Updated November 6, 2026

Privacy policy

Who operates Bible Study

Herb Trevathan
herb.trevathan@icloud.com
+1 561-320-1025

The app: local study data

Bible Study stores notes, tags, bookmarks, highlights, preferences, reading history, plan progress and personal recordings in your device’s app storage. The developer does not receive this content. The app has no accounts, advertising or analytics SDKs, cross-app tracking, or automatic uploads.

Microphone and spoken reading

Microphone permission is requested only when you choose a personal recording. Permission denial does not block Bible reading or text notes. Revoke microphone access in your device’s Settings. Spoken reading uses native system text-to-speech, separate from microphone recording; Android chooses an installed offline English or Spanish voice for the selected translation.

Sharing and device backups

When you select Share or Export, the destination you choose receives that copy and applies its own policies. System backups may include app data according to your device settings. Version 1.1 adds optional Premium manual note sync: private Apple CloudKit storage on iOS and a selected document-provider folder on Android. Only text notes and archives are uploaded, and only when you tap Sync. Audio, marks, history, settings, and reading progress are not synced. This is snapshot exchange, not live collaboration or a complete device backup. Apple or the selected provider controls storage; their privacy practices apply. The developer does not receive your private note contents.

Premium purchases

Apple or Google processes optional Premium purchases. The app uses verified purchase information to unlock features and restore access. The developer does not receive your payment-card details through the app. Store terms and refund processes apply. Purchases are separate between the Apple and Google stores.

Retention and deletion

Local content stays in the app while installed. Cloud copies you explicitly create remain separately in your iCloud account or selected provider folder. Local note deletion does not propagate to those copies. On iOS, use Premium and sync → Delete all iCloud note copies to remove uploaded snapshots; that deletion control does not require Premium. On Android, disconnect the sync folder and delete its BibleStudyNotes subfolder in your provider. Syncing local notes again creates remote copies again. The app does not claim separate end-to-end encryption for this feature. In the iOS app, swipe notes and saved recordings in their libraries to delete them. Uninstalling removes the local app container. Exported copies and system backups remain separately controlled by you and the services you selected. Export important content before uninstalling. Contact us for help; we cannot remotely retrieve or erase data that exists only on your device.

This website

This small site uses no analytics scripts, tracking pixels, advertising, cookies or browser-local storage. Our shared-hosting provider may keep standard access and security logs, including IP address, requested URL, browser information and request time. Such logs support delivery and security and are retained according to the hosting provider’s configuration; we have not verified a precise retention period.

Contact requests

Email or telephone contact is optional. If you contact us, your address/number and message are handled by the relevant email/telephone services and used to respond, provide support and maintain necessary business records. Do not send private study notes or recordings unless needed and intentionally chosen. Request deletion of a support message by contacting Herb Trevathan; legal retention obligations and provider backups may limit immediate removal.

Children, updates and questions

The app does not require age or profile information and has no social-posting service. We do not knowingly solicit children’s personal information for marketing. This policy may be updated when practices change; the effective date will be shown here. For privacy questions or accessibility assistance, use the contact details above.