🔒 Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to UmmahWatch. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: When you register for an account, we collect your email address, password, and optionally your name.
• Location Data: With your permission, we may collect your location data to provide accurate prayer times and Qibla direction.
• Usage Data: We may collect information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited and features used.
• Reading Progress: If you use our Quran reading features, we store your reading progress, bookmarks, and notes.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide and maintain our services
• Personalize your experience
• Save your reading progress and preferences
• Improve our website and services
• Send you important updates (if you opt-in)

4. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. Your passwords are hashed using secure encryption methods. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

5. Third-Party Services

We use third-party APIs (such as Al Quran Cloud, Aladhan API) to provide content and services. These services have their own privacy policies. We do not share your personal information with these third parties except as necessary to provide our services.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal information
• Update or correct your information
• Delete your account and data
• Opt-out of certain data collection

7. Cookies & Location Tracking

Cookies: We use cookies to remember your preferences (such as language, reading settings). We also use non-essential cookies for analytics and performance, which require your explicit consent in accordance with EU GDPR and ePrivacy Directive. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time.

Location Data: To provide accurate Prayer Times and Qibla direction, we may request your precise location (latitude/longitude) via your browser or infer your approximate location via IP address (using ip-api.com). This data is stored locally on your device via cookies for 30 days to improve performance and is processed by our server to fetch third-party API data (Aladhan). We store generalized location data (City/Country) to improve our service coverage. Your precise coordinates are not shared with third parties for advertising purposes.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the website.