Terms of Use
Thank you for your interest in DEEN (hereafter also referred to with “us”, “our”, or “we”). DEEN is a free, ad-free, all-purpose, application and service provided by Deen Inc., a not-for-profit organization with 501c3 status incorporated under the laws of Delaware, USA.
The following Terms of Use govern your use of, and participation in, the services provided by DEEN. For purposes of these Terms, “you” and “your” means you as the user of Deen. By accessing or using the services provided by DEEN, you agree to adhere to these Terms of Use. The Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and us. Please take the time to read them carefully.
If you do not agree to the following, we regret to inform you that you may not access or use the services provided by DEEN. By continuing to use the application, you are granting your consent of these Terms of Use.
1. Effective Date
These Terms of Use are effective from 16 April 2022 and apply to the current version of the application you are using. These terms were updated in July 2026.
2. Eligibility
By agreeing to these Terms of Use you acknowledge that you are more than 6 years of age. DEEN does not allow users under the age of 6 to access the application or use the services provided.
3. Data Collection and Privacy
We are a privacy-focused application and strongly believe that you are entitled to your private information. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use. DEEN manages data and privacy in the following ways:
Data Managed by the application (“Data Managed”): The application lets you store notes, favorites and bookmarks, track your reading position, as well as change and set preferences such as language, appearance and settings. By default, all of the Data Managed in the application (your usage preferences collected by the app, as well as notes you make, favorites and bookmarks you mark, and your reading position) is stored ONLY on your personal device and is not sent to or stored on our servers, unless you choose to enable the optional My Deen backup described below.
Optional Account & Cloud Backup (“My Deen”): If you choose to, you may create a free My Deen account to back up your content and keep it up to date across your devices. This is entirely optional — the app is fully usable without an account, and backup stays off until you choose to turn it on. When you enable backup, we store the content you have chosen to back up — your notes, favorites, bookmarks, reading position and selected in-app preferences (such as reading display settings, prayer notification preferences, app language and appearance) — together with the account information needed to operate the service.
You may create your account with an email address and password, or with a recovery key generated on your device. Where you use a recovery key, we retain it only in a non-reversible (hashed) form: we cannot see, reproduce or reset the key itself. Please keep your recovery key safe — if it is lost and no email address has been added to the account, we may be unable to restore access to your backup. If you provide an email address, we use it solely to operate your account (for example, sign-in verification and account recovery) — nothing else. We do not use it for marketing and we do not share it.
Backed-up content is hosted on secure, industry-standard cloud infrastructure (currently provided by Cloudflare, Inc.) and is encrypted both in transit and at rest using industry-standard encryption technologies (including AES-256). Access is restricted to your own account. While no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure, we take commercially reasonable measures designed to protect your information. Your content is yours alone: we do not access it and we will not access it. This applies internally as well — no one at Deen reads, views or analyses your backed-up content, and internal access to user content is prohibited by our policies and by the way the service is designed and operated. We do not sell your content, we do not use it for advertising, and we do not share it with anyone.
You stay in control of your data. You can turn backup off at any time, and you can permanently delete your account and all of its backed-up data from within the app (My Deen → Manage my account → Delete my account). Deleting your account removes the backed-up copy from our systems; the copy on your device always remains yours.
We do not ask for any personally identifiable information. However, certain features in the app require additional permissions:
- Qibla & Prayer Times: Requires location access to calculate accurate prayer times for your city and to determine the correct Qibla direction.
- AR Qibla: Requires access to your device's camera in order to display the Qibla direction using augmented reality.
Granting these permissions is entirely optional. You may still use other parts of the app without enabling location or camera access.
If you grant location permission and open the “Prayer Times” feature, your device's location is sent to the OpenCage Geocoding API, which returns your city and country to the app for prayer time calculations. We have enabled OpenCage's “no_record” parameter, so no record is stored by them. OpenCage is fully compliant with GDPR as a European entity and you can read their Privacy Policy at opencagedata.com/api#privacy.
