True Nikkah uses cookies and similar website technologies to support the secure operation of our website, protect the couples who use it, and improve the performance and reliability of our online nikah ceremony service. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how they are used on the True Nikkah website, the legal basis on which they are set, and the choices available to you.
As a scholar-led provider of online nikah ceremonies and Islamic marriage services, True Nikkah applies a cautious and proportionate approach to all data handling activities, including the use of cookies. Website technologies are used solely for technical, security, functional and analytical purposes, and are strictly separated from the religious, identity and ceremony records held in connection with your marriage.
Because visiting a website of this kind can itself indicate religious belief, we treat cookie data with more caution than a general commercial website would. The safeguards described in section 7 reflect that.
All services at True Nikkah operate under the oversight of our Director, Dr Mahmoud Abdelrahman, supported by the religious governance, information governance and ethical standards set out in our Code of Practice.
Effective Date: 1 February 2023 | Last Reviewed: August 2026 | Next Scheduled Review: August 2027
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly, maintain security, remember user preferences, and provide aggregated analytical information supporting service improvement.
Similar technologies, including pixels, tags, local storage and software development kits, perform comparable functions and are covered by this Policy where used.
Cookies used on the True Nikkah website may include:
Cookies do not provide True Nikkah with direct access to your device or to files stored on it. Cookies cannot read your emails, access your photographs, or install software.
True Nikkah uses cookies in a controlled and proportionate manner, to support the secure operation of the website, protect users, and improve service performance.
Cookies are never used in religious decision-making. Cookie data plays no part in whether a nikah is conducted, how a ceremony is arranged, or what is recorded on a nikah certificate.
These cookies are required for core website functionality, security and transaction processing. Without them, parts of the website will not function correctly. Under UK and EU law, essential cookies do not require consent, but we set out their use here for transparency.
Examples include:
Essential cookies do not store information about your religious belief, your ceremony, your partner, or any detail of your booking.
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the True Nikkah website so that we can improve usability, accessibility and performance. The data collected is aggregated and does not identify you personally.
Tools used may include:
Analytics cookies do not access your booking information, your identity documentation, your ceremony records, or your nikah certificate. You may decline analytics cookies at any time, and doing so has no effect on your ability to use our services or book a ceremony.
Where analytics are used, we enable IP anonymisation and disable data-sharing features that would allow analytics data to be used for advertising purposes.
Functional cookies allow the website to remember your preferences and improve the experience on return visits. This may include remembering your region, currency display preference, language preference, or the cookie choices you have already made.
Functional cookies are set only with your consent and can be declined without affecting your ability to use the service.
True Nikkah advertises online, and where you have consented, cookies may be used to measure the effectiveness of that advertising. This is limited to conversion measurement, meaning understanding how many people who saw or clicked an advertisement went on to make a booking.
Tools used may include:
True Nikkah does not use remarketing or retargeting cookies. We do not build advertising audiences from visitors to this website, and we do not follow you around the internet with advertisements for nikah services. The reasons for this are set out in section 7, and this is a deliberate restriction rather than a technical limitation.
Advertising cookies are optional, are set only with your explicit consent, and may be withdrawn at any time.
True Nikkah sets non-essential cookies only where you have given consent.
Our approach reflects the requirements of:
Consent is obtained through our cookie consent banner, which appears on your first visit. Non-essential cookies are not set before consent is given. Declining is as straightforward as accepting, and no non-essential cookie is set by default.
You may change or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie settings link available on our website.
We apply the UK and EU consent standard to all visitors worldwide, including those in jurisdictions where consent would not legally be required, consistent with the approach set out in our Privacy Policy.
You control how cookies are used on your device. You can:
Guidance for common browsers is available at:
Please note that disabling essential cookies may prevent parts of the website from functioning, including the booking and payment process.
If you share a device with others and privacy is important to you, we recommend clearing your browsing history and cookies after visiting, or using your browser’s private browsing mode. We mention this because we recognise that many couples arrange their nikah discreetly.
True Nikkah works only with reputable third-party providers operating in line with applicable data protection and security expectations. Third-party cookies used on our website may include:
Each provider operates under its own privacy and cookie policies. True Nikkah does not control third-party cookie behaviour beyond selecting providers meeting appropriate data protection standards, configuring those services conservatively, and disabling features we consider inappropriate for a service of this nature.
Third-party arrangements are reviewed periodically as part of our governance cycle.
This section describes a deliberate restriction we place on ourselves, and it is the part of this Policy we would ask you to read.
The fact that a person visits a website offering nikah services is itself an indicator of religious belief. Under Article 9 of the UK GDPR and EU GDPR, information revealing religious belief is special category personal data. Equivalent protections apply under the Australian Privacy Principles, PIPEDA and US state privacy legislation.
For this reason, True Nikkah does not:
There is a practical reason as well as a legal one. Many couples arrange their nikah privately, sometimes on a device shared with family. A retargeting advertisement appearing later on that device could reveal something a person had chosen not to disclose. We regard that risk as unacceptable, and we have configured our advertising accordingly, even though it makes our advertising less efficient.
Cookie-derived data is used solely for technical, security, functional and aggregated analytical purposes. It is never used for:
There is complete separation between website analytics data and the religious, identity and ceremony records held by True Nikkah. Ceremony records are held in secure, access-controlled systems entirely separate from website analytics, as described in our Privacy Policy.
True Nikkah serves couples in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, the European Union and worldwide. Our cookie practices are designed to meet the highest applicable standard and to apply that standard universally.
True Nikkah respects recognised browser-level privacy signals, including Global Privacy Control (GPC). Where such a signal is detected, non-essential cookies are not set and any applicable opt-out is treated as exercised.
Because we do not sell personal information or use remarketing cookies, the practical effect of such signals on our website is limited, but we honour them regardless.
We review this Cookie Policy at least once every twelve months, and sooner where legal requirements, technology, service providers or website functionality change.
Where material updates are made, the revised policy is published on this page with a revised effective date. Where a change introduces a new category of cookie, consent will be sought again.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, about how cookies are used on the True Nikkah website, or about how to exercise your choices, you can contact us through our Contact page or by emailing:
Privacy enquiries: privacy@truenikkah.com
General enquiries: info@truenikkah.com
This contact point is overseen by Dr Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Director of True Nikkah, who holds responsibility for data protection and information governance across the service.
Further information is available in our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Code of Practice.