Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways, including:

• Account data — your phone number and one-time verification code, name, email address, country, and profile photo. Company accounts may also provide a commercial registration (CR) number, civil ID, supporting documents, and a logo.
• Content you submit — advertisements, notices, captions, images, and short videos (Talks) you upload for publication or sharing.
• Transaction & financial data — details necessary to process payments for ad placements, handled through our payment provider (Thawani). We do not store full card details on our servers.
• Usage & device data — IP address, device type, operating system, app version, access times, and interactions with the app.
• Push & location data — push notification tokens and approximate location used to surface relevant newspapers and editions.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Create and manage your account and verify your identity.
• Process ad submissions, route them to the chosen newspaper agency for approval, and deliver proof of publication.
• Process payments and send you receipts and transaction information.
• Send service notifications such as approvals, replies, and announcements.
• Personalize your experience and surface relevant news and ads.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve and secure the service.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• Newspaper & news agencies — the ad content and contact details you submit are shared with the publishing agency you select in order to review and publish your ad.
• Payment provider — transaction data is shared with Thawani to process payments securely.
• Service providers — trusted vendors that provide hosting, analytics, crash reporting, and notification delivery on our behalf.
• Legal & protection — where required by law or to protect our rights, users, and the public.
• Business transfers — in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
• With your consent — or at your direction.

4. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information. While we take reasonable steps to secure the information you provide, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. You may request deletion of your account at any time from within the app.

6. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly collect information from or market to children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18 without verified parental consent, we will delete it as quickly as possible.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of your personal data.
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate information.
• Erasure — ask us to delete your personal data.
• Restriction — ask us to restrict processing of your data.
• Objection — object to our processing of your data.
• Portability — ask us to transfer your data to another organization.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes are effective when posted, and continued use of Absher after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.