Privacy Policy
Effective 12 August 2026
This policy explains what International Muslim Marriage Agency (“IMMA”, “we”, “us”) does with the information you give us when you apply for our matchmaking service. It is written to be read, not to be skimmed past. If anything here is unclear, write to us at services@internationalmuslimmarriageagency.com and we will explain it.
1. Who we are
IMMA is a private matchmaking service for Muslims and those seeking marriage on Islamic terms. We are the controller of the information described below, which means we decide how and why it is used and we are answerable for it.
Contact: services@internationalmuslimmarriageagency.com
2. What we collect
Almost everything we hold about you is information you typed into our application form yourself. That form asks for:
- Basic identity — name, age, gender, and a short self-description.
- Religious identity and practice — your denomination or school, and how you practise.
- Relationship history — marital status and relevant background.
- Physical description — as you choose to describe yourself.
- Education and work.
- Social and media habits.
- Islamic values and views on marriage.
- Spouse preferences — what you are looking for.
- Contact details — email address, phone number, WhatsApp number, country and city.
- Your signature — typed, drawn, or both, and the date you signed.
We also record the language you completed the form in, the date and time of your submission, and a reference number.
3. Religious identity and other sensitive information
Information about your religious beliefs is treated as sensitive under data protection law in the UK, the European Union and elsewhere. So is some of what you tell us about your relationship history and health-adjacent circumstances. We can only hold that information because you have given us your explicit consent by ticking the consent box on the application form. You can withdraw that consent at any time — see section 8.
By its nature this service cannot work without knowing your religious identity. If you are not comfortable providing it, please do not submit an application.
4. Why we use it, and on what basis
- To assess your application and decide whether we can help you. Basis: your consent, and steps taken at your request before entering into a service agreement.
- To identify and propose matches, and to make introductions. Basis: your explicit consent.
- To communicate with you — the confirmation email you receive, and any correspondence about your application. Basis: your consent and our legitimate interest in responding to you.
- To keep our service secure and prevent misuse. Basis: our legitimate interest in protecting applicants.
- To comply with the law where we are required to.
We do not use your information for advertising. We do not sell it. We do not build profiles of you for any purpose other than matchmaking.
5. Who sees it
Our review team
Access is limited to the people at IMMA who review applications and arrange introductions.
Potential matches and their representatives
Where we identify someone we think you may be compatible with, we may share relevant parts of your profile with that person and, where appropriate, with their wali or a family representative acting for them — as they may with you. We share only what is necessary for a considered introduction, and we do not pass on your direct contact details without asking you first.
Service providers
We use a small number of established providers to run the service. They process information on our instructions and may not use it for their own purposes:
- Netlify — hosts the website.
- Supabase — stores the application database and your signature file.
- Resend — sends the confirmation email to you and the alert email to us.
Legal
We will disclose information if we are legally required to, or where it is necessary to protect someone from serious harm.
6. Where it is stored
Our providers process and store information in the United States. If you are applying from the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, or another region with restrictions on international data transfers, your information will be transferred to and held in the United States. You consent to that transfer when you submit your application.
7. How long we keep it
We keep your application for as long as it is active and you are open to introductions, and for up to 24 months after our last contact with you. After that we delete it. If you ask us to delete it sooner, we will — see below.
8. Your rights
Whatever country you are in, you can ask us to:
- Send you a copy of what we hold about you.
- Correct anything that is wrong or out of date.
- Delete your application entirely.
- Withdraw your consent, which stops any further processing and ends your participation.
- Send your information to you in a portable format.
- Stop or limit how we use it.
Write to services@internationalmuslimmarriageagency.com and we will act on it. We aim to respond within 30 days. If you are in the UK or the EEA and you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you have the right to complain to your national data protection authority.
Withdrawing consent does not undo anything we lawfully did before you withdrew it, and if an introduction has already been made we cannot retrieve information already shared with the other person.
9. How we protect it
- The site is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection.
- Your application is submitted to a server-side function; the credentials that reach our database are held in server configuration and are never sent to your browser.
- Signature files are stored in private storage, not on the public internet.
- Access to the database is restricted to our review team.
We take these measures seriously, and we will keep improving them. But we want to be straightforward with you rather than reassuring: no online service can promise absolute security. By submitting an application you accept that residual risk. If we ever discover a breach affecting your information, we will tell you and the relevant authority as the law requires.
10. Your browser
We do not use advertising cookies, analytics cookies, or third-party trackers of any kind. Nothing on this site follows you around the internet.
The site does store two things locally in your own browser: your chosen language, and a temporary draft of your application so that you do not lose your answers if the page closes part-way through. The draft is cleared when you submit. If you are using a shared or public computer, close the browser when you are finished.
11. Children
This service is for adults. You must be at least 18 years old to apply. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18, and we will delete any such application if we become aware of it.
12. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy we will update the effective date at the top. If a change materially affects how we use information you have already given us, we will contact you about it.
13. Contact
Questions, requests, or complaints: services@internationalmuslimmarriageagency.com.