Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to NoorHadith: Sahih Hadith & Sunnah ("we," "our," or "the App"), developed by BenDroid Apps. This Privacy Policy governs your use of the application across Android and iOS devices. This document explains what information is processed, why it is processed, and your rights in accordance with Google Play Developer Policies and global privacy laws (including GDPR and CCPA).

2. Information We Do NOT Collect

NoorHadith operates as an offline-first educational and lifestyle application. We do not collect, transmit, or store any of the following:

• No Personal Identifiable Information (PII): No names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, or government IDs.
• No User Accounts: No signup, login, passwords, or authentication profiles.
• No Location Tracking: We never request GPS or network coarse location permissions.
• No Sensitive Hardware Access: No access to your camera, microphone, photos, media gallery, or device storage files.
• No Contact or Calendar Access: We do not access phone contacts, SMS, or call logs.

3. Information Stored Locally on Your Device

To enable offline functionality and customize your experience, the application saves the following data locally within the application's private, sandboxed storage on your device (Android SharedPreferences and iOS UserDefaults):

• Hadith Bookmarks & Favorites: Your personally saved Hadith IDs for quick daily review.
• Reading Streak Statistics: Daily consecutive days reading counter.
• Quote Card Preferences: Selected card themes and aspect ratio preferences.

This data remains strictly on your device. It is never uploaded to any remote server or third-party database, and it is automatically deleted when you uninstall the application or clear app storage in device settings.

4. Third-Party Advertising & Services (Google Mobile Ads / AdMob)

To keep NoorHadith completely free for Muslims worldwide, we display non-intrusive, family-friendly advertisements through Google Mobile Ads SDK (Google AdMob).

AdMob may automatically process non-personal diagnostic and device identifiers to safely serve ads, prevent click fraud, and comply with platform policies:

• Device Identifiers: Google Advertising ID (GAID on Android) or Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA on iOS), IP address (for general country-level routing and fraud prevention), and device model/operating system version.
• Ad Interaction Data: Metrics such as ad impressions, taps, and delivery status to ensure proper ad frequency capping.

Strict Content Restrictions: We enforce the highest family-safe ad filters within Google AdMob. All sensitive categories—including alcohol, gambling, dating, explicit material, and predatory financial services—are strictly blocked.

For more details on how Google processes ad data, please review Google's Advertising and Privacy Policy and Google Privacy Policy.

5. Device Permissions & Purpose

NoorHadith requires only minimal standard permissions necessary for its intended features:

• android.permission.INTERNET: Required solely by Google AdMob to fetch banner and rewarded advertisements.
• android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Used to verify network availability before attempting to load advertisements.

6. Children's Privacy (Google Play Families Policy & COPPA)

NoorHadith is designed for general audiences and is rated Everyone (3+ / 4+). The application does not target children under the age of 13, nor do we knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children. Our advertising configuration strictly complies with Google Play Families Policy and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

7. Data Retention & Deletion Rights (GDPR / CCPA / Google Play Data Safety)

Because all user-generated data (such as bookmarks and reading streaks) resides exclusively on your local device:

• Right to Erase / Delete: You have full control. You can delete 100% of your data at any time by going to your device's Settings > Apps > NoorHadith > Storage > Clear Storage / Clear Data, or by uninstalling the application.
• Opt-Out of Personalized Ads: On Android devices, you can opt out of interest-based ads or reset your Advertising ID anytime by navigating to Settings > Google > Ads > Delete advertising ID or Reset advertising ID.

8. Security of Your Information

We take information security seriously. Your local preferences are protected by the operating system's application sandbox on Android and iOS. Because we operate zero remote servers and store zero user credentials, your data is completely immune to remote database breaches.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect app updates or regulatory standards. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" timestamp.

10. Developer Contact Information

If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or NoorHadith, please reach out to us directly:

• Developer: Md Rasid (BenDroid Apps)
• Primary Email: mamunandroid48@gmail.com
• Alternative Support Email: bendroidappsn@gmail.com
• Official Website: https://bendroid.app
• App Page: https://bendroid.app/apps/noorhadith/