to fulfill specific services, such as providing authentic Islamic content or verifying religious information. Any such sharing is done with strict confidentiality agreements.
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, such as in response to a valid legal request from law enforcement or regulatory authorities.
• With Your Consent: When you have explicitly consented to the sharing of your data for specific purposes.

6.1 Religious Data Protection

We take extra precautions with your religious practice data:

• Your religious practice data is never sold or shared with advertisers.
• Access to religious practice data within our organization is strictly limited to employees who need it to provide services to you.
• When shared with content providers or scholars, your data is anonymized unless you've explicitly consented otherwise.
• We implement additional security measures for religious data, recognizing its sensitive nature.

7. International Data Transfers

As a global service used by Muslims worldwide, we may transfer your data to countries outside your country of residence. When we do so, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data, including:

• Using standard contractual clauses approved by relevant data protection authorities.
• Ensuring receiving countries have adequate data protection laws.
• Implementing additional technical measures to protect data in transit and at rest.

8. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. These measures include:

• Encryption: All sensitive data is encrypted both in transit and at rest.
• Access Controls: Strict access controls limiting who can access your data within our organization.
• Regular Security Audits: Conducting regular security assessments and penetration testing.
• Employee Training: Regular training for our team on data protection and security best practices.
• Incident Response Plan: A comprehensive plan to respond quickly to any potential data breaches.

We have procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

9. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

For religious practice data, we retain this information for as long as you maintain an active account with us, as this historical data is valuable for your spiritual journey and progress tracking. You can request deletion of this data at any time through your account settings or by contacting us.

When determining the appropriate retention period, we consider:

• The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the data
• The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure
• The purposes for which we process the data
• Whether we can achieve those purposes through other means
• Legal and regulatory requirements

10. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
• Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Erasure: The right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Restriction: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• Objection: The right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Withdraw Consent: The right to withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal data.

You can exercise these rights by contacting us at privacy@deeniq.com or through your account settings. We will respond to all legitimate requests within one month.

11. Children's Privacy

We recognize that many Muslim families use our app for children's Islamic education. Our services are not directed at children under 13 without parental involvement. If you are under 13, please use our services with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

For users under 18, we collect only the minimum data necessary to provide our services. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. If we discover that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will delete that data promptly.

We offer specific features designed for family use, allowing parents to:

• Create supervised child accounts
• Monitor and manage their children's use of the app
• Control what features and content are accessible
• Review and delete their children's data

12. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our app and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of our app, such as enabling login functionality and remembering your privacy preferences.
• Analytical Cookies: Help us understand how you use our app, allowing us to improve functionality and user experience.
• Functional Cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our app, enabling us to personalize content and remember your preferences.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our app.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. For significant changes, we will provide a more prominent notice, such as an email notification.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us at:

• Email: privacy@deeniq.com
• Postal Address: Deeniq Inc., 123 Faith Street, Suite 456, Spiritual City, SC 78901
• Data Protection Officer: dpo@deeniq.com

If you are located in the European Union, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.