This information exchange happens locally on the user's device and Deen never receives any location information. Consequently, we do not store or retain any location data from users.
- Other than the optional account information and backup content described above — which are stored only if you choose to create a My Deen account and enable backup — our servers DO NOT store personal or personally identifiable information of users.
- We DO collect anonymous information about the usage of the app to improve its functionality. This includes information such as the session duration, technical crashes or issues, and usage patterns such as which features of the app are used more or less often. However, all data is collected anonymously without any personal, or personally identifiable, information stored.
- You retain full rights to the notes you create using DEEN. Notes you keep only on your device are not accessible to us. If you choose to enable cloud backup, your notes are stored privately under your account as described above and are not used by us for any purpose other than providing the backup service to you.
- We DO offer users the optional ability to submit feedback to help us improve the app. Providing feedback is entirely voluntary, and you may continue using the app without submitting any information.
Third-party service used for feedback:
- Google Forms: Used to collect survey responses and general feedback. The only personal information we may collect through these forms is your email address, which is also optional. The collection, storage, and transmission of data you provide are managed by Google and are subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
GDPR's Article 27 representative requirement does not apply to Deen based on the nature of our processing. If you require any further clarification on our data collection and privacy policies, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at: [email protected].
4. Content Safety
You agree that DEEN bears no responsibility for the loss of your DEEN content due to malfunction or loss of your device. Additionally, you agree that DEEN bears no responsibility for parties unassociated with DEEN accessing the DEEN content stored in your device.
5. Content Sharing
The application allows users to share content on multiple platforms. We urge you to exercise due care and diligence in using this feature as the user is solely responsible for the content shared on other platforms. You agree that DEEN does not bear any responsibility or liability for the content shared by users on other platforms.
6. User Feedback
We hold user feedback in very high regard. You agree that DEEN is permitted to use any feedback generated in the form of comments, ideas, or general information, for updates to the application. Feedback may also be reproduced, edited, or shared with third parties, vendors, or subsidiaries of our parent company to improve the DEEN experience.
Additionally, you agree that you have the right to disclose the feedback, that the feedback does not violate the rights of any other entity, and that your feedback does not contain the confidential information of any third party entity.
This Clause 6. remains valid even after you may have stopped accessing or using the services provided by DEEN.
7. External Websites
Our application contains links to, and information of, third party websites to enhance your experience using DEEN. You agree that DEEN is neither affiliated with these websites nor bears any responsibility or liability for the third party websites linked in the application. This includes, but is not limited to, the content on the website/application or services offered, their privacy policies, actions taken by their relevant parties, terms of use, et al.
In case you wish to contact us regarding any aspect of external websites on the DEEN application, you may reach us directly on our email: [email protected]
8. Intellectual Property
You agree that the original content of DEEN is the sole property of the application. The features, functions, and usability of the application belong to DEEN and are copyrighted and trademarked to DEEN. Additionally, you agree that any attempt to plagiarise or copy any or all parts of the application is a violation of these Terms of Use and may be actionable.
9. Updates to the Terms of Use
We may update or modify these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Terms, unless otherwise required by law. Your continued use of the Service after the updated Terms are posted constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you unfortunately may no longer access or use the services provided by DEEN from the effective date.
10. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless DEEN, its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees and expenses, arising out of a breach by you or any user of your account of these Terms of Use or arising out of a breach of your obligations, representation and warranties under these Terms of Use.
11. Disclaimers; No Warranties
Our Service is provided “as is”, and we cannot guarantee that it will be safe and secure or will work perfectly at all times. To the extent permitted by law, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THEM. IN PARTICULAR WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT (i) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR; (iii) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; AND (iv) DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
NO CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES OR OTHER TERMS (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED TERMS AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR CONFORMANCE WITH DESCRIPTION) APPLY TO THE SERVICES EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THE TERMS.
