Privacy Policy
1. Information We Collect
- Account data: phone number, verification state, age confirmation, login metadata.
- Profile data: name, date of birth, gender, preferences, tags, photos, and location (if enabled).
- Usage data: app interactions, intros/events state, diagnostics, and service logs.
- Payment data: transaction references from payment providers (not full card details).
2. Why We Use Your Data
- To provide matching, messaging, event registration, and video introduction features.
- To keep the platform safe and reduce fraud or abuse.
- To operate billing, credits, memberships, and customer support.
- To improve platform performance, reliability, and user experience.
- To meet legal and regulatory obligations.
3. Legal Bases (UK GDPR)
- Contract: processing needed to provide the service you request.
- Legitimate interests: safety, abuse prevention, and service improvement.
- Consent: where required (for example, optional permissions).
- Legal obligation: where we must retain or disclose information by law.
4. Sharing of Data
We share data only with required service providers (for hosting, auth, video, notifications, and payments) and only to the extent necessary to operate Social Muslims. We do not sell your personal data.
5. International Transfers
Some providers may process data outside your country. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
6. Retention
We retain data for as long as your account is active and for reasonable legal, fraud prevention, and operational periods after closure. Deleted/anonymized accounts are handled according to platform deletion processes and legal duties.
7. Your Rights
- Access, correct, export, or request deletion of your data.
- Object to or restrict certain processing where applicable.
- Withdraw consent where processing is consent-based.
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
To exercise rights, use in-app controls where available or contact admin@socialmuslims.co.uk.
8. Camera, Microphone, and Location
Camera/microphone are used for call features. Location is used for matching/location features where enabled. You can control permissions in device/browser settings.
9. Security
We use technical and organizational safeguards to protect data. No online system is completely risk-free, so please also protect your account credentials and device access.
10. Children
Social Muslims is for adults aged 18 and above. We do not knowingly provide services to children.
11. Policy Changes
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version is always available on this page.
12. Contact
For privacy and data protection questions, email admin@socialmuslims.co.uk or call +44 7779 305853.