🛡️ Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2026

1. Introduction

Branch of Israel (the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we collect, how we use it, and how we protect it.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may use trusted service providers to operate our website and Bible study app, but only as needed to provide, secure, maintain, and improve our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect only the information needed to operate our website, manage Bible app accounts, provide Bible study features, communicate with users, maintain security, and comply with applicable legal, copyright, and service requirements.

Information You Provide Voluntarily:

• Newsletter Signup: If you choose to sign up for our newsletter, we collect your email address so we can send you Branch of Israel updates, encouragement, Bible study resources, or related communications. You may unsubscribe at any time.
• Bible App Account: The main Branch of Israel website does not require a login account. If you create an account for the Branch of Israel Bible study app, we collect your name and email address for login, account identification, and to connect your private Bible study data to your account.
• Communications: If you contact us directly, we may keep a record of your message and our response so we can respond to you and provide support.

Bible Study App Data:

• Account-Based Study Data: If you create an account and use our Bible study tools, we may store private study data connected to your account, including notes, highlights, text formatting, brackets, circles, squares, freehand drawings, comment markers, Bible version, book, chapter, passage information, and related saved-page data.
• Private User Annotations: Your saved Bible study markings and notes are stored so that you can return to your study work later. These annotations are private to your account and are not visible to other users.

Information Collected Automatically:

• Technical and Usage Data: Information about how you access and use our services, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, and the time and date of your visit. This information may be used for security, analytics, troubleshooting, service improvement, and abuse prevention.
• Bible Content Usage Data: Where Bible content is provided through API.Bible or another Bible content provider, usage information may be processed as required by that provider's terms, copyright requirements, license requirements, or usage tracking systems. This may include information needed to confirm Bible version usage, passage access, and related service activity.

3. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve our website and Bible study app.
• Send newsletter emails if you have signed up for them.
• Create and manage Bible app user accounts.
• Save and restore your private Bible study notes, highlights, and annotations.
• Respond to messages, support requests, or questions.
• Protect the security and integrity of our services.
• Comply with applicable legal, licensing, copyright, and service-provider requirements.

4. Our Commitment: No Sale or Marketing Use of Personal Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We also do not share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

We may use trusted third-party service providers to help us operate our services. These providers may process limited information only as needed to provide their services to us.

Trusted Service Providers:

We may use service providers for functions such as authentication, hosting, database storage, security, analytics, email communication, newsletter delivery, and Bible content delivery. These may include authentication providers, hosting providers, database providers, email or newsletter providers, and Bible content providers such as API.Bible.

Limited Disclosures:

We may disclose information in the following limited circumstances:

• With Your Explicit Consent: If you give us specific, informed, and unambiguous permission to share certain information for a specific purpose.
• To Trusted Service Providers: When necessary for them to operate, secure, maintain, or support the services they provide to us.
• For Legal Compliance: If we are legally required to do so by court order, subpoena, applicable law, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.
• For Copyright, License, or Service Compliance: Where required to comply with Bible content provider terms, copyright requirements, license obligations, security requirements, or usage reporting obligations.

5. Bible Content and Third-Party Services

Our Bible study app may display Scripture content provided by third-party Bible content providers. Bible versions may be subject to copyright, license, attribution, usage, and territory requirements set by the relevant content provider or intellectual property holder.

We make reasonable efforts to keep Scripture attribution and copyright information available where required. Your personal notes and annotations are user-created content and are stored separately from the underlying Scripture content.

6. Links to Other Websites (Third-Party Links)

Our services may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site.

• We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
• We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the site by Branch of Israel.

7. Data Security

We implement a variety of security measures designed to maintain the safety of your personal information, including technical and organizational measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

8. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain personal information and saved Bible study data for as long as needed to provide our services, maintain your account, comply with legal or licensing obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

You may request deletion of your account or saved Bible study data by contacting us. We will delete or anonymize your personal information unless we are required to retain certain information for legal, security, operational, or compliance reasons.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access: Request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction/Rectification: Request that we correct information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): Request that we erase your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

10. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate consent where such consent is required by law. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can review and take appropriate action.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to Contact Us.