Your privacy is of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy outlines exactly how Shia Pulse handles data, complying directly with Google Play Store guidelines:
Local SQLite Database (Room): All interactive data entered by you, including daily prayer logs, tasbeeh tallies, Qada prayer balances, and saved bookmarked Ayat/Hadith/Dua nodes, are saved locally on your active handset device in a secure SQLite structure powered by Room persistence.
Offline Configurations: User selections like font scaling settings, custom translation languages (English, Arabic, Urdu), and geographic location data for local prayer mathematical offsets are stored strictly on-device utilizing local Android SharedPreferences.
Voluntary Cloud backup: Syncing settings and database entries to the cloud is completely optional. If and only if you voluntarily authenticate and choose to log in using Google/Firebase, are your records safely backed up to your personalized cloud container to preserve user states across multi-device configurations.
Transit and Processing Safety: No personal identifiers, bookmarks, activity tracks, or telemetry analytics are gathered, cataloged, or forwarded to external servers or secondary marketing brokers. When selecting AI features (Gemini API) or Location finders, processing is done securely without transit tracking.