🛡️ Your Privacy

Privacy Policy

How CoverageBahrain collects, uses, and protects information relating to visitors of this website.

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Last Updated

January 2025

Effective immediately upon publication

📋 Contents

  1. Who We Are
  2. Information We Collect
  3. How We Use Information
  4. Cookies & Local Storage
  5. Third-Party Services
  6. Data Retention
  7. Your Rights
  8. Children's Privacy
  9. Data Security
  10. Changes to This Policy
  11. Contact Us

CoverageBahrain ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to this website. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the rights you have with respect to your personal data. By using this website, you agree to the terms described in this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use this site.

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Who We Are

CoverageBahrain is an independent informational website providing general information about mobile and internet coverage distribution across the Kingdom of Bahrain. This website is operated from the Diplomatic Area, Manama, Bahrain.

We are not a telecommunications company, operator, reseller, or agent. We do not sell any products or services and do not process any payments. This website is purely informational in nature.

Contact details for privacy-related matters:
Email: info@coveragebahraininfo.org
Address: Diplomatic Area, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Phone: +973 1733 9024

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Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you use the contact form on this website, you may provide us with personal information including your first and last name, email address, and the content of your message. This information is provided voluntarily and is only collected when you choose to submit a contact enquiry.

We do not require registration or account creation to access any part of this website. No personal information is required to browse our content.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit this website, certain technical information may be automatically collected by our web hosting infrastructure. This may include your IP address (in anonymised or full form depending on hosting configuration), the type of browser and device you are using, the pages you visit and the time you spend on them, the website that referred you to ours (if any), and general geographic location data derived from IP address (typically at country or city level only).

This technical information is primarily used for the purposes of maintaining and improving the website's performance and security, and for understanding general usage patterns in an aggregated and anonymised form.

2.3 Information We Do Not Collect

We do not collect payment card information, bank details, or any financial data. We do not collect sensitive personal data such as health information, identity document numbers, or biometric data. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16. We do not collect personal data through third-party advertising networks, as we carry no advertising on this website.

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How We Use Information

Information collected through the contact form is used solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry. We do not use contact form submissions for marketing purposes, and we do not add submitters to any mailing list without explicit consent.

Automatically collected technical data is used to monitor website performance, identify and resolve technical issues, understand how visitors use the website in aggregate terms, and improve the quality and relevance of our content. We do not use this data to identify individual visitors or to build profiles of individual user behaviour.

We do not sell, rent, or commercially transfer any personal data to third parties. We do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that would have a significant effect on individuals.

The legal basis for processing personal data submitted via the contact form is your consent — given by voluntarily completing and submitting the form. The legal basis for processing automatically collected technical data is our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving a functional, secure website.

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Cookies & Local Storage

This website is designed with privacy in mind and does not use cookies for tracking, advertising, or user profiling purposes. The site does not deploy third-party analytics cookies, advertising tracking pixels, or social media tracking scripts.

Certain standard browser mechanisms — including session storage and local storage — may be used by the website to support basic functionality such as preserving your preferences during a browsing session. This data is stored locally in your browser and is not transmitted to our servers.

Our web hosting provider may set server-side session cookies that are strictly necessary for the delivery of the website. These do not contain personal information and expire when you close your browser session.

You can configure your browser to refuse or delete cookies at any time. As we do not rely on cookies for any core user-facing functionality, doing so will not affect your ability to read and navigate this website.

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Third-Party Services

This website does not embed third-party advertising networks, social media widgets with tracking functionality, or external analytics platforms that collect personal data from visitors. We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or similar tracking services.

The website may be hosted using a third-party web hosting provider. This provider may process server access logs that include IP addresses and request data in the course of delivering the website to your browser. This is handled under the hosting provider's own terms and privacy practices, and data is not used by us beyond standard hosting operations.

Where this website links to external websites (for example, references to external resources or organisations), we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those external sites. You should review the privacy policy of any external site you visit.

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Data Retention

Contact form submissions and associated personal data (name, email address, message content) are retained only for as long as necessary to respond to the enquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter in case of follow-up. We do not retain contact form data indefinitely, and we periodically review and delete correspondence that no longer serves any active purpose.

Automatically collected server log data, including IP addresses, is typically retained by hosting providers for a limited period (often 30–90 days) for security and operational purposes, after which it is deleted in accordance with the hosting provider's own data retention policies.

If you have made a contact enquiry and wish your data to be deleted before our standard retention period has elapsed, please contact us at the details provided in Section 1 and we will action your request promptly.

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Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection law, you may have the following rights in relation to personal data we hold about you:

Right of access: You have the right to request a copy of personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: You have the right to ask us to correct inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
Right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to delete personal data we hold about you, subject to certain conditions.
Right to restrict processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict how we use your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@coveragebahraininfo.org. We will respond to all legitimate requests within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.

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Children's Privacy

This website is not directed at children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under that age. The contact form on this website is intended for use by adults only.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under the age of 16 has submitted personal data to this website without your consent, please contact us immediately at info@coveragebahraininfo.org and we will take steps to delete the information promptly.

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Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect any personal data we hold against unauthorised access, accidental loss, destruction, or disclosure. This website operates over HTTPS, ensuring that data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted in transit.

However, no method of data transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure. While we strive to use appropriate means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. In the unlikely event of a data security incident affecting your personal data, we will take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable law.

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Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or the nature of the website. When changes are made, the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy will be revised accordingly.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle personal data. Continued use of this website after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.

If changes are material, we will make reasonable efforts to draw attention to them when visitors access the website after the update is published.

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Contact Us About Privacy

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us through any of the following channels:

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Postal Address
Diplomatic Area, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain