Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 18, 2025

At Gamáliel, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

• Account Information: Email address when you create an account
• Questions and Interactions: The biblical questions you ask and your interactions with our service
• Profile Information: Any optional profile details you choose to share

Automatically Collected Information

• Usage Data: How you use our service, including pages visited and features used
• Technical Information: Device type, browser information, and IP address for security and service improvement

How We Use Your Information

Service Improvement

• Only authorized engineers may access your questions and our responses, and solely for the purpose of improving the quality and accuracy of our biblical guidance
• Chat content will never be accessed for any other purpose or by any other personnel
• Usage patterns help us enhance features and user experience

Communication

• We use your email address to send important service updates
• We will never sell or share your email address with third parties

Legal and Safety

• We may use information to comply with legal obligations or protect the safety of our users

Data Retention

• We retain your questions, conversations, and account data for up to one year so we can better understand your needs and personalize your experience.
• Keeping a history of your interactions allows us to provide more relevant and tailored biblical guidance just for you.
• You may delete individual conversations or your entire account at any time.

Your Rights and Choices

Account Management

• Access: You can view your account information and conversation history
• Deletion: You can delete individual conversations or your entire account at any time
• Data Removal: When you delete your account, we remove your data from our active production database

Data Persistence

• Deleted data may persist in system backups for a reasonable period (typically 30-90 days)
• This is a common technical limitation across web services due to backup retention policies

Data Sharing

We Never Share

• Your email address will never be sold or shared with third parties
• Your personal information is never sold or used for commercial purposes
• We have no profit motive and do not monetize user data
• Individual chat contents or personal questions are never shared with partner organizations or any third parties

Partner Organizations

If you associate with a partner organization (such as churches, ministries, or nonprofits) through our platform:
- Partners receive only aggregate, anonymized usage data (e.g., "15 members completed this reading plan")
- Partners never see individual user questions, chat contents, or personal information
- Partners can see participation in their content and general engagement metrics
- You can disassociate from any partner organization at any time, which will stop sharing your usage data with them

Service Providers

We may share limited data with trusted service providers who help us operate the service:
- Cloud hosting providers
- Email service providers
- Analytics services

All service providers are bound by strict confidentiality agreements.

Third-Party Services

We use the following external services:
- ESV Bible API: For accessing English Standard Version scripture text
- Cloud Infrastructure: For hosting and data storage
- Analytics: For understanding service usage (anonymized data only)

These services have their own privacy policies and data handling practices.

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your information:
- Encrypted data transmission
- Secure data storage
- Regular security assessments
- Limited access to personal data

However, no method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Gamáliel is designed for general audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly.

International Users

Gamáliel is operated from the United States. If you are accessing our service from outside the US, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by:
- Posting the updated policy on our website
- Sending email notification to registered users
- Indicating the "Last Updated" date at the bottom of this policy

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:

Beloved Studios, LLC
Email: [email protected]

For data deletion requests or privacy concerns, please include "Privacy Request" in your subject line.

Last updated: September 18, 2025