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Privacy Policy

Iraqi Bar Association — Edition 1, dated 11/11/2026

This policy covers the Bar's app and the e-renewal portal:

services.lawyers.gov.iq

1. What we collect and why

The renewal request and its portal are not open yet. Rows 3 and 4 are what we collect when they open.

No. Item Why
1 Your Iraqi phone number Your account's identity and sign-in. It cannot be changed after the account is created.
2 Your password Sign-in. It is not stored as you typed it.
3 In a renewal request: your four-part name and surname, Bar ID number, dossier number, chamber, and the years you want renewed So the Bar can decide your request.
4 Four pictures: your Bar ID, a recent personal photo, your national ID card, and a photo of your face To issue your ID.
5 A report of an error in a law's text, or a request for a law, sent from the library To correct the library.
6 Technical logs: your internet address, browser or device type, and the time Service security.

Photo of your face: on a phone the portal opens the front camera; on a computer you choose a file.

2. Verification code

It reaches you by WhatsApp, else Telegram, else a text message. The messaging provider receives only your number and the code.

3. Paying with Qi Card

Online payment is not open yet. When it opens:

  • You enter your card details on Qi Card's own page. The Bar never receives your full card number and does not store it.
  • The Bar keeps the payment result (the amount, the reference number, the status and the time) and your acceptance of the payment terms in the version you saw.
  • If you report a charge that was not recorded, we may ask for a picture of the charge notice. Only the Accounts section and the system administrator see it.

4. Who sees your data at the Bar

  • The Pension section, then the Accounts section: your request's details, to approve it.
  • The IDs section: your pictures, to issue your ID.
  • The system administrator: all of the above, pictures included, to run the system.

Every opening of a picture is logged with the staff member's account, the time and the purpose. Staff see only what their section's permission allows.

5. On your device, and messages

  • Your language, appearance and an offline copy of the news: on your phone only, until you delete the app.
  • Your portal sign-in ends when you sign out, close the page, or after 30 minutes without use. If you choose "Remember me" it lasts 30 days.
  • Lawyers register search: the name you type is sent to the Bar's website to return results; the app does not keep it.
  • The app's camera: only to read the QR code on a lawyer's card. No picture is kept or sent.
  • Account messages: your request's stage and what you need to do, with no name, amount or number.
  • Phone notifications, when the Bar turns them on and you choose them: the Bar's database keeps your phone's identifier, system and language to deliver them, and the notification provider knows what you chose. Each type has its own switch.

6. Who processes data for the Bar

Each only as far as its task requires; all connections are encrypted.

No. Party Its work
1 Supabase Hosting, database, sign-in and pictures, in Frankfurt, Germany.
2 OTPIQ Verification code messages.
3 Qi Card Payment, when it opens.
4 Firebase (from Google) Phone notifications.
5 A server the Bar rents The portal's pages.

7. How long we keep it

No. Item Period
1 Your account While it exists; erased 7 days after you ask to delete it.
2 An account whose number was never confirmed Deleted within about a day.
3 Your phone number after a code request Up to 72 hours.
4 Pictures of a withdrawn or refused request, and replaced or rejected pictures Deleted after 30 days.
5 Pictures of a completed request Until you delete your account.
6 The request and its payment record, and the staff log of picture openings No fixed period: as long as the renewal record is held by the Bar, as proof.
7 The charge-notice picture Rejected or replaced: 7 days. Accepted: 186 days after its report closes, otherwise until the account is deleted.
8 Law-text reports and law requests 12 months.
9 Your phone's notification identifier Deleted after 30 days without a refresh.
10 Technical logs at the host The hosting provider's period.

8. Deleting your account

A deletion request from the app suspends the account at once, and it is erased after 7 days. Details are on the "Account deletion" page.

9. What we do not do

  • We do not sell your data or use it for advertising. No ads and no tracking tools in the app or the portal.
  • We do not take your phone's location or your contacts.
  • The services are for lawyers, not for children.

10. Your rights and contact

You may ask what we keep about you and ask for it to be deleted. Write to us at:

iraqbar@lawyers.gov.iq

We review your request and reply to the same address, with no fixed time.

11. If this page changes

Every change is published as a new dated edition at this address.