Privacy policy

In short

Hudan is free; there are no ads or paid memberships. An account is optional; everything works without one. It does not sell or share personal information; only the minimum needed for features you turn on is kept (your email address and synced progress if you create an account, a notification address and prayer times for prayer notifications; see below). No advertising trackers are used; the website has only a cookie-free visit counter that does not identify you (below).

Stored on your device

Your last verse and mushaf page, reading progress, chosen translation and reciter, dhikr counts, the place you chose for prayer times, audio you download for offline listening and similar settings are kept only on your own device (browser storage). Unless you create an account, they are not sent to us. Clearing browser data or uninstalling the app deletes them.

Location

Location is used only when you tap the button and allow it. Prayer times and the qibla direction are calculated on the device. For "Nearby mosques" your location is sent to OpenStreetMap data servers (Overpass) to find mosques around you; map images also come from OpenStreetMap. If you turn on "Update prayer times automatically when I move" on the Prayer Times page, your location is read once each time the app or site opens (at most every half hour); it is never tracked in the background. If you have moved more than 15 km, the coordinates are sent to OpenStreetMap's address service (Nominatim) to find the new place name. We do not store your location.

Services your device connects to directly

Some content comes from other organisations' servers. Like any internet request, these servers see your device's IP address and the file requested: Quran.com and EveryAyah (recitations), ezanvakti.emushaf.net (Diyanet prayer times), Open-Meteo (location and time zone when you search a place name), OpenStreetMap (mosques and map), Google Fonts (fonts). Tapping directions to a mosque, or "Open nearby mosques in Google Maps", opens Google Maps; that location then goes to Google.

Server logs

Like any web server, the hudan.org server keeps standard request logs (IP address, page requested, time, browser details). They are used only for security and troubleshooting and are deleted automatically after 14 days.

Visit counter (website)

To see how many people use the site and which pages, we use the Umami counter running on our own server. It uses no cookies, stores nothing on your device, does not identify you and does not follow you between sites; IP addresses are not stored. What is kept: the page opened, the referring site, browser/device type, language and country. The data is not shared with anyone. This counter does not run in the Android and iPhone apps.

Account and sync (optional)

If you create an account, your email address, the time the account was created and last signed in, and your synced data are kept on the hudan.org server. Synced data: reading progress and last position, favourite surahs and duas, khatm, memorisation, Names of Allah and word study, daily goals, dhikr counts, hajj/umrah counter and reading settings (translation, reciter, text size, theme). Your location, notification and adhan settings, zakat amounts and downloaded audio are not synced; they stay on your device. No password is stored: a one-time code is emailed to you when you sign in (giris@hudan.org). If you choose "Continue with Google", Google tells us only your verified email address; Google also knows that you signed in to Hudan. This information is used only to sync your data between your devices and is not shared with anyone. Choosing "Delete my account" on the account page deletes your account and the synced data on the server immediately and permanently; the data on your device stays.

Feedback

If you send a message from the "Feedback" page, the text you write, the email address you optionally give, and the app version and device type (e.g. "app ios · iOS 18.1") are sent to the hudan.org server and forwarded to us. They are used only to read your message and, if you wish, reply; your name, location and IP address are not kept with it.

Prayer time notifications (website)

If you turn on "Send a notification at prayer times while the page is closed" on the prayer times page, the notification address given by your browser, together with the next 30 days of times for the prayers you chose and the notification text, is sent to the hudan.org server; the server delivers the notification at that time through your browser's push service (Apple, Google or Mozilla). Your location, name or any other information is not sent. Turning notifications off deletes this record; a record not refreshed for 40 days is deleted automatically.

Android app

The Hudan Android app shows this website; everything above applies to it too. Prayer time notifications are scheduled on the phone and work offline; notification and alarm permissions are requested for this; if you tap "Use my location", location permission is requested too (optional). Pre-prayer reminders are scheduled on the phone in the same way. No data is sent anywhere for notifications.

Group khatm (optional)

If you create a group khatm, its name, the names people type when taking a juz and which juz have been read are kept on the hudan.org server. No account, email or IP address is kept. Anyone with the link can see and change the group; share it only with people you trust. A group unused for a year is deleted automatically.

Children

Since Hudan collects no personal information from anyone, it collects none from children either.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version is published on this page and the date below is updated.

Last updated: 8 November 2026