Effective as of Mar 12, 2020

This Privacy Policy explains how Al-tawjeed, a quran sharing service and mobile app owned and operated by Al-tawjeed Inc., collects, uses, and manages your personal data. By using the Platform (defined below) and/or by registering for a user account, you consent to our Privacy Policy, so it’s important you read it carefully. If you do not agree to any term, provision, or concept in this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Al-tawjeed website, mobile website, mobile apps services or platform. Please use contact@al-tawjeed.com with any privacy-related questions.

Note: this Privacy Policy only applies to the Al-tawjeed website, Mobile apps, When using the Platform you may encounter links (not advertisements) for other services, platforms, apps, and/or websites that are not a part of the Services. Al-tawjeed assumes no responsibility for the privacy policies or activities of such third parties, and users should be sure to check the privacy policy of any third party site or platform they use.

1 - Introduction/Overview

Our Privacy Policy will provide you with a detailed explanation of how we collect and use your data on the Platform. Before we delve into the details, however, we’d like to provide you with a brief overview of our philosophy as it pertains to user privacy and to highlight some key basic ideas.
By using the Platform, you consent to the collection of certain types of data (outlined below). You should fully understand what we do (and don’t do) with your personal information and data.

We’d also like to offer a brief overview of what you’re consenting to by using the Platform. All of these points will be explained in more detail below.

By using the Platform, you consent to :
Our use of cookies and other related technologies;
The collection, processing, use, of your information;
The public availability of certain kinds of personal information you elect to share by registering for an account, and your controls for sharing such information.

2 - Information we collect about you

Visiting and using the Platform does not require you to provide any personal information, however, by electing to register for a user account you will provide us with certain information as you complete the registration process:

Opt-In/Registration Data:
To register for an Al-tawjeed account, you must provide us with a valid email address as well as your age and gender. If you use Social Login (e.g. Facebook) to sign up, we may receive some of this information from the social network. You may elect to provide us with certain other personal information, country, and links to your profiles on other social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc).
We also collect and display the date of your initial user registration on your user profile as a month and year - e.g. August ‘14.
You will also provide certain personal data if you use our Contact Us tools, on-site forms, or send us an email regarding support, your account, or other topics.
You may also provide other personal information through your use of the site and posting of audio material, in the recite description, comments, or title fields.

Data we collect on usage, analytics, and cookies:
By using the Platform, you consent to our use of different technologies and methods that collect information about how you use, access, and interact with the Platform, which may include any of the following:
Technical data such as your IP Address, cookie data, URLs visited, mobile device ID and information, device attributes, operating system, network connection, browser type, language, and mobile app version.
Details of any searches you make using the Al-tawjeed search tools, including the date and time searches were made.
Metrics concerning the duration, time, and frequency of your visits to and interactions with the Platform. Details of your subscription (if applicable), as well as information about your interactions with the Platform, specifically including but not limited to: plays, favorites, re-ups, playlist use, and interaction with other Al-tawjeed members and/or reciters.
Details of your interaction with any third-party apps, widgets, modals, which are linked to or made available on the Platform.
Information about the website you visited immediately prior to your interaction with the Platform. Details of any content (surah, recite information, descriptions) you upload to the Platform.
Details concerning your interaction with any Platform methods of communication specifically including but not limited to emails and push/in-app notifications, such as whether you opened and/or clicked on such messages.

3 - How we use your information

We may use your information for any of the following purposes:
To operate your Al-tawjeed account, and to identify you when you use the Platform. Your email address and password are used for this identification;
To identify you and your actions (uploads, favorites, re-up’s, comments, etc) on the Platform;
To provide technical functionality to the Platform; for research and development of new products, services, or functionality; and analyze your use of the Platform;
To provide you with technical support or assistance;
To communicate with you for support, and/or marketing purposes through email, text message, push, or in-app notifications;
To detect fraud or attempted manipulation of our charts, trending sections, or proprietary algorithms. Al-tawjeed expressly reserves the right to remove any and all content from the Platform that Al-tawjeed in its sole discretion reasonably believes is violating any copyright laws and/or is being used in any way, shape or form to manipulate any measurement system on the Platform (specifically including but not limited to any charts, trending sections, proprietary algorithms, play counts, favorites, re-up’s, download counts;
To provide you with features, information, links, messaging, or other content based on your behavior and time of use;
To ensure compliance with our Terms of Service (TOS), this Privacy Policy, or with any applicable state, local, federal, or international Copyright Law;
To provide you with a customized experience on the Platform.