12. Liability
Except for any liability for personal injury or death caused by our negligence, DEEN shall not be liable for any damages, loss or injury arising in connection with these Terms and/or your use of, or the inability to use, the application, or any function of the application, howsoever caused and whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise.
While we use reasonable efforts to ensure that the application is free from viruses and other malicious content, neither we nor any other party involved in producing or delivering the application assumes any responsibility, nor shall be liable for any damage to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, the App or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio from the App.
When the application is used on a mobile device, in order to operate, it will make use of your mobile data connection. You are advised to check charges and terms with your communications service provider if using the application in circumstances where roaming or data charges may apply. We are not liable for any data or other charges incurred as a result of your use of the application.
13. Governing Laws
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, notwithstanding its conflicts of law principles. Including claims subject to mandatory arbitration, these laws will apply no matter where in the world you live in, but if you live outside the United States, you may be entitled to the protection of the mandatory consumer protection provisions of your local consumer protection law.
14. Arbitration and Class Action Waiver
a) Application
This Clause 14 is intended to be interpreted broadly and governs any and all disputes between yourself and DEEN, including claims that may arise after the termination of these Terms of Use. Any disputes concerning certain intellectual property may be excluded from arbitration as detailed further in Clause 14 (g) below.
b) Preliminary Resolution
You agree that in the event of any dispute between you and Deen, you will first contact Deen and make a good faith sustained effort to resolve the dispute before resorting to more formal means of resolution, including without limitation any court action.
You may contact us on our email: [email protected], before taking any action involving a third party. When contacting us, you agree to provide a brief, written description of the dispute and the relevant contact information.
c) Binding Arbitration
After the informal dispute resolution process and where the parties do not reach an agreed upon solution within a period of sixty (60) days, you agree that any remaining dispute, controversy, or claim will be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration conducted pursuant to the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes in conjunction with the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules.
- This arbitration agreement is made pursuant to a transaction governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16.
- The arbitration will be held at the AAA regional office nearest you.
- The arbitrator's decision will be controlled by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
- The arbitrator will apply Delaware law consistent with the FAA and applicable statutes of limitations.
- There will be no authority for any claims to be arbitrated on a class or representative basis; arbitration can decide only your individual claims.
- The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages against any party.
d) Filing a Demand
To initiate an arbitration, you must write a Notice of Arbitration (a document that includes a description and amount of the claim) and send a copy to DEEN at 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958, USA and email us at [email protected].
e) Class Action Waiver
The parties further agree that the arbitration shall be conducted in their respective individual capacities only and not as a representative action, and the parties expressly waive their right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis.
f) Exception: Litigation of Intellectual Property
Either party may bring forward claims arising from or relating to theft, piracy or unauthorised use of intellectual property to protect its intellectual property rights without having to invoke arbitration.
g) Validity
This Arbitration and Class Action Waiver Clause shall be valid even after any termination of your use of, or access to, the services provided by DEEN.
15. Modification and Termination
You agree that DEEN reserves the right to modify or terminate, temporarily or permanently, any and all of the services provided by DEEN with or without notice at any time. You further agree that DEEN cannot be held liable for any modification, suspension, or termination of the Services.
In case DEEN is announcing in the future to permanently close its services or remove the application from general availability, DEEN will notify you with a Notice of at least 30 days.
These Terms of Use are effective until terminated by DEEN with a notice of at least 30 days. This Notice will be communicated through the application. Each Clause valid beyond the termination of these Terms of Use or your use or access to the services shall remain valid.
16. Prohibited Usage
DEEN looks to foster personal development. The use of the services provided by DEEN for any illegal purpose or any purpose that may be deemed harmful is strongly prohibited.
17. Contact Information
Registered Address: 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958, USA. Before sending us any postal mail, please email us first.
Email: [email protected]
Deen Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are supported by community donations. We will never sell the app or put the Ummah at risk.