This privacy policy explains how Salaat First Prayer Times (the "App") for Android handles your information. In short: we do not collect any personal data ourselves. Your settings and anything you save stay on your device. The App is free and shows ads through Google AdMob, which collects limited data to show and measure those ads, as explained below. Questions: legal@kotlinlabs.com.
Who we are
The App is published on Google Play under the developer name SOUKAPPS by Kotlinlabs, trading as Kotlin Labs ("we", "us"). SOUKAPPS is a Kotlin Labs brand.
Privacy contact: legal@kotlinlabs.com
Scope
This policy applies to Salaat First Prayer Times for Android (package name com.soukapps.salatuk), distributed through Google Play, and to support we provide by email. It does not cover Google Play itself or other services the App links to, which have their own privacy policies.
Summary
- Stays on your device: your settings, favorites, bookmarks and progress, and your location or chosen city.
- Never collected by us: we have no servers that receive your data, no accounts and no analytics of our own.
- Collected by Google AdMob, to show ads: your device's advertising ID, approximate location derived from your IP address, how you interact with ads, and diagnostics from the ads software.
- Never sold by us. Personalized ads are shown only where you allow them.
Data collected through the App
| Data type | Purpose | Optional |
|---|---|---|
| Device or other IDs (advertising ID, app set ID) | Advertising, analytics and fraud prevention — collected by Google AdMob | No |
| Approximate location (derived from your IP address) | Advertising, analytics and fraud prevention — collected by Google AdMob | No |
| App interactions with ads (views, taps) | Advertising and analytics — collected by Google AdMob | No |
| Diagnostics (crash logs and performance data of the ads SDK) | Analytics and fraud prevention — collected by Google AdMob | No |
All of the data above is collected by Google AdMob for advertising; none of it is sent to us.
Why it is collected and the legal basis
| Purpose | Data | Legal basis (GDPR / UK GDPR) |
|---|---|---|
| Showing ads that keep the App free | Advertising ID, approximate location from IP address, ad interactions | Your consent for personalized ads (Art. 6(1)(a)); our legitimate interest in funding the App with non-personalized ads (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Measuring ads and preventing ad fraud | Advertising ID, ad interactions, diagnostics | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Answering your emails | What you choose to tell us | Taking steps at your request and legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f)) |
Data processed only on your device
The following information is created and stored only on your device. It is never uploaded to us, and it is deleted when you clear the App's storage or uninstall it:
- Your location or chosen city, to calculate prayer times and the Qibla direction
- Prayer time settings: calculation method, adjustments, adhan voices and reminders
- Azkar favorites and counter progress
- Widget settings
Location. If you allow location access, the App uses your location on your device, for example to calculate prayer times and the Qibla direction. We do not receive or store it. You can deny location access and choose a city instead.
When the App downloads content, such as recitations, city data or updates to its database, the server that provides it receives your device's IP address, as with any internet request.
Advertising (Google AdMob)
The App shows ads served by Google AdMob, part of Google LLC. To show and measure ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK collects the data listed above and may use cookies or similar technologies. Google uses this data under its own privacy policy; see how Google uses information from apps that use its services and Google's advertising technologies.
Your choices:
- Consent. Where the law requires it (for example in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland), personalized ads are shown only with your consent, which you give or refuse in the consent message shown by the App. You can change your choice at any time from that message.
- Advertising ID. In Android Settings → Privacy → Ads (or Settings → Google → Ads), you can reset your advertising ID or delete it so it can no longer be used for personalized ads.
- Ad personalization. You can manage how Google personalizes ads at myadcenter.google.com.
Permissions
The App asks for the following Android permissions. You can review or revoke them at any time in Android Settings → Apps → Salaat First Prayer Times → Permissions.
| Permission | Why it is needed |
|---|---|
Location (optional) | Calculate prayer times and the Qibla direction for where you are. Used on your device only; you can choose a city instead. |
Background location (optional) | Keep prayer times correct when you travel, only if you turn on automatic location updates. |
Notifications and alarms | Play the adhan and remind you before each prayer. |
Internet | Find your city online, download adhan voices and show ads. |
Advertising ID (com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID) | Lets Google AdMob show and measure ads. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android settings. |
Third-party services
| SDK | Purpose | Privacy policy |
|---|---|---|
| Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK), Google LLC | Shows ads that keep the app free, and measures them. Personalized ads are shown only where you allow them. | Privacy policy |
Data sharing and sale
| Data type | Recipient | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Advertising ID, approximate location and ad interactions | Google (AdMob) | To show and measure ads, personalized only where you allow it |
We do not sell personal data. We may disclose information you send us by email only if required by law, court order or a valid request from public authorities, or to protect the rights, safety or property of our users, the public or us.
Retention
- On-device data: until you clear the App's storage or uninstall it.
- Data collected by Google AdMob: retained by Google under its own retention policies (see how Google retains data).
- Emails you send us: up to 12 months after your request is resolved, then deleted, unless we need them longer to handle a legal claim.
Security
Data sent over the network by the App is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). Your settings stay on your device. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data held about you, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, to withdraw consent at any time, and to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority (in the country where you live). These rights apply under the EU GDPR and the UK GDPR. If you live in California or another US state with a consumer privacy law (such as the CCPA/CPRA), you have the right to know, access, correct and delete personal information, and to opt out of its sale or sharing; we do not sell personal information. Wherever you live, you also have the rights your local data protection law gives you, and we honour them.
We hold no personal data about you from the App. To control advertising data, use the choices described under "Advertising"; for data Google holds, contact Google. For emails you have sent us, contact legal@kotlinlabs.com. We will respond within 30 days. See also how to delete your data.
Children
Salaat First is designed for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. Parents and guardians who believe a child has used the App can reset the device's advertising ID and contact us with any questions.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the App, the services it uses or the law changes. The "Last updated" date at the top shows the current version. For material changes we will give notice in the App or on its Google Play listing before they take effect.
Contact
Kotlinlabs (Kotlin Labs), publisher of SOUKAPPS apps
Privacy and legal: legal@kotlinlabs.com · Support: contact@kotlinlabs.com