Last updated: 2025-11-30
This Privacy Policy explains how ElBiblio ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you use the ElBiblio apps, API, and web experiences (like elbiblio.com) together, the "Service". It is written to be clear and practical, but it is not legal advice.
1. What ElBiblio is
ElBiblio is a spiritual companion app: users read Scripture, play reflection games, share prayer requests, and keep notes in a space designed for trust, gentleness, and care.
2. Information we collect
Depending on how you use ElBiblio, we may collect:
- Account details such as email, display name, and hashed passwords for login.
- Usage data such as verses visited, games played, challenges completed, and simple app analytics.
- Reflection content such as notes, WordHub entries, and journaling prompts you choose to save.
- Prayer requests and responses, which may include sensitive personal or spiritual information that you voluntarily submit.
- Technical data such as IP address, device information, and basic logs to keep the Service reliable and secure.
3. How we use information
We use your information to:
- Provide and maintain the app, API, and related features.
- Recommend or schedule challenges, reflections, and games that fit your activity.
- Surface and organize your own notes, WordHubs, and Scripture history.
- Allow you to create, update, and respond to prayer requests.
- Protect the Service against abuse, spam, or technical attacks.
- Understand which features are helping people so we can iterate gently.
4. Legal bases (where applicable)
Where data protection law (for example, GDPR) applies, we rely on:
- Contract – to run the Service you signed up to use.
- Legitimate interests – to keep the Service safe, stable, and meaningful.
- Consent – for optional, clearly-marked features where required.
5. How long we keep your data
We keep personal data only as long as it is needed for the purposes described above, or as required by law. Some data (for example, high-level analytics or anonymized aggregates) may be stored longer in a form that no longer identifies you.
You are not required to create an account to use ElBiblio. You may choose to use the Service as a guest, though some features may be limited when you do so. Guest profiles that have been inactive for one month are automatically deleted along with their associated data, except where we are legally required to retain certain records.
If you have a registered account and want to delete it or request account deletion, you can:
- Use the account deletion option available from your profile or account settings page, where provided in the app; or
- Contact us at [email protected] to request deletion of your account.
6. Sharing information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share data with trusted service providers who help us operate ElBiblio (for example, cloud hosting, email delivery, or analytics). These providers are only allowed to use the data to perform services on our behalf and must protect it.
We may also share information when required by law, to respond to valid legal requests, or to protect the safety, rights, or property of users and the Service.
7. Prayer requests and sensitive content
Prayer requests and reflections can be deeply personal. Treat every space you write in as if it may be read by those you intentionally share with inside the app (for example, community or group features), and by our small team as needed to maintain the Service, moderate abuse, or respond to security incidents.
8. Your rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete some of your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing.
To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected].
9. International transfers
Our infrastructure or service providers may be located in other countries. When data crosses borders, we use appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent protections) where required by law.
10. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to secure your data. No system is perfectly secure, but we aim to reduce risk and respond quickly to issues.
11. Children
ElBiblio is not intended for children under the minimum age required by law in their region to use online services without parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal data without proper consent, please contact us so we can review and, where appropriate, remove it.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For significant changes, we may provide additional notice in the app or by email where appropriate.
13. Contact
If you have questions about this policy or how we handle data at ElBiblio, reach out at [email protected].
This page summarizes how we handle data in ElBiblio, but it does not replace tailored legal advice. You are responsible for ensuring that your own use of the Service complies with applicable laws.