Privacy Policy

Effective 18 July 2026 · applies to the AlMasjidi mobile app and almasjidi.com

1. Who we are

AlMasjidi ("we") operates the AlMasjidi mobile application and the website almasjidi.com. Contact: [email protected].

2. What we collect — regular users (no account)

• Location — used on your device to find nearby mosques, calculate fallback prayer times, and point the qibla compass. Your coordinates are sent to our server only as a search query when you look for nearby mosques, and are not stored. If you add a missing mosque, the coordinates you submit become that mosque's public location.
• Followed mosques & settings — stored on your device. If you enable push notifications, we store a device token together with the mosques you follow so the mosque can reach you with timing changes and announcements.
• Camera — used only when you open the QR scanner (and, for mosque admins, timetable photo capture). Images are processed on the device and are not uploaded, except a mosque cover photo an admin chooses to publish.

3. What we collect — mosque admins (optional account)

• Sign-in via Google or Apple — we receive your name, email address, and the provider's account identifier. We never see your password. This is required only to claim and manage a mosque.
• Content you publish — prayer timings, announcements, and mosque details you enter are public information shown to everyone.
• Photos and videos — images and short clips a mosque admin uploads to a gallery are public. We resize and re-encode every upload on our servers and strip its embedded metadata, which removes the GPS coordinates a phone records in a photo.

4. Mosque committee messages (private, invitation only)

A mosque's Imam or admin can create a private group for mosque business — utility bills, maintenance, committee decisions — and invite specific people to it. This feature is hidden unless you have been invited.

• Messages and attachments — stored on our servers so the group has a shared history. Attachments are kept in private storage and served only to members of that group; they are never publicly reachable by URL.
• Who can see them — only members of that mosque's group, and our administrators where required to investigate a report or comply with the law.
• Not end-to-end encrypted — messages are encrypted in transit, but we can technically access them. Please do not send anything you would not share with the mosque's administrators.
• Leaving — you can leave a group at any time, and an admin can remove you.

5. Reporting and moderation

Photos, videos and messages are content created by users. If you see something abusive, unlawful, or otherwise inappropriate you can report it from within the app, or email [email protected]. We review reports and may hide or delete content and suspend accounts. Reported content is retained while it is being reviewed so that abuse can be evidenced.

6. What we do NOT do

• No selling or renting of personal data — to anyone, ever.
• No advertising and no third-party ad or tracking SDKs.
• No analytics SDKs — we do not track how you use the app.
• No background location tracking and no location history.
• No access to your contacts.
• We do not read your private messages except to investigate a report or where the law requires it.

7. Services we rely on

Push notifications are delivered through Google Firebase Cloud Messaging. Sign-in uses Google and Apple's own services. Mosque map data may originate from OpenStreetMap. Each processes only what is needed for its function, under its own privacy policy.

8. Retention & deletion

Gallery photos and videos remain until the mosque's admin deletes them or the album is removed. Committee messages and their attachments remain until deleted by their author or a mosque admin, or until the group is deleted; deleting a group deletes its attachments from storage. Device tokens are deleted when notifications are disabled or the token becomes invalid. Admin accounts and their data are deleted on request. Uninstalling the app removes everything stored on your device. To request deletion of any server-side data, email [email protected] — we respond within 30 days.

9. Children

The app shows prayer times and is suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children; accounts are intended for mosque administrators.

10. Security

All traffic uses HTTPS. Server access is restricted, and admin actions are logged.

11. Changes

We will post any changes on this page and update the date above. Material changes will be announced in the app.