This Privacy Policy describes how Salah Companion ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information in connection with your use of our mobile application, Salah Companion (the "App"). Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to being transparent about the data we collect and why.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
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Location Data: To calculate accurate prayer times and determine the Qibla direction, we collect your device's precise location (`ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`) and approximate location (`ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`). While this information is used by the app for its core features, it is also shared with our third-party advertising partner (Google AdMob) to provide location-based ads.
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Automatically Collected Information: When you use the App, we and our third-party service providers automatically collect certain information. This includes:
- Device or other IDs: Our advertising partner, Google AdMob, collects your device's unique advertising identifier to serve personalized advertisements.
- App info and performance: We collect crash logs and diagnostics data (e.g., device model, OS version) to diagnose and fix bugs, and to monitor and improve the App's stability and performance.
- App interactions: We collect anonymized data about how you interact with the App's features to improve user experience. Our advertising partner also collects data on how you interact with ads.
- Inferred Religious Beliefs: The context of this app (an Islamic utility) may be used by our advertising partner to infer your interests and serve more relevant ads.
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User-Generated Content (Local): The App allows you to create bookmarks. This information is generated by you and is stored only locally on your device. It is never collected by us or shared with any third party.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide App Functionality: To provide you with accurate, location-based prayer times and Qibla direction.
- For Advertising or Marketing: To display ads within the App, which helps fund development and keep the app free. This includes using your Advertising ID and Location Data to serve personalized ads.
- For Analytics: To understand how our app is used, diagnose and fix bugs or crashes, and make future performance improvements.
- For Personalization: To customize your experience, such as showing prayer times based on your location or showing more relevant advertisements.
3. Permissions
The App requests the following permissions to function correctly:
- Location (`ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION` and `ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`): Required to automatically determine your geographical position for accurate prayer times and Qibla direction.
- Notifications (`POST_NOTIFICATIONS`): Necessary to show you timely alerts for daily prayer times and other important Islamic events.
- Set Exact Alarms (`SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`): Used to ensure that prayer time notifications are delivered precisely on time, even when your device is in a low-power mode.
- Run at Startup (`RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`): Allows the App to automatically reschedule your prayer alarms after your device is restarted.
- Internet (`INTERNET`): Required to fetch prayer time calculation data, download on-demand audio files, and display advertisements.
- Vibrate (`VIBRATE`): Used to provide vibrating alerts for notifications.
- Wake Lock (`WAKE_LOCK`) & Foreground Service (`FOREGROUND_SERVICE`): Used to ensure that prayer time alarms and notifications can be reliably delivered even when the app is in the background or the screen is off.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell or rent your personal data. We may share automatically collected information with the following third-party service providers for the purposes of advertising and analytics:
- Google AdMob: We partner with Google AdMob to serve ads. Google may use the information it collects (such as your Advertising ID and Location) to personalize the ads you see. You can learn more about how Google collects and uses data by visiting their policy page: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
- Google Play Services: We use services provided by Google Play to analyze crash logs and app performance data to improve the app's stability.
5. Data Deletion
Our app does not require account creation, and all user data (such as bookmarks and reading progress) is stored locally on your device. You can delete this data at any time by clearing the app's data in your device's system settings or by uninstalling the app.
6. Children's Privacy
The App is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy within the App or on our website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.