YouVersion Privacy Policy
Last modified on August 04, 2023
As noted in the policy below, the English language version of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will govern your relationship with YouVersion. While the English version will govern, you can also use an automatic translation tool like Google Translate to view the documents in your language. Any further translation revisions will be posted on this page.
Important: Please Read this First
In 2006, Life.Church began exploring how we could help people take advantage of emerging technologies in order to experience the Bible in ways that would lead to life change. That led us to create the YouVersion Bible App, one of the first 200 free apps available when Apple launched their App Store in 2008.
Since then, YouVersion’s Family of Apps has grown, but one thing remains the same: every product and feature that we provide is crafted with great care and intentionality. Our apps are not just electronic Bible readers—they were created to help you cultivate a deeper relationship with God every day, and to do that in a safe space alongside people you trust.
You choose what you access. You choose what you share. You choose with whom you share information. Your data is yours. YouVersion and Life.Church do not sell your information, nor will we share it with others without your consent.
Additionally, every YouVersion product is completely free with no ads or purchases. They are free to individual users and free to our Bible publishing and content Partners. We do this because we never want money to get in the way of people experiencing the power of God’s Word.
How can we afford to do this? As a digital mission of Life.Church, YouVersion is supported by Life.Church's general budget and through contributions from our global Community who want to participate in our mission to help people use technology to draw near to God every day through Scripture and experience life transformation.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully because it discusses how we will collect, use, share, and process your personal information.
Content
- Brief Overview
- Definitions
- Information We Collect and How We Collect It
- Automatic Data Collection Technologies
- How We Use Your Information
- Disclosure of Your Information
- Deleting, Accessing, and Correcting Your Information
- Security and Protection
- Processing of Data
- Third Party Information Collection
- Users from Outside the United States
- Changes to Our Privacy Policy
- Contact Information
Brief Overview
一旦访问 YouVersion,即表示你同意本隐私政策及其条款,并许可将你的数据转移至美国并在美国进行处理。你对 YouVersion 的使用也受我们的使用条款约束,因此请你也仔细阅读那些条款。
Here’s a summary of what you can expect to find in our Privacy Policy, which covers all YouVersion-branded products and services:
Your Personal Information: How We Collect, Use and Share It
Below is a brief overview of the personal information collected on YouVersion and the purpose for our collection. Please note, however, that our processing of your information depends on the information you choose to provide and the functionality of our services you choose to use. A more detailed description of our processing of your information is found below.
Type of Personal Information | Nature and Purpose for Collection |
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Personal Identifiers (name, aliases, Internet Protocol address, email address, address, and similar identifiers) | Collected to the extent you provide it to us to create an account or for association with your account in order to ensure proper use and authentication for your account. Your personal information is also used to contact you in connection with your requests and account and as discussed in our Privacy Policy. |
Government Issued Identifications (Social Security numbers, drivers license number, passport numbers, and similar information) | Collected and processed to the extent you provide an application for employment or to volunteer in order to do a background check and otherwise process your application. |
Financial information (credit card information, banking information, and similar information) | Collected to the extent you provide a donation to or purchase merchandise from us in person. Otherwise, financial information provided to us online is processed by third party service providers as discussed in our Privacy Policy. |
Internet or other network activity (browsing history, search history, information on your interaction with our websites, apps, and other services) | Collected as you use our sites and services in order to monitor and ensure the proper operation of our websites, apps and services, to improve and customize your experience with regard to the same, to improve, modify, and update our services and content generally, and to analyze the same internally, and provide de-identified statistical information to third parties. |
Geolocation data (physical location or movements) | Collected if you choose to use location-based functionality of our services, however, this information is maintained only on your device and is not stored by YouVersion. |
Professional or employment-related information or non-public educational information | Collected and processed only to the extent you provide an application for employment or volunteer opportunity to do a background check and otherwise process your application. |
Sensitive Information (religious information, national origin, sexual orientation, race, marital status, health-related information, genetic information and similar sensitive data) | Your use of our app or services does not reflect any specific sensitive information, and we do not require that you provide us with the same in order to use our services. To the extent you choose to provide sensitive information to us through your use of our services, we will process it only with your consent. |
Commercial Information (records concerning your personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies) | Collected and processed only for purposes of donations and to the extent you provide a donation to or purchase merchandise from us. |
Inferences we make about our users based on data available to us. | Collected as you use our sites and services in order to improve and customize your experience with regard to our services and to suggest additional functionality and services. |
How we use your data to make your YouVersion experience more personal.
This Privacy Policy outlines the types of data we collect from your interaction with YouVersion, as well as how we process that information to enhance your YouVersion experience. When you create a YouVersion account or use any one of our applications or sites, the information we collect is for the purpose of offering a more personalized experience.
Your privacy protected.
我们严谨对待你所提供和我们所收集之信息的隐私,也执行为保护你的数据而设计的安全保护措施,如下所述。我们不会为了第三方广告目的而将你个人的可识别数据分享给任何第三方广告商或广告网络。
It’s your experience.
对于你的个人信息如何被 YouVersion 访问、收集、分享与存储,你有选择权,如下所述。在你首次使用 YouVersion 及其某些功能时,你将对我们如何使用和处理你的信息做出选择。你也能在你的 YouVersion 会员账户的设置菜单或 https://www.bible.com/settings 页面上做出某些选择。
We welcome your questions and comments.
若对本隐私政策和我们的隐私惯例有何疑问或意见,欢迎发信至 YouVersion, Attn.: YouVersion Support, 4600 E. 2nd St., Edmond, Oklahoma 73034,或发邮件至 help@youversion.com。
Where YouVersion has provided you with a translation other than the English language version of the Privacy Policy, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language version of the Privacy Policy will govern your relationship with YouVersion. If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Privacy Policy says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
Definitions
To make this document easier to read, we’re going to use some shorthand throughout. For example, when we say “YouVersion,” we’re talking about:
- YouVersion mobile applications, such as
- Bible App
- Bible App for Kids
- Bible Lens
- YouVersion websites, such as
- Other YouVersion applications on other platforms, such as
- Video streaming applications
- Voice assistants
YouVersion products are owned and operated by YouVersion, Inc., together with its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries, which we’ll refer to as “YouVersion,” “us,” or “we” throughout this policy. We allow use of YouVersion by unregistered users, which we’ll call “Visitors,” as well as registered users, or “Members.” When we refer to both in this policy, we’ll use the term “Users” or “you.”
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
The information we collect depends on the services and functionality you request. You may decline to submit personal information to us; however, that may prohibit us from having the ability to provide you with certain services or functionality. The personal information we collect and the purpose for which we use that information are described below.
Personal information you provide to us.
You do not need to sign up for a Membership account to use YouVersion. However, Membership allows us to tailor YouVersion to be a more personalized experience. To create a YouVersion Membership account, we require that you provide a first name, last name, and a valid email address. We will use this information to associate you with your specific YouVersion Member account. After you have created a YouVersion Member account, you may also choose to provide your gender, age, website, description of your location, a brief biography, a profile picture, and other information such as User Contributions (defined below). All of these, if provided, will be associated with your account until you delete your account or make a request that the information be deleted as described below.
除创建会员账户所收集的个人信息之外,你有权选择向我们提供哪些额外信息。我们也会在你向 YouVersion 提供、发表或上传个人数据时进行收集。你无需提供这类信息,但若你不提供,则可能会限制我们为你个性化 YouVersion 的能力和你最大程度上使用 YouVersion 的能力。你可能提供及我们可能处理你信息的具体 YouVersion 功能如下所述。
Your user contributions.
YouVersion allows users to publish, distribute, and display certain content (we refer to that as “posted” and the content as “posts”). Posts may be made on public areas of YouVersion, websites, and social media accounts you access through YouVersion, or transmitted to other users of YouVersion or third parties you choose to connect with on YouVersion or other platforms or services. For example, this would include commenting on a friend’s post or creating and sharing a Verse Image. YouVersion also allows you to create certain content to be maintained in your account, such as a Note or Bookmark of a Bible verse, some of which you can also post to provide to others. We will call the content created by you, whether or not posted, “User Contributions.”
Your User Contributions are processed by us to facilitate your ability to create, use, store, and distribute the User Contribution as you choose. We will associate your User Contributions with your account as long as you opt not to delete them. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in a public manner, whether through collaborative postings, social media, message boards, or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others.
用户投稿的发表和传递由你自负风险
。如果你选择与其他用户或第三方分享你的用户投稿,我们无法控制他们做出的行为。因此,我们不能也不会保证你分享的用户投稿不会以未经授权的方式被人查看或使用,我们也不会承担与你的用户投稿相关的任何责任。Donations and giving.
如果你选择通过 YouVersion 或与 YouVersion 相连的第三方网站自愿做奉献,那么你才会被要求提供信用卡、银行账户及其他处理转账所需的付款信息。如果你指定你的奉献要用于某个用途,那么我们会收集这一指定用途,以及你的姓名、地址、国家、电话号码和/或电邮地址等个人信息,以确保这笔奉献会被用于你所指定的用途。我们也会给你提供一份“年度奉献报表”,上面逐条列出你的奉献详情,以供缴税或你个人之用。我们不会存储或者处理在线提供给我们的用于奉献的金融信息。如果你指定向 YouVersion 以外的机构捐款,为了方便你的捐款,我们会与指定机构分享你的姓名、电子邮箱、邮寄地址和电话号码以及日期、金额、付款方式和用于你捐款的号或账号的最后四位数字。自本政策发布之日起,我们使用 Stripe 或 PayPal 来处理你的在线奉献款项。欲知这些第三方如何处理你的信息,请查阅他们的隐私政策,具体网址如下:https://stripe.com/privacy; https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full。
Communications from you to us.
当你发送、接收或处理来自我们的消息,包括在你发送电邮至 help@youversion.com,或通过 help.youversion.com 网站提交个人信息或请求时,我们会收集有关你的信息。我们将保留这些通信来处理你的询问、回应你的请求,及改进 YouVersion 和我们的服务。如果你是会员,只要你的会员资格有效,我们就会将你给我们的通信与你的账户相关联。
Automatic Data Collection Technologies
By agreeing to our Privacy Policy, you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies (for example, web beacons, pixels, tags, and device identifiers, which we collectively refer to as “cookies”) as described in this policy. If you use YouVersion without changing your browser or device settings to disable cookies, we'll assume that you consent to receive all cookies provided through YouVersion.
Cookies and other similar technologies.
Importantly, we do NOT use cookies or similar technologies to facilitate interest-based ads for third-party goods or services.
We use cookies to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off, and across the different applications of YouVersion. Cookies help to facilitate the best possible user experience of YouVersion as they allow us to recognize you and maintain your user preferences from session to session, help us keep your account safe, and generally improve the functionality of the products and services offered through YouVersion. They also help us ensure that Member information is used in association with the correct Member account.
We use cookies to collect details of your use of YouVersion (including traffic data, IP location data, logs, browser type, browser language, the functionality requested, and the timing of your requests), and other communication data and the resources that you access, use, and create on or through YouVersion. We use this information to provide a tailored YouVersion experience for you and to communicate with you more effectively. The information is also collected to determine the aggregate number of unique devices using YouVersion and/or parts of YouVersion, track total usage, analyze usage data, and improve YouVersion functionality for all Users. We may combine this information to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our service.
We generally maintain the data we collect from cookies for 21 days but may save it for a longer period where necessary such as when required by law or for technical reasons. Although most internet browsers accept cookies by default, you can control cookies through your browser settings and similar tools or refuse cookies altogether. If you refuse to accept cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts of YouVersion, you will prohibit us from delivering the full capability of YouVersion, and you may prevent the use of certain features and services that require these technologies.
YouVersion cannot regulate other sites, content, or applications linked or provided from within YouVersion or our various other websites and services that are provided by third parties, including your device manufacturer, and your mobile service provider. These third parties may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, and other online services. These third parties may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) targeted content. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
Attribution providers.
We advertise YouVersion on third party sites such as Facebook and Google and use third-party software development kits (“SDKs”) to attribute a download of YouVersion to the advertisement placed on the third-party site. We do not sell your personal information to any third parties nor allow our SDK service providers to sell your personal information to third parties or use your personal information to solicit the sale of third-party goods or services. We may provide these third parties with aggregate, de-identified information concerning ads placed on their sites and YouVersion downloads that result from those ads.
Device ID, IP address and network access.
When you access or leave YouVersion websites, we receive the URL of both the site you came from and the one you go to next. We also get information about your proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, and/or your ISP or mobile carrier when you use YouVersion. We also receive data from your devices and networks, including your IP address.
We use the IP addresses we collect from our users to process them with public latitude and longitude information related to your Internet Service Provider or mobile service provider in order to determine, and in some instances depict in an aggregate and de-identified manner, the approximate geographic region for each instance of YouVersion use. This latitude and longitude information is stored by us for approximately seven days for troubleshooting and diagnostic purposes, but is never associated with any information about you or that would identify you personally.
We also collect and use the wireless (or “WiFi”) permissions of your mobile device to determine if you are connected to a WiFi or cellular network. This information is used to provide an optimized user experience by providing higher resolution media to a user who is on a high-speed WiFi connection rather than a cellular network. WiFi permissions are also used for casting content with Chromecast and similar devices. This information is not stored or shared by YouVersion.
