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Prayer Circle: Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 8, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Prayer Circle ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares your information. Our mission is to provide a secure and sacred space for faith-based interaction. We do not monetize your faith or personal data through third-party advertising.

1. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide Directly

  • Account Data: Your email address, phone number, and display name used for account creation.
  • User Generated Content (UGC): Prayer requests, reflections, messages, and any text you input into the Service.
  • Subscription Data: Payment information (handled by third-party application platforms; we do not store your full card details).

B. Automatically Collected Data

  • Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the Service (e.g., features used, duration of sessions, interactions with AI).
  • Device Data: Device identifiers, IP address, browser type, and operating system.

2. How We Use Your Information (Commitment to AI Integrity)

We use your data primarily to operate and improve the Service, adhering to strict privacy safeguards:

2.1 Service Operation To provide, maintain, and improve the core functions of Prayer Circle, including managing your subscription and personalizing your experience.

2.2 Internal AI Model Training (De-identified Data) We use de-identified and/or aggregated User Generated Content to train and improve Prayer Circle's proprietary AI models (e.g., models that provide prayer suggestions or community insights). "De-identified" data has had personal identifiers (like your email or display name) removed. "Aggregated" data is combined with other users' data for statistical analysis. This process helps us improve the Service for all users.

3. Sharing of Your Information

We do not sell your personal data. We only share information as described below:

3.1 Service Providers We use third-party service providers for core functions like:

  • Application Platforms: (e.g., Apple App Store, Google Play Store) to process your subscriptions.
  • Cloud Hosting: To securely store your data.

3.2 AI Sub-processor (Google) We use Google (specifically, their Google Cloud AI / Vertex AI platform) as a sub-processor to power our AI Advisor.

  • Our Data Privacy Contract: Our agreement with Google prohibits them from using your data (like your prayer requests or AI chats) to train their general commercial AI models.
  • Your Data Use: Google is permitted to process your data only to provide the AI service back to us and for necessary service operations (like abuse monitoring), as governed by their strict Cloud Data Processing Addendum.

3.3 Social Sharing

  • Within the Service: If you post UGC to a community "Circle," your display name and content will be visible to other members of that Circle.
  • External Sharing: If you use a feature to share content with an external platform (like "X" or Facebook), you are authorizing us to send that content to the third party. That data is then subject to the privacy policy of that third party.

3.4 Legal Obligations We may disclose your information if required by law, subpoena, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal processes, protect our rights or property, or ensure the safety of our users.

4. Data Security and Retention

We implement commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. We retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service.

5. Your Choices and Rights

5.1 Account Deletion You may delete your account at any time through the Service settings. Upon request, we will delete or de-identify all personal data associated with your account, subject to retention necessary for legal obligations.

5.2 AI Training Our use of de-identified and aggregated data for internal model training is a core part of operating and improving the Service for the entire community. Because this data is no longer tied to you personally, we do not offer a specific opt-out from this process.

5.3 Communications You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe link in those emails.

6. Children's Privacy

The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: Email: [email protected]