IFG Wills is about helping get an Islamic Will easily, affordably, and hassle-free. Just as your experience of our service is important to us, so too is your privacy. We want you to be confident that the information you give us when using our site is safe and secure. In this Privacy Policy we’ll explain how we use it to give you a better service.
This is the Privacy Policy for the IFG Wills website (https://wills.islamicfinanceguru.com/).
IFG Wills (referred to in this policy as “we“, “us” or “our“) is the “controller” under data protection laws. Where we’re processing your personal information in relation to our Wills service, we’re the controller of your personal information.
The main purposes we collect and process your personal information are: to improve your experience on the Site; provide the services you sign up for, in particular the preparation of Islamic wills; communicate with you directly in the course of providing our services or when the law allows us to do this.
As part of our service we may share your anonymised data with an external Islamic law expert in order to certify your document as sharia-compliant.
Where you engage with a campaign provided by us in collaboration with a third-party such a charity, your data may be shared with said third-party so as to better enable them to deliver and improve their services and to track any bequests made in their favour. This data includes your email address, name, donated amounts, and such other information as is necessary for the third-party to effectively manage its legacy programme.
Personal information we collect
The information we collect will depend on how you’re using our service and should usually be clear to you at the time we collect it (such as through our forms).
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Some third-party technology we use e.g. articles on this site may include embedded content) may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
How long we retain your data
If you submit a form to us, the data is retained indefinitely. Records are kept and audits performed to ensure that any service provided reflects the information received and in order for us to be able to offer subsequent services and promotions such as updating your Will, processing referrals or providing you with relevant information about how our services are expanding in line with your legitimate interests to help you further.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for: administrative, legal, security, tax or regulatory purposes.
You have certain rights in relation to the personal information we hold on you:
Right to access – The right to a copy of the personal information we hold about you. We’ll ask you to describe the information you require, as well as letting us know about any other email addresses you’ve used on our Site, to enable us to trace your personal information. Depending on the nature of your request, we may also ask you for your full name, your date of birth and your full address and documents to allow us to verify your identity. Requests for copies of your personal information will be dealt with within one month, unless your request is complicated or if you’ve made a large number of requests. In these circumstances it may take us longer to deal with your request, in which case we’ll let you know;
Right to correct – The right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete. Requests for us to correct your personal information will be dealt with within one month, unless your request is complicated or if you’ve made a large number of requests. In these circumstances it may take us longer to deal with your request, in which case we’ll let you know. If we believe that your personal information is accurate, we’ll let you know that we won’t be amending your personal information and why;
Right to erasure and to restrict our use of your information – The right to request that we delete or remove your personal information from our systems. Data protection laws give exceptions to this right which, if applicable, we’ll explain in our response to you;
Right to restrict our use of your information – In some circumstances you can ‘block’ us from using your personal information or limit the way in which we can use it;
Right to data portability – The right to request that we move, copy or transfer your personal information;
Right to object – The right to object to our use of your personal information including where we use it for our legitimate interests, or where we use your personal information to carry out profiling to inform our market research and user demographics. If you raise an objection we’ll stop processing your personal information unless very exceptional circumstances apply, in which case we’ll let you know why we’re continuing to process your personal information.
Withdrawal of consent – Where you’ve provided us with consent to use your personal information, you can withdraw this at any time.
We’ll use reasonable efforts consistent with our legal duty to provide you with your rights in accordance with data protection laws.
Where we store your personal information
Keeping information about you secure is very important to us so we store and process your personal information in accordance with the high standards required under data protection laws.
How to contact us
Our Data Protection Officer is IslamicFinanceGuru’s Chief Risk Officer.
If you’ve any queries relating to our use of your personal information or any other related data protection questions, please contact the Data Protection Officer at [email protected] and your questions will be processed promptly.
This policy applies from 01 January 2021. We may, from time to time, make changes to this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes to our privacy practices in accordance with changes to laws, best practice or Site enhancements. We’ll let you know what these changes are by posting them to this page.