Privacy Policy

1. Overview

IslamicAITools.com ("we", "our", "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your information.

By using IslamicAITools.com, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy. This policy applies to all pages and tools on islamicaitools.com.

2. Information we collect

Information you provide voluntarily

We only collect information you choose to give us:

• Contact form submissions: If you contact us via our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. This is used solely to respond to your enquiry.
• Search queries: When you use our Quran search or Hadith search tools, search terms are processed in real-time to return results. We do not store individual search queries linked to any user identity.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically:

• Log data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring page, and pages visited. This is standard web server logging.
• Device information: Screen size, device type, and browser version — used to ensure our tools work correctly on all devices.
• Usage data: Pages viewed, time spent, and clicks — collected via Google Analytics in anonymised form.

Location data

Some of our tools (Prayer Times, Qibla Finder, Sehri & Iftar Times) request access to your device's GPS location. This location data is:

• Used only in real-time to calculate prayer times or Qibla direction.
• Never stored on our servers.
• Never shared with any third party.
• Only accessed if you explicitly click "Use GPS" — it is never requested automatically.

3. How we use your information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide and improve our Islamic tools and services
• To respond to enquiries and support requests you send us
• To understand how our tools are being used through anonymised analytics
• To display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
• To detect and prevent technical errors or abuse
• To comply with legal obligations

We do not use your information for: selling to advertisers, building individual profiles, sending marketing emails (unless you explicitly subscribe), or any purpose not listed above.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential cookies

Required for basic website functionality. These cannot be disabled without affecting core features of the site (such as remembering your preferences within a single session).

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymised data including page views, session duration, and general location (country level). This data helps us improve our tools. You can opt out of Google Analytics using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

Advertising cookies (Google AdSense)

Our site displays advertisements provided by Google AdSense. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Managing cookies

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features. Please refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions on managing cookies.

5. Google AdSense & advertising

IslamicAITools.com is funded through advertising revenue from Google AdSense. This allows us to keep all tools completely free for users.

Google AdSense is a third-party advertising service. Google may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to serve ads based on your browsing history. We do not control the content of advertisements served by Google, though we have enabled "sensitive category blocking" to avoid inappropriate ads on our Islamic content.

For more information about how Google uses data for advertising, please visit Google's advertising privacy page.

We are an ad-supported site — not an ad-tracking site. We do not provide Google or any advertiser with any of your personal information beyond what is collected through standard Google AdSense cookies.

6. Third-party services

We use the following third-party services that may process data as part of providing our tools:

• Aladhan API (aladhan.com) — Used to calculate prayer times. Your approximate coordinates are sent to this API to retrieve prayer times. Aladhan's own privacy policy applies to this data.
• AlQuran.cloud API — Used to retrieve Quranic text and translations for our Quran search tool.
• Nominatim / OpenStreetMap — Used for reverse geocoding (converting GPS coordinates to a city name). Nominatim's privacy policy applies.
• Anthropic Claude API — Used to power our AI tools (AI Dua Generator, AI Hadith Search, Islamic Q&A). Questions you ask our AI tools are processed by Anthropic's servers. Anthropic's privacy policy applies.
• Google Fonts — We use Google Fonts to load the Amiri and DM Sans typefaces. Google may collect your IP address when loading these fonts.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party services and encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

7. Children's privacy

IslamicAITools.com is designed to be a family-friendly Islamic resource suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at contact@islamicaitools.com and we will promptly delete such information.

8. Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to correction: Request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to deletion: Request that we delete your personal data. Note: as we collect very little data, there may be nothing to delete.
• Right to object: Object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to data portability: Request a copy of your data in a portable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@islamicaitools.com. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Data security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website is served over HTTPS (SSL/TLS encryption) to protect data in transit.

However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When we update the policy, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of IslamicAITools.com after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact us about privacy

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please do not hesitate to contact us: