Privacy Policy
Last updated: 6 October 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Online Quran Corner (“we”, “us”, or “our”). We operate https://onlinequrancorner.com/ (the “Service”). This online Quran learning academy teaches children, teenagers, and adults through live one-to-one video classes, scheduled over WhatsApp and taught on Zoom, Google Meet, or MS Teams, with a focus on UK-based families.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, and the rights you and, where a child is enrolled, your child have over it. Because a significant part of what we do involves teaching children, this policy is written to reflect the standards of the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code (the “Children’s Code”), alongside the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”).
By using our Service, including booking a free trial, enrolling in a course, or messaging us on WhatsApp or by email, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy. Where you are a parent or guardian booking or managing classes on behalf of a child, you are agreeing on that child’s behalf as well as your own.
2. Who We Are
Online Quran Corner is the Data Controller of the personal data described in this policy. If you have any questions about this policy or how your data is handled, you can reach us at:
Email: info@onlinequrancorner.com Phone / WhatsApp: +44 7348 540897
3. Definitions
Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual.
Child / Children means anyone under the age of 18, in line with the Children’s Code.
Usage Data means data collected automatically through your use of the Service, such as pages visited or time spent on a page.
Cookies means small files stored on your device by our website.
Data Controller means the organisation that decides why and how personal data is processed, for this policy, that is Online Quran Corner.
Data Processor / Service Provider means a third party that processes personal data on our behalf, such as a video-calling or email platform.
User means the person using our Service. Where the person receiving classes is a child, “User” also refers to the parent or guardian who books, manages, and consents on that child’s behalf.
4. Information We Collect
We only collect the information we need to arrange, deliver, and improve Quran classes we do not ask for or store data unrelated to that purpose.
Category | What We Collect | Who It’s About |
Parent/guardian contact details | Name, email address, phone/WhatsApp number, country or city | The adult booking or managing classes |
Child’s learning details | First name, age or age range, current Quran level, preferred class times, tutor gender preference | The student, provided by the parent/guardian |
Class records | Attendance, tutor notes, monthly test results and progress reports, and video recordings of lessons | The student, shared with the enrolling parent/guardian |
Usage Data | IP address, browser type, pages visited, time and date of visit, device identifiers | Website visitors |
Cookies | Session, preference, and security cookies (see Section 12) | Website visitors |
Payment information | We do not store card details ourselves; these are handled directly by our payment processor for any paid course fees | Fee-paying parent/guardian |
We do not collect government ID numbers, passport details, marital status, employment records, or similar sensitive administrative data, as none of this is necessary for us to arrange or deliver Quran classes.
5. Because We Teach Children: Our Children's Code Commitments
Unlike many online services, ours is intended to be used by children, with a parent or guardian involved at every stage of booking and enrolment. In line with the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code, we commit to the following:
- The best interests of the child come first in how we collect and use data.
- We only collect what’s needed to deliver classes a child’s first name, approximate age, and learning level nothing more.
- We do not use a child’s data for behavioural advertising, profiling, or targeted marketing.
- We do not use design techniques (“nudges”) to encourage a child to hand over more personal data than necessary.
- A child’s progress notes and test results are shared only with the parent or guardian who enrolled them, never published or shared publicly without consent.
- All bookings, communication, and consent are handled through the parent or guardian’s own contact details a child does not independently create an account or provide their own contact information to us.
6. How We Use Your Data
- To arrange, schedule, and deliver Quran classes
- To communicate with you about bookings, trial classes, and your child’s progress
- To provide customer support and answer questions
- To send monthly test results and progress reports to the enrolling parent or guardian
- To review lesson recordings for teaching quality and student safety, and to share them with the parent or guardian on request
- To improve our website, curriculum, and teaching methods
- To detect, prevent, and address technical or security issues
- To send you newsletters, offers, or other marketing only where you’ve opted in, and you can opt out at any time
- To meet our legal and record-keeping obligations
7. Our Legal Basis for Processing Your Data
Under the UK GDPR, we only process personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so:
Lawful Basis | When We Rely On It |
Contract | To book and deliver the classes you’ve asked for, and manage your enrolment |
Consent | For marketing communications and for any non-essential cookies |
Legitimate interests | To keep our website secure, understand how it’s used, and improve our Service, balanced against your right to privacy |
Legal obligation | Where we’re required to keep or disclose certain records by law |
8. WhatsApp and Other Service Providers
We arrange most scheduling and day-to-day communication over WhatsApp, which is provided by WhatsApp Ireland Limited, part of Meta. When you message us on WhatsApp, your phone number and messages are processed by Meta under WhatsApp’s own privacy policy, and this may involve transferring your data outside the UK, including to the United States.
We also work with a small number of other service providers to run the Service, including:
- Video-calling platforms (Zoom, Google Meet or MS Teams) to deliver live classes
- Email providers, for account and support communication
- Payment processors, for any paid course fees (PCI-DSS compliant; we never see or store your full card details)
These providers only receive the data they need to perform their specific role, and are contractually required not to use it for any other purpose.
9. International Data Transfers
Our team and tutors are based between the UK and Pakistan. Where personal data is transferred outside the UK including to our team, or through providers like WhatsApp/Meta we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Standard Contractual Clauses, to ensure your data continues to receive a level of protection consistent with UK data protection law.
10. How Long We Keep Your Data
| Data Type | Retention Period |
| Trial/enquiry details (if you don’t go on to enrol) | Up to 24 months from your last contact with us, then deleted |
| Enrolled student records (progress notes, test results, attendance) | For the duration of enrolment, and a reasonable period afterward for record-keeping, then deleted or anonymised |
| Usage and cookie data | Typically 12–26 months, depending on cookie type, unless needed longer for security purposes |
| Lesson recordings | Kept for one month, then deleted, unless needed for longer to look into a concern or complaint |
11. Disclosure of Your Data
We don’t sell your personal data. We may disclose it:
- If required to do so by law or in response to a valid request from a public authority
- If we’re involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of the business, in which case your data may transfer as part of that deal
- To the service providers listed in Section 8, solely to help us run the Service
- With your consent, in any other case.
12. Cookies
Our website uses a small number of cookies:
- Session cookies, necessary to operate the website
- Preference cookies, to remember your settings
- Security cookies, to help keep the Service secure
- Analytics or advertising cookies, only ever set with your prior consent
In line with the UK’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), we ask for your consent before setting any cookie that isn’t strictly necessary to run the site. You can change your cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings, and you can also set your browser to send a Do Not Track signal, which we will honour by not setting non-essential cookies.
13. Security of Your Data
We take reasonable, commercially standard steps to protect your personal data, but no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, so we can’t guarantee absolute security.
14. Your Data Protection Rights
Under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected
- Ask us to delete your data
- Restrict or object to how we process your data
- Receive a copy of your data in a portable, machine-readable format
- Withdraw consent at any time, where we rely on consent
Where the data subject is a child, a parent or guardian can exercise any of these rights on the child’s behalf. To make a request, email us at info@onlinequrancorner.com we may ask you to verify your identity (or your relationship to the child) before responding.
You also have the right to complain to the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), if you believe we haven’t handled your data properly.
15. Children's Privacy
Our Service is designed to be used by children under 18, always with a parent or guardian’s knowledge and involvement in booking, enrolment, and communication. We do not knowingly collect a child’s personal data independently of their parent or guardian every booking is made through an adult’s contact details, and any information about a child (first name, age, learning level) is provided to us by that adult. If you believe a child has provided us with information directly and without a parent or guardian’s involvement, please contact us at info@onlinequrancorner.com and we will remove it.
16. Safeguarding and Child Protection
Many of our students are children, so keeping them safe during online lessons is built into how every class runs. This section explains how we check tutors, how lessons are run and what to do if you have a concern.
How we check our tutors
- Before teaching any student, every tutor goes through identity verification and reference checks.
- Each tutor’s Ijazah or teaching certificate is checked against the original documents from the issuing institution.
- Every new tutor completes onboarding covering lesson procedures, communication with students and the standards expected in online sessions.
- Our tutors are based outside the UK, so they are not checked through the UK’s Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). This is why we publish each tutor’s qualifications on our Instructors page and keep parents involved in every lesson.
How lessons are run
- All classes are live one-to-one video lessons on Zoom, Google Meet or MS Teams: client to confirm which.
- Parents and guardians are welcome to sit in on any lesson at any time.
- You can request a female or male tutor, and the same tutor teaches your child throughout, with a substitute from our team only if they are unavailable.
- Tutors contact families only through the parent’s or guardian’s details, and children never need their own account or phone number.
- Tutors do not ask children for personal information, photos, or social media contacts.
Class recordings
- Classes are recorded.
- Parents can ask for a copy of their child’s recordings at any time.
- Our team reviews recordings to check teaching quality and make sure every class is run properly.
- Recordings are kept for one month and then deleted, unless needed for longer to look into a concern.
Reporting a concern
- If anything in a lesson worries you or your child, contact our safeguarding contact, Hafiz Muhammad Abid, Founder, at info@onlinequrancorner.com or by phone or WhatsApp on +44 7348 540897.
- We will respond within 24 hours, and, if needed, the tutor will pause teaching while we review the concern.
- If you believe a child is in immediate danger, call 999. For confidential advice, you can contact the NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000.
This section was last reviewed on 6 October 2026.
17. Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that we don’t operate, including WhatsApp, Zoom, and Google Meet. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party site you visit, as we have no control over their content or privacy practices.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes, we’ll let you know by email and/or a notice on our website before the change takes effect, and we’ll update the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
19. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at info@onlinequrancorner.com or via WhatsApp at +44 7348 540897