How We Use Your Information
We use data that we collect about you and that you provide as well as the inferences we make from that information as follows:
- To provide, support, and personalize YouVersion and the YouVersion functionality you request;
- To create, maintain, customize, and secure your YouVersion account, if any;
- To process your requests and respond to your inquiries;
- To provide information on other products or services;
- To maintain the safety, security, and integrity of YouVersion and the infrastructure that facilitates use of YouVersion;
- For development and internal analysis;
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
- 为实施本隐私政策及我们的使用条款所规定的我们的义务与权利;
- As described in this Privacy Policy;
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
- For any other purpose with your consent.
Membership.
We use the personal information you provide to create and maintain your Membership account. We also use this information to authorize and authenticate your access to your account. We store this information and information pertaining to your use of YouVersion (including User Contributions) in connection with your Membership account for so long as you are a Member. For example, your first and last name and email address will be stored and used by us in connection with your account name or auto-generated account ID to authenticate you as the correct user of your account. We will also store your User Contributions in association with your Member account to allow you to access, re-access, post, and otherwise utilize your User Contributions as you choose.
Friends.
YouVersion will allow you to communicate and connect with other YouVersion users to share Bible verses, User Contributions, and other content. It is your choice whether to communicate or connect with another member and to share your information or User Contributions.
To facilitate your connections with other YouVersion Members, you will be given the choice of whether to share with us the contact information stored on your device. You do not have to share this information to use YouVersion or to connect with any particular Member. If you decide to share this information with us, it will only be used to try and associate your contacts with other YouVersion Members to create potential YouVersion connections and will only be stored by us for so long as you have a YouVersion Member account. When you grant access to your contacts on your device for the purpose of friend suggestions, notification of when a contact joins, or sending an invite to YouVersion, that information is stored on our servers in a hashed format for the purpose of offering you this functionality.
Features related to your location.
Some YouVersion features use your precise location, if you choose to share it, to provide or suggest content and information, like helping you to check-in to an event or suggesting content from organizations nearby. We will call these “location-based features”. To use or access location-based features, you will be provided the option to share your precise location with us and, if you choose to do so, we will use that information solely to provide location-based features, personalize your experience with YouVersion and internally analyze and develop our products and services.
After you first grant us this permission, we will assume we have your consent to process your location in this way until you revoke or limit your permission. You may choose to revoke or limit your permissions for location sharing through the settings of your device.
If you choose not to share your precise location, some location-related features may still allow for limited functionality (for example, you may still manually search for events around you), but other such features may not be accessible to you. You will still be able to access and use non-location dependent features of YouVersion.
We share your specific location only with your consent. If you choose to make certain location-related information viewable to your friends or the public, you give explicit consent for us to share that information with the audience you specify. You may change this permission at any time in your app settings.
YouVersion content.
We collect the manner in which you use YouVersion and its content, such as your prayer requests, the Bible chapters and Bible plans that you access, and the language in which you choose to utilize that content. We also collect and store the User Contributions you create, such as bookmarks, highlights, and notes. We process this information to allow you to access and use content you create or wish to access through each YouVersion session.
You will have the choice of whether to download certain YouVersion content and User Contributions to your device. You will have the choice of whether to allow YouVersion access to your device’s storage to add and modify this downloaded content. Access to the storage of your device is only used by YouVersion for downloading this requested content to your device.
是否创建、访问或存储 YouVersion 信息与内容,随你选择。如果你选择这么做,我们会将这些信息与你的会员账户关联存储。我们可能会把你对 YouVersion 的使用和我们从中做出的推断的相关信息,用来向你推荐其他 YouVersion 内容。举例来说,基于你完成的某个读经计划,我们可能会向你建议其他的读经计划。你可以通过电邮选择不接收这类推荐,如下所述。
Communications from us to you.
我们会通过推送通知、电子邮件或应用内消息与你联系。如果我们通过电子邮件与你联系,一般你都可以通过这些电子邮件内所附的取消订阅链接来退订。你还可随时在 YouVersion 圣经软件的设置菜单内或访问 bible.com/settings 来调整通知设置。
Recommendations and Other Communications
We use the data we have about you and inferences we make from that data to recommend certain content and functionality as well as additional products and services offered through YouVersion. We may combine the information you provide us with information we collect through other YouVersion services and products and the inferences we make from the same for our internal development to improve the overall quality of all services and products provided by YouVersion. We may also make recommendations to you for other YouVersion services and products based on the information you provide and we infer. We may also use the data we have about you and inferences we make from that data to contact you regarding other opportunities to engage with YouVersion. We may contact you through push notification, email, telephone or in-app messages to discuss these recommendations and opportunities, how to use YouVersion, and other news messages.
