EPHOD privacy policy
Introduction
EPHOD respects your privacy. This policy explains how the EPHOD PH and EPHOD PNG mobile apps, and this website, handle information. In short: in the apps and on the reading pages, your personal data stays on your device and is never sent to our servers. The one exception is the EPHOD Seminars course, where you can choose to save your progress with your email address (see "EPHOD Seminars course" below).
Information we collect
Stored only on your device
Your journal entries, your record of completed readings, your preferences (language, Bible version, dark mode, notification settings) and your reminder times are stored on your phone only. They are never transmitted anywhere.
Retrieved from our servers
The apps download the daily Bible readings, memory verses, Gold Nugget verses, weekly devotions and Bible versions from our servers. Retrieving this content involves no personal information.
Data storage and security
Journal entries, reading progress and preferences stay on your device and are not shared with anyone. Bible content is downloaded and cached locally so the apps work offline. Uninstalling an app or clearing its data permanently deletes everything stored on the device.
Information we do not collect
The apps do not collect your name, email address, contact details, location, or any tracking identifiers. There are no analytics, no advertising, no user accounts and no profiles. We do not sell data, because we have none.
Third-party services
On Android, Google Play Services is used to distribute and update the app. On iOS, the App Store does the same. For the EPHOD Seminars course, an email service provider (Brevo) sends the course emails, and the course videos are played from Vimeo. No other third-party services are used.
Children's privacy
The apps are suitable for all ages. They do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
Data retention
Data stays on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app. You can clear the app's data at any time from your phone's settings.
Your rights
You can see all of your data inside the app, delete journal entries one at a time or all at once, and share a journal entry using the built-in share feature.
Permissions used
- Internet — to download readings, verses, devotions and Bible versions
- Notifications and vibrate — for the morning, evening and Gold Nugget reminders you set
- Boot completed and schedule exact alarm — so reminders still arrive after your phone restarts
This website
This website has no accounts or passwords and sets no tracking or advertising cookies. Your chosen Bible version and appearance are remembered in your own browser only. Scripture is loaded from our servers when you open a page. The one place where we keep information about you is the EPHOD Seminars course, described next.
EPHOD Seminars course
You can take the online EPHOD Seminars course without giving us anything. If you choose to save your progress, you enter your email address and, if you wish, your name and your country. We then store, on our web server, your email address, your name and country (if given), which seminars you have completed and when, your quiz scores, the date you started, and the date you last visited. A small cookie and your browser's local storage remember you on that device so you can pick up where you left off, and your email brings your progress back on another device.
We use this information only to run the course: to save and restore your progress, to issue your certificate, and to email you about the course. Those emails may include a welcome message, congratulations on finishing a seminar, a gentle reminder if you pause for a while, and your certificate link. Every email has an unsubscribe link that stops them. The emails are sent through an email service provider, Brevo, which receives your email address, your name and the message for that purpose.
We do not sell your information or use it for advertising. It is seen only by the EPHOD team that runs the course. You can ask us at any time to show you what we hold or to delete it, using the address below, and "Start over" on the course page also clears your saved progress.
Our social media pages
EPHOD publishes its own daily verses, devotions and videos to its pages on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, partly with software that we run ourselves. That software only posts EPHOD's own content to EPHOD's own accounts. It does not collect, read or store personal information about the people who follow, watch or comment. The platforms themselves collect information under their own privacy policies, and we receive only the usual follower and view counts that each platform shows to page owners.
Changes to this policy
Updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.
Contact
Questions about privacy can be sent to privacy@ephodlifestyle.com.