Who we are
Darul Ihsan Cultural Center USA (“the center”, “we”) is a nonprofit masjid and Islamic center at 1520 E Delavan Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215. This policy covers this website and the forms, emails and social media accounts the center runs.
What we collect
Only what you type or upload into one of our forms. That is usually your name, email address and phone number, plus the details the form asks for: a program application, a visit or Nikah request, a matrimonial bio-data, or what a payment is for.
Some forms let you upload files: a photo with a matrimonial bio-data, and a photo or scan of each traveler’s passport with an Umrah registration.
We collect nothing about visitors who only read the website.
How we store and use it
Form answers and uploaded files are saved in the center’s own Google account (Google Sheets and Google Drive). Only the staff and volunteers who handle that request can see them.
We use your information only to handle your request: to review an application, arrange a service, book a trip, follow up on a payment, or contact you about it. Passport scans are used only to book the Umrah trip they were sent for.
Donations and payments
Donations and payments are processed by Zeffy, a payment platform for nonprofits. You enter your card details on Zeffy, not on this website, and the center never sees or stores your card number. Zeffy explains how it handles your information in its own privacy policy.
Emails we send
We email you only about something you asked for: a confirmation of your form, a reply from the office, a payment receipt or reminder, or information about the program or trip you signed up for.
We do not sell or share your information
We do not sell, rent or trade personal information. We share it only with the services that run our forms and payments (Google and Zeffy), with travel partners when that is needed to book an Umrah trip you registered for, or when the law requires it.
Cookies, analytics and advertising
This website has no advertising, no analytics and no tracking tools, and it sets no tracking cookies. Your browser may remember a few of your own settings, such as dark mode or language.
Pages load fonts from Google Fonts, and some pages show YouTube videos in privacy-enhanced mode. As with any website, those services can see your device’s internet address when they load.
Social media
The center publishes its own announcements to its own YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram accounts. It uses those platforms’ tools (APIs) only to post to and manage those accounts. It does not collect, store or analyze information about the people who view, follow or comment on them. Your use of those platforms is covered by their own privacy policies.
Children
Applications for our children’s and youth programs are completed by a parent or guardian and include the parent’s or guardian’s contact details. We do not knowingly collect information directly from children for any other purpose. A parent or guardian may ask to see, correct or delete their child’s information at any time.
Seeing, correcting or deleting your information
You can ask to see the information we hold about you, correct it, or have it deleted. Email darulihsan.office@gmail.com or call (917) 770-5062. We may keep records the law requires us to keep, such as donation and payment records.
Keeping it safe
Only the people who need your information can open our records, and our accounts are protected by sign-in. No system is perfectly secure, so please do not send sensitive information we have not asked for, such as detailed medical records.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will post the new version on this page with a new effective date.
Contact us
Darul Ihsan Cultural Center USA, 1520 E Delavan Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215. Email darulihsan.office@gmail.com or call (917) 770-5062.