4 - How we share your information

Information about you or your activity on the Platform may be shared in two ways: the first is information you share via your public profile on the Platform is publicly visible to other users of the Platform and thus is shared and the second is data and information Al-tawjeed collects on you (as described in section two above) that Al-tawjeed may in their sole discretion share with reputable third parties in hopes of enhancing the Platform, its analytics and services.

Information you share via your use of the Platform:
Any information you provide in your public profile (username, name, location, social media feeds) and/or use of the Platform (plays, favorites, following, re-ups, playlists) is public and may be seen by other users on the Platform or by Al-tawjeed administrators.

Information we share:

Al-tawjeed uses several reputable third party partners and services, to enhance the functionality, analytics, reliability, utility, and profitability of the Platform and to provide certain specialized services for our administrators and users. We may also store your email address, device id, and other tokens in services that enable us to send targeted messages to you via email, push notification, and on-platform messaging. Although Al-tawjeed is not responsible for the Privacy Policy or Data Security of said third party services, we emphasize data security and integrity as a top priority when selecting services to work with.
Al-tawjeed will disclose your personal information in any case where it is necessary to do so to comply with a criminal complaint, subpoena, court order, or legitimate law enforcement inquiry.
Al-tawjeed may disclose your personal information if we feel it is necessary to do so to protect our intellectual property, rights, or the safety or reliability of our platform, users, employees, or stakeholders.
Al-tawjeed may transfer your information to any person or party that acquires all or a substantial portion of our company or assets, or in the case of a merger, acquisition, or if the company becomes insolvent.

5 - How we use cookies and technology

Al-tawjeed uses cookies and related technology to enhance the Platform, provide you with a consistent experience, record login and registration information.
A cookie is a small file placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website which helps our site and our 3rd party advertising and data partners recognize your device the next time you visit the site. Cookies are essential for many simple functions such as recognizing a repeat visitor as logged in, and providing access to your account, favorites, playlists, and profile. Al-tawjeed utilizes two common types of cookies - session based cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay active until deleted or deactivate after a set period of time). Other technologies include pixel tags (transparent images which help us determine if a page or email has been viewed by a user), web beacons (also known as web bugs, which serve a similar function to pixel tags), and web storage. Additionally, mobile users may be tracked using Device ID and/or hashed data to identify repeat mobile usage. These combined technologies are used both by Al-tawjeed to ensure essential Platform functionality; target, serve, measure, targeting, optimization, and performance; measure Platform analytics and usage; and to measure user and audience behavior, trends.

6 - Accessing and updating your information

You may update your personal information at any time by visiting your Dashboard page in your user profile.
Your data will be deleted if you delete your account which can be done by accessing your account on our desktop site and clicking the “Delete account” button. However, please put in mind that it may still show up on internet search engines for some time after deletion due to caching.
Please note, logging out of or deleting the mobile app from your device does not delete your user account.
FOR European and California Users: In the event you withdraw your consent for Al-tawjeed to collect data from you, you shall have the right to obtain from Al-tawjeed the erasure of personal data concerning yourself without undue delay and Al-tawjeed shall have the obligation to erase your personal data without undue delay.
In the event you elect to withdraw your consent for Al-tawjeed to collect data from you, you can contact us by sending an email contact@al-tajweed.com from the email address associated with your account OR by logging into your account and submitting a support ticket requesting that Al-tawjeed erase any and all personal data concerning yourself. Once received, Al-tawjeed shall process your request in the order it was received and shall erase your data without undue delay. You may use these same methods to request that Al-tawjeed send to you all the data we have stored that is related to your account.

7 - Transfer to other countries/territories

Al-tawjeed Inc. servers are based in the United States and follows all applicable U.S. laws concerning data storage and privacy. there may in some circumstances be cases where data is transmitted to servers outside of the U.S. as part of the normal operation of the Platform. Please be aware that not all countries have the same data storage and privacy laws as the United States, and by using the Al-tawjeed Platform you consent to the storage, transfer, collection, of your data to other territories as necessary.

8 - Links

The Platform contains links to third-party content, and sites that are not owned by Al-tawjeed Inc. We cannot be held accountable for the content or privacy policy of third- party sites. Be sure to read their privacy policies to determine if you are comfortable with how they handle your information.

9 - Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

10 - Changes to our Privacy Policy

We may, at our sole discretion, change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. In the event that we do change this Privacy Policy, we will post notification of updates both within the Policy itself and via notifications throughout the Platform and specifically on the Al-tawjeed website and mobile app. Please be sure to read all updates to the Privacy Policy thoroughly before continuing to use the Al-tawjeed platform. Your continued use of the Platform constitutes acceptance of any new or changed terms in this Privacy Policy.

Please contact "contact@al-tajweed.com" with any questions or concerns about the Privacy Policy.