Privacy Policy

Effective date: 7 June 2026  ·  Last updated: 7 June 2026

CommonFaith Bible ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

1. Information We Collect

• Account data: Email address, display name, and profile photo when you register.
• Content you create: Bible highlights, notes, bookmarks, prayer requests, church feed posts, sermon notes, quiet time reflections, and quiz answers.
• Church & community data: Church membership, roles (admin/pastor/member), join requests, pulpit notes, and feed images you upload.
• AI interaction data: Messages sent to Ari (our AI Bible study assistant) and content sent for quiz or quiet time generation. These are processed by Google Gemini and are not stored permanently by us beyond your chat history.
• Notification preferences: Your daily reading reminder times, verse-of-the-day preferences, and device push notification tokens (FCM).
• Device & usage data: Basic crash and performance data collected via Firebase (no advertising identifiers used).

2. How We Use Your Data

• To provide and personalise your Bible study experience.
• To enable church community features (feeds, pulpit, prayer requests, invites).
• To generate AI-powered content (quiet times, quizzes, chapter intros, avatar descriptions) via Google Gemini.
• To send push notifications for reminders, friend requests, accountability check-ins, and church updates.
• To maintain app security and prevent abuse.

3. Content Moderation

All user-generated text and images posted to community areas (church feeds, prayer requests, announcements) are automatically reviewed by our AI moderation system (powered by Google Gemini) before publication. This includes:

• Screening for nudity, graphic violence, hate speech, and offensive gestures in images.
• Screening for harmful, abusive, or inappropriate language in text content.
• Reviewing reported images upon user flag — a report triggers re-analysis and automatic removal if a violation is confirmed.
• Moderation decisions are logged with a timestamp. Content rejected by moderation is not stored.

Church admins also have the ability to delete posts and report images directly within the app.

4. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with:

• Google Firebase — Authentication, Firestore database, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and App Check (security).
• Google Gemini — AI content generation and image moderation. Content sent to Gemini is subject to Google's Privacy Policy.

5. Data Retention

• Your account data is retained until you delete your account.
• Church feed image posts (non-pinned) are automatically deleted after 30 days, including the associated image file in storage.
• Deleted account data is removed from all systems within 30 days of deletion, including Firestore documents, Storage files, and FCM tokens.

6. Your Rights

You can at any time:

• Edit your display name and profile photo in the app.
• Delete individual posts, highlights, notes, and bookmarks.
• Request full account and data deletion via Settings → Danger Zone → Delete Account.
• Contact us at support@commonfaith.app to request a data export or raise a privacy concern.

7. Children's Privacy

CommonFaith Bible is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with their data, please contact us immediately.

8. Security

We use Firebase App Check to verify that requests originate from genuine installs of our app. All data is transmitted over HTTPS/TLS. User authentication is handled by Firebase Authentication with encrypted credential storage.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes via the app. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance.

10. Contact

Questions about this policy? Email us at support@commonfaith.app.