This Privacy Policy describes how Ansari, collects, uses, and discloses your information.
Information We Collect
Ansari collects information in two ways:
- Guest Users: As a guest user, you can access Ansari without creating an account. We do not collect any personal information from guest users beyond basic analytics data (e.g., IP address, browser type) used to improve the service.
- Registered Users: To create an account, you may be required to provide a username and email address. You may also choose to provide additional information in your profile, but this is entirely voluntary.
Use of Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- Guest Users: We use analytics data to understand how guest users interact with Ansari and improve the overall user experience. We may also examine chat logs either manually or automatically to understand how users are interacting with the service.
- Registered Users: We use your username to personalize your experience and your email address to communicate with you about important updates or information regarding Ansari. We will never share your email address with any third party without your consent. We may also examine chat logs either manually or automatically to understand how users are interacting with the service.
Disclosure of Information
We will not disclose your information to any third party except in the following cases:
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or to comply with a legal process.
- Protecting Ansari and Others: We may disclose your information if we believe it is necessary to protect ourselves or others from harm.
- Anonymized examples for presentation and research purposes.
- Additional web services: we may derive requests to other web services for retrieval augmentation (e.g. for Qur'an or Hadith search)
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with services. We will also retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.
Your Choices
You have the following choices regarding your information:
- Access and Update: You can access and update your information in your account settings.
- Deletion: You can delete your account at any time. Upon deletion of your account, we will delete your information, except for any information we are required to retain by law.
- If you used a gest account and accidentally shared information, you can send a request to [email protected] to request its removal.
Children's Privacy
Ansari is not directed towards children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. We will take steps to delete the information from our servers.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].