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Privacy policy
Last updated 18 October 2026
SalamGuide is built to need as little about you as possible. This policy explains what the app and this website collect, why, and how to have it deleted.
In short
- You can use SalamGuide without an account. Then nothing about you is stored on our servers.
- Your location is used to answer each request, not saved to a profile or history.
- No ads, no analytics, no tracking. We never sell your information.
- You can delete your account, and everything linked to it, from inside the app.
Using the app as a guest
As a guest we don't ask for your name, email or phone number. Your settings and anything you save stay on your phone.
Your location
If you allow it, the app reads your location to work out prayer times and the Qibla direction, and to find masjids and restaurants near you. To do that it sends your approximate coordinates with each request to our server and to the Aladhan prayer times service (aladhan.com).
We use the coordinates to answer that request. We don't attach them to an account or build a location history. Our server's error logs record requests, coordinates included, for up to 90 days so we can fix problems.
If you don't allow location, you can choose a city instead. You can change this at any time in your phone's settings.
If you create an account
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Email address and name | To sign you in and identify your account |
| Phone number, if you give one | Optional; only used to contact you about your account |
| Password, stored as a one-way hash | To sign you in. We can't read your password |
| Saved places | So your favourite masjids, businesses and events follow you between devices |
| Event RSVPs | To remember which events you said you'd attend |
| Places you suggest, with your email | To check the suggestion and follow up with you about it |
Stored on your phone
Your settings, chosen city, collections and prayer reminders are kept on your phone and aren't sent to us. As a guest, your saved places and RSVPs stay on your phone too.
Prayer, Jumu'ah, Ramadan and Eid reminders are scheduled by your phone itself. We don't run a push notification service and don't collect a device token.
This website
salamguide.org sets no cookies and runs no analytics. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, so your browser connects to Google, which receives your IP address as part of that request. Our hosting provider, Netlify, keeps standard server logs to keep the site running.
What we don't do
- No adverts, and no advertising or analytics SDKs in the app.
- No selling, renting or sharing your information with advertisers or data brokers.
- No tracking you across other apps or websites.
Who processes your data
We use a small number of providers who process data only to run the service for us:
| Provider | What for | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure | Runs our server and its logs | United Kingdom |
| MongoDB Atlas | Hosts our database | United States |
| Aladhan (aladhan.com) | Calculates prayer times from coordinates | Outside the UK |
| Netlify | Hosts this website | United States |
Where data goes outside the UK, we rely on the safeguards UK data protection law requires, such as the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or an adequacy decision.
When you open directions, call a place or follow a delivery link, the app hands you over to that app or website. Its own privacy policy applies from then on.
Legal basis
Under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018) we rely on:
- Contract: to provide your account and the features you ask for.
- Consent: to use your device's location. You can withdraw it in your phone's settings.
- Legitimate interests: to keep the service secure and fix problems using our logs.
How long we keep it
- Account data, saved places and RSVPs: until you delete your account.
- Place suggestions: until they have been reviewed, or until you delete your account.
- Server error logs: up to 90 days.
Your rights
You have the right to ask for a copy of your data, to correct it, to have it deleted, to restrict or object to how we use it, and to receive it in a portable format. Email development@salamguide.org and we'll reply within one month.
If you're unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We'd appreciate the chance to put it right first.
Deleting your data
Delete your account in the app under Profile, Settings, Delete account. This removes your account, saved places, collections, RSVPs, reviews and submissions from our servers straight away. To clear what's stored on your phone, delete the app. See Delete your account for other ways.
Children
SalamGuide isn't aimed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If you think a child has given us their details, email us and we'll delete them.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page. If a change significantly affects how we use your data, we'll tell you in the app.
Contact
Questions about privacy: development@salamguide.org.