Privacy Policy
Effective date: July 7, 2026
1. Introduction
BybelVerse (we, us, or our) is a Bible reading and study application. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application and related services. By using the app, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide and improve the app. The types of information we collect include:
Account Information — Email address and password (securely hashed); your name may be stored for personalization.
Reading Data — Reading progress, streak history, reading preferences (language, translation), and chapters you have read.
Personal Content — Highlights, notes, and favorite verses you create, linked to your account.
Subscription Data — Premium subscription status and purchase records for purchases processed through Google Play Billing.
Sharing Data — If you invite shared users, we collect the invitee’s name and email to send invitations and manage access.
Messages and Feedback — Content of feedback, suggestions, or problem reports and your name to respond and improve the app.
Usage Data — Anonymous analytics such as feature usage and app performance to help improve the user experience.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
Provide and maintain the service — Deliver daily verses, track reading progress, calculate streaks, and enable offline reading.
Personalization — Store and display your highlights, notes, favorites, and reading preferences.
Subscription management — Manage Premium subscriptions and sharing slot purchases processed through Google Play Billing.
Communication — Send invitation and reminder emails to users you share access with and respond to feedback and support requests.
Safety and abuse prevention — Detect and prevent abuse, including monitoring for harmful or inappropriate content in user-submitted messages.
Improvement — Analyze usage data to improve features, performance, and content.
4. AI Powered Features
We provide an AI Bible Study Agent to assist with study questions and suggestions.
How it works — When you interact with the AI agent, your messages are processed to generate relevant responses.
Training — We do not use your AI conversation data to train external models.
Accuracy and guidance — AI-generated content is for guidance only and may not always be perfectly accurate. It should not replace pastoral, medical, legal, or other professional advice.
5. Data Sharing
We limit sharing of your personal information as follows:
No sale of personal data — We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
Private user content — Your reading data, highlights, notes, and favorites are private and accessible only to you and authorized administrators.
Sharing feature — If you use the sharing feature, invited users receive limited access under your Premium subscription; only their name and email are used for invitation purposes.
Service providers — We may share data with service providers (for example, Google Play for billing and email delivery services) strictly to operate app functionality.
Legal disclosures — We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights, safety, or property.
6. Data Security
We implement technical and organizational measures to protect your data:
Authentication and access control — Passwords are securely hashed; administrative functions require admin-level authentication and role-based permissions.
Data isolation — Each user’s reading data, highlights, notes, and favorites are isolated and accessible only by that user.
Encryption — We use industry-standard protections for authentication and data transmission. Despite our efforts, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Data Retention
We retain data to provide the service and meet operational needs:
Account retention — Your account data is retained as long as your account is active.
Reading history — Reading history and progress are retained to provide accurate streak and engagement tracking.
Shared invitations — Shared user invitations and related data are managed under our maintenance policy; inactive shared users may be removed after 12 months of inactivity.
Deletion requests — You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us; see Contact Us for details.
8. Google Play Billing
Payments and subscription management are handled through Google Play Billing:
Payment processing — Premium subscriptions and sharing slot purchases are processed through Google Play Billing.
No card storage — We do not collect or store your payment card details. Payment is handled by Google Play.
Purchase records — We store purchase status and product identifiers to manage access and entitlements.
Refunds — Refunds are subject to Google Play’s refund policy.
9. Children’s Privacy
We do not target or knowingly collect data from young children:
Age restriction — Our app is not directed to children under the age of 13.
No intentional collection — We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child provided information — Contact us so we can remove it.
10. Your Rights
You have control over your personal information and account:
Access and update — You have the right to access and update your personal information.
Clear content — You can clear your reading history, highlights, notes, and favorites at any time within the app.
Cancel subscription — You can cancel your Premium subscription at any time through Google Play.
Account deletion — You can request complete account deletion by contacting us; we will process deletion requests in a timely manner.
11. Offline Functionality
Offline features require local caching:
Local caching — Chapter content is cached locally on your device to support offline reading.
Transmission — Cached data remains on your device and is not transmitted unless you use features that require a connection.
Clearing cache — You can clear cached data through your device settings.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time:
Updates — We will post the updated policy within the app or notify you by other communication methods for significant changes.
Acceptance — Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Effective date — The policy’s effective date will be updated when material changes are made.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your data:
In-app support — Contact us through the in-app feedback or problem report feature.
Google Play listing — You may also reach out using the contact information provided on our Google Play listing.