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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 4, 2026 • Last Updated: June 4, 2026

Our Offline-First Privacy Pledge

Bible in African Languages is designed to respect your spiritual journey and your personal data. We operate under a strict, non-invasive **offline-first policy**. We do not run background telemetry tracking, sell advertisements, or harvest personal details. Your prayer logs, Bible readings, highlights, commentary selections, and offline downloads stay exactly where they belong: **privately stored on your own physical device**.

1. Information We Do Not Collect

Because this is an offline-friendly application, we do not require you to create an account, register your email, or link a social networking profile to browse or search the Bible.

We do not collect names, phone numbers, or mailing addresses.
We do not record your locations or track your IP address for promotional purposes.
We do not capture your reading progress, bookmark timestamps, or audio listening history on any external cloud server.

2. Web Manifest, Downloads, & On-Device Caching

Bible in African Languages integrates custom Progressive Web App (PWA) tools to enable fast, offline reading when internet access in deep communities is unstable or limited:

Device LocalStorage & Databases: Any reading plans started, customized verses bookmarked, highlights painted (Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue), or custom notes written are stored client-side in your local browser storage (localStorage) or web database. This data never leaves your device unless you manually use the share feature to export a beautiful verse image.
Offline Bible Downloads: Complete book and text caches (e.g., WEB, KJV, or customized African Bible Translations) downloaded through our standard offline sync portal are stored solely in your browser's Cache API storage. Removing the app or clearing cookies will clear these downloads.

3. App Permissions

When compiled for Android or viewed inside a mobile web browser, the app may request specific system-level permissions for core interactive elements:

Storage / Photo Library Access

Required ONLY when you choose to use the "Share Verse" or "Create verse image canvas" tool to download and save visual posters directly to your camera roll or system gallery. This image generation and file render occurs entirely locally.

Network & Connectivity Checks

Needed to verify active connectivity status. This determines whether translation sync calls can fetch updates from public CDN scriptures, or if the app should fall back on local offline-stored bibles automatically.

4. Cookies and Third-Party Services

We use zero tracking pixels (such as Meta pixel, TikTok pixel) or behavioral ad cookies. Our web host's CDN may apply standard logging rules for request-distribution and routing (such as standard anonymized server connection files) which are strictly technical and non-identifiable.

5. Children's Privacy

Our app serves scripture resources to everyone of all ages and is entirely safe for children. Since we do not request, register, collect, or store any personal information of any kind from any user, we do not knowingly solicit children's personal information. If you have any inquiries regarding safety, feel free to contact us immediately.

6. Security of Your Data

Because all of your study data resides strictly inside your current device's local memory or browser cache, its integrity depends directly on the security of your device. We recommend securing your smartphone with standard codes/locks to restrict unauthorized physical access to your highlighted personal logs.

7. Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to refine or expand this Privacy Policy structure if we add cloud-sync features (such as opt-in online user accounts) in future releases. Any changes made will be posted publicly with an updated effective date.

8. Contact Information

If you have questions, feedback, or suggestions about our privacy protections or offline-first implementation, please contact our support desk via:

leyeajibola@gmail.com