📖 Basic English Bible (BEB) Privacy Policy

JoshTechApps ("we," "us," or "our") develops Basic English Bible (BEB) ("the App"), a free, ad-supported application providing daily Bible verses, guidances, prayers, quizzes, highlights, note-taking, and customization features. User-initiated shares (e.g., verse images to social media, gallery, or SMS) are handled by your device and not collected or tracked by the App. We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle and protect your information when you use the App.

1. Information We Share

• Device Identifiers for Advertising & Analytics: Our app shares your device's Advertising ID with third-party services. These services may collect device identifiers such as Advertising ID, IP address, device type, and usage data. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for detailed information:
  • AdMob's Privacy Policy
  • Unity Ads Privacy Policy
  • Vungle Privacy Policy
• Analytics Data: We share app usage data with Firebase Analytics for anonymized analytics about screen views, button clicks, and session duration. This data helps us improve the App's functionality and user experience, as outlined in Firebase Privacy Information.
• Crash Reporting Data: We share crash data with Firebase Crashlytics to collect crash reports and diagnostic information to improve the App's stability. This may include device information, stack traces, and custom logs, as described in Firebase Privacy Information.
• Local Data: We store notes, favorite verses, and quiz progress locally on your device using Room persistence. This data is not transmitted to our servers or shared with third parties.
• Notifications: If you enable notifications in the App's settings, we use device permissions to schedule daily reminders for verses and prayers at 08:00 and 20:00.
• No Personal Information: We do not collect personal details such as your name, email, or location unless you voluntarily provide them (e.g., via email contact).

2. How Your Information Is Used

• Advertising: Our advertising partners use shared device identifiers to serve relevant ads and measure ad performance.
• Analytics: Analytics services use shared data to help us understand user interactions and enhance the App's features and performance.
• Crash Reporting: Crash reporting services use shared data to identify and fix app crashes and improve stability.
• Local Data: Notes, favorite verses, and quiz progress are used to provide personalized features within the App.
• Notifications: We use notification permissions to deliver daily reminders as configured by you.

3. Data Sharing

Clarification: We share device identifiers with third-party services. The actual data collection is performed by these services according to their own privacy policies.

We do not share your local data or notification preferences with any third parties. However, our advertising and analytics partners may collect and process shared data as follows:

• Google AdMob: May share device identifiers with advertising partners to serve ads (AdMob Privacy Policy)
• Unity Ads: Collects and processes data for ad serving and analytics (Unity Privacy Policy)
• Vungle (Liftoff): Uses data for ad targeting and measurement (Vungle Privacy Policy)
• Firebase Analytics & Crashlytics: Shares anonymized usage and crash data with Google (Firebase Privacy)

4. Your Choices

You have the following options regarding your data:

• Opt out of personalized ads by resetting your Advertising ID or disabling personalized ads in your device's settings (e.g., Android Settings > Google > Ads).
• Manage data collection through our partners' privacy controls or adjust your device's settings.
• Disable notifications in the App's settings or your device's notification settings.
• Delete local data by clearing the App's data through your device's settings or uninstalling the App.
• Review and manage your preferences through our advertising partners' policies:
  • AdMob Controls
  • Unity Privacy Controls
  • Vungle Privacy Controls

5. Data Retention

We retain local data (notes, favorite verses, quiz progress) on your device until you clear the App's data or uninstall it. We do not store any personal data on our servers. Data collected by our advertising and analytics partners is retained according to their respective policies:

• Google's Data Retention
• Unity Data Retention
• Vungle Data Retention

6. Children's Privacy

The App is rated E for Everyone and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not submit any Personal Information through our Mobile Application. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children's internet usage and to help us enforce this policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Information through the Mobile Application. If we become aware of such data, we will delete it immediately. Please contact us if you have concerns.

7. Data Security

We rely on Android's built-in security features, such as app sandboxing, to protect local data stored on your device. Since no data is transmitted to our servers, there is no risk of server-side data breaches. Our third-party partners implement their own security measures as described in their privacy policies.

8. International Compliance

For users in the European Union (GDPR) or California (CCPA), you may have additional rights, such as requesting data access or deletion. Since we only store data locally and use third-party services for ads and analytics, you can exercise these rights through your device settings or our partners' privacy controls. Contact us for assistance with data subject requests.

9. Third-Party Services

Our app shares device identifiers with the following third-party services that may collect information:

• Google AdMob - Advertising network
• Unity Ads - Advertising network
• Vungle (Liftoff) - Advertising network
• Firebase Analytics - Usage analytics
• Firebase Crashlytics - Crash reporting

Each service operates under its own privacy policy, and we encourage you to review them.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or additional third-party services. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date, and your continued use of the App constitutes consent to those changes.