01About this policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Mohammed S Ali ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on www.askthequran.com (the "Website"), and how you can control them. It should be read with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we use personal data.
Website owner: Mohammed S Ali (sole trader)
Postal address: MATW P 77268, PO Box 6945, London W1A 6US, England, United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
We follow the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, and the UK General Data Protection Regulation.
02What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or phone. Similar technologies include local storage and session storage in your browser, and pixels or scripts that send information to a server. In this policy we call all of these "cookies".
Cookies set by askthequran.com are "first-party" cookies. Cookies set by other companies whose services appear on our pages, such as Google or YouTube, are "third-party" cookies, and those companies can recognise your device when it visits other websites too.
03When we ask for your consent
Under UK law we can only store or read cookies on your device with your consent, unless an exemption applies. We do not ask for consent for:
- Strictly necessary cookies, which the Website needs to do what you ask, such as keeping you signed in to the AI assistant
- Cookies that only remember your preferences on the Website, such as your preferred view of the verses, where we tell you about them and you can easily remove them
We only use analytics cookies, advertising cookies and cookies from embedded content after you have agreed to them in our cookie message. You can say no without any effect on your access to the Quran, the audio recitations or the AI assistant.
04Changing your choices
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the "Privacy and cookie settings" link on the Website. Withdrawing consent stops new cookies being set; you can delete cookies that are already stored through your browser settings.
05Cookies we use
5.1 Strictly necessary
These are needed for the Website to work and cannot be switched off in our cookie settings.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
PHPSESSID | askthequran.com | Keeps you signed in to the AI assistant and remembers your language choice between pages | Until you close your browser |
FCCDCF, FCNEC | askthequran.com (Google consent tool) | Stores the cookie choices you make in our cookie message | Up to 13 months |
aiDisclaimerAccepted (local storage) | askthequran.com | Remembers that you accepted the AI assistant notice, so it is not shown every time | Until you clear it |
pendingAIQuery (session storage) | askthequran.com | Holds a question you typed while you sign in, so it can be sent afterwards | Until you close the tab |
5.2 Preferences
These remember choices you make so the Website works the way you like. They are stored only in your browser.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
atqView (local storage) | askthequran.com | Remembers whether you prefer to see Arabic, the translation or both | Until you clear it |
5.3 Analytics (only with your consent)
These help us understand how many people visit, which pages are popular and how people find us, so we can improve the Website. We use Google Analytics 4, which does not log or store full IP addresses.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | askthequran.com (Google Analytics) | Distinguishes visitors so we can count visits | Up to 13 months |
_ga_QLNF3WXEBP | askthequran.com (Google Analytics) | Keeps track of the current visit | Up to 13 months |
5.4 Advertising (only with your consent)
The Website shows adverts through Google AdSense. With your consent, Google may use cookies to personalise adverts to your interests and to measure them. If you do not consent, Google may still show non-personalised adverts, which use cookies only for limited purposes such as fraud prevention and frequency capping where the law allows.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
__gads, __gpi, __eoi | askthequran.com (Google AdSense) | Measure how adverts perform and stop the same advert appearing too often | Up to 13 months |
IDE | doubleclick.net (Google) | Personalises and measures adverts across websites | Up to 13 months |
test_cookie | doubleclick.net (Google) | Checks whether your browser accepts cookies | 15 minutes |
5.5 Embedded content and partners (only with your consent)
Some pages include content and tools from other companies. These are loaded only when you consent or, for videos, when you press play.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
YouTube: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC | youtube.com / youtube-nocookie.com | Set only when you press play on a video; used by YouTube to play the video, count views and, for YouTube, to personalise adverts | Session to 6 months |
ShareThis: __stid | sharethis.com | Share buttons on our stories pages; ShareThis records sharing activity | Up to 13 months |
ShareThis data partners: _cc_id, _cc_dc | crwdcntrl.net (Lotame) | Audience data collected through the ShareThis buttons for advertising | Up to 9 months |
| GetYourGuide and Stay22 | getyourguide.com, stay22.com | Activity and accommodation links on our stories pages; record that you came from our site so we can earn a commission | See the partner's cookie policy |
The exact cookies used by third parties can change. Our cookie message lists the companies we work with, and each company's own cookie or privacy policy gives full details.
06Other technologies
Some pages load fonts from Google Fonts, photographs from Pexels and audio files from our own server. Loading these sends your IP address and basic browser information to the provider, as with any web request, but they do not set cookies for us. Our newsletter emails, sent through Mailchimp, may contain a small tracking image that tells us whether an email was opened; you can block this by turning off images in your email program.
07How to control cookies in your browser
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop the AI assistant from working. Help pages for the most popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
- Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Other ways to limit tracking:
- Google ad personalisation: https://adssettings.google.com
- Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- Interest-based advertising choices: youronlinechoices.eu
08Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when we change the cookies we use or when the law changes. The date at the top shows the latest version.
09Contact us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us.
Email: [email protected]
Postal address: MATW P 77268, PO Box 6945, London W1A 6US, England, United Kingdom
You can also contact the UK regulator, the Information Commission (still known as the ICO), at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.