Privacy Policy

Introduction

My Sadaqah Online ("we", "our", or "us") is a registered charity based in Canada. We operate the website mysadaqahonline.com (the "Site") with the mission of facilitating charitable giving in accordance with Islamic principles. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.

This Privacy Policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our Site and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using our services.

Information We Collect

We may collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you. Types of data collected include:

• Personal Data: While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:
  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Address
  • Payment information (processed securely through our payment processors)
• Usage Data: We may collect information on how the Site is accessed and used. This may include your computer's IP address, browser type, browser version, pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
• Cookies and Tracking Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

How We Use Your Information

My Sadaqah Online uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To process and complete your donations
• To provide and maintain our services
• To notify you about changes to our services
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
• To provide you with news and general information about our charitable programs and services
• To comply with legal obligations, including issuing tax receipts where applicable

We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information under the following legal bases:

• Consent: You have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes.
• Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (such as when you make a donation).
• Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests don't override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Data Retention

My Sadaqah Online will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations , resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

For tax and accounting purposes, we typically retain donation information for a minimum of 7 years as required by Canadian law.

Data Security

The security of your data is important to us. We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We implement various security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information, including:

• All sensitive information (such as credit card details) is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL)
• Access to personal information is restricted to employees who need to know that information
• Regular security assessments and updates of our systems
• Physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with Canadian regulations

Your Data Protection Rights

Under Canadian privacy laws and other applicable data protection laws, you have rights in relation to your personal data. These include:

• Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the "Contact Us" section.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you become aware that your Child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: