Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 23, 2025

Welcome to Makkah.live ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we handle your information when you visit our website and use our services. Our operations are based in Canada.

1. Information We Process

We strive to collect minimal personal data.

  • Contact Form: If you contact us, we collect your name and email address solely to respond to your inquiry.
  • AI Greeting Generator: Your text inputs (e.g., names, personal notes) are sent to our AI service provider (OpenAI) to generate your greeting. We do not store this input on our servers.
  • Usage Data (Non-Personal): Like most websites, our servers may log anonymous data like browser type and IP address for security and statistical analysis. We use Google Analytics to understand user engagement.

2. Cookies and Third-Party Services

Our site uses cookies to function and improve your experience. Our third-party partners may also use cookies:

  • Google Analytics: Helps us understand website traffic (e.g., page views, time on site).
  • Google AdSense: Displays advertisements. It uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits. You can opt out of personalized advertising via Google's Ad Settings.
  • Google reCAPTCHA: Protects our forms from spam and is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
  • YouTube: Embedded video players may set cookies as per YouTube's (Google's) policies.

You will be presented with an option to manage your consent for non-essential cookies.

3. How We Use Your Information

Information is used to operate the site, respond to you, improve our services, prevent abuse, and display advertising to support the website.

4. Information Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information. Data may be shared with our third-party service providers (like OpenAI and Google) only as necessary to provide the service. We may also disclose information if required by law.

5. Data Security & International Transfers

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your data. As we use global services like Google and OpenAI, your data may be processed in countries outside of Canada (such as the United States).

6. Your Rights

In accordance with privacy laws like PIPEDA (Canada), GDPR (Europe), and CCPA/CPRA (California), you may have rights to access, correct, or request the deletion of personal information we hold about you (e.g., your contact form submissions). As we do not store user accounts or greeting generator inputs, the scope of personal data we hold is very limited. To exercise your rights, please use our Contact Form.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.