Polls and Surveys
Polls and surveys are sometimes conducted by us through YouVersion. You are not obligated to respond to polls or surveys, and you have choices about the information you provide. Because the purpose of these polls and surveys may vary, we will provide details related to the disclosure and use of personal information in relation to any poll or survey prior to you providing any information.
Security, Legal and Technical Issues
我们可能会使用你的信息,就账户安全、法律及其他服务相关问题联络你。请注意,你不能选择不接收我们的此类信息。我们也可能使用你的个人信息来调查、回应并解决法律、安全和技术问题及投诉,包括在必要的情况下处理安全问题、潜在的欺诈、违法行为、违反我们的使用条款或本隐私政策的行为,或伤害他人的企图;但是,你也同意我们没有义务防止或监控上述任何情况。
Notice
We may use your personal information to provide notice regarding a security incident or data breach, by: (i) sending a message to the email address you provide (as applicable); (ii) posting to a publicly facing page of YouVersion or through an in-app message; (iii) through major statewide media; and/or (iv) telephonic means, including calls and/or text messages, even if sent via automated means including automated dialers. Standard text and data messaging rates may apply from your carrier. Notices sent by email will be effective when we send the email, notices we provide by posting will be effective upon posting and by in-app messaging when the message is made, and notices we provide through telephonic means will be effective when transmitted or dialed. You consent to receiving electronic communications from YouVersion and your use and access of the services provided through YouVersion. It is your responsibility to keep your email address and any other contact information you provide to us current so that we may provide these communications to you.
Analytics and performance.
We internally analyze the personal data available to us and the use of YouVersion content, as well as the inferences we make from that data, to provide and update YouVersion, communicate with you and process information as discussed in this Policy, and for internal analytics such as to observe social, economic, and geographic trends as they pertain to YouVersion content. In some cases, we work with trusted third parties to perform this research, under controls that are designed to protect your privacy, as discussed below. We may disclose use of YouVersion content in an aggregated manner with de-identified and anonymized information that does not disclose any particular user or that user’s personally-identifying information. For example, we may use your data to generate statistics about overall usage of YouVersion worldwide or in specific geographic regions or at specific events or locations.
We also use de-identified and aggregate user data to market YouVersion, including communications that promote YouVersion Membership and network growth, such as celebrating the total number of YouVersion installs. When you see stats we share publicly such as global YouVersion engagement, we make sure to analyze and publish the data in an aggregated form, protecting your privacy and keeping your identity and personal information confidential. We use data, including user provided personal information, aggregations of user data, data collected through the use of YouVersion, public feedback, and information inferred from this data to conduct internal research and development in order to provide a better overall YouVersion experience, measure the performance of YouVersion, and increase the use of YouVersion and its features. This is done by making changes to YouVersion that are generally available, as well as sending users messages through YouVersion suggesting YouVersion functionality and content.
Sensitive Data
By downloading and using YouVersion, we do not assume that you are of any particular religious affiliation or are expressing to us any particular religious belief; we merely assume that you are interested in the content we provide. We do not require that users provide information about such beliefs or provide any other sensitive data such as race, ethnicity, philosophical beliefs, or physical or mental health to use YouVersion or create or maintain a YouVersion Member account.
Some features available through YouVersion utilize personal information that may reflect your religious or philosophical beliefs. Before we collect or process this information for such features, we will obtain your explicit consent. In addition to these features, you have control over the content of certain things you create, share, and store through YouVersion, and if you provide us with sensitive information with any content you create, share, and store, we will assume we have your consent to process that information.
We will not sell your sensitive personal information, but we may need to share it with third-party service providers that enable us to provide certain app features, and those service providers are required to keep your personal information confidential and only use it to provide us with their services. We will process the sensitive information we collect and inferences we make about the same in accordance with our Privacy Policy and for the purpose of allowing and facilitating your use of those specific app features, to personalize your user experience, to suggest other content and services, and internally to improve our services. If you choose to provide any sensitive information to us, we may use that information with other non-sensitive information you provide to create a more personalized YouVersion experience for you and to perform the services and actions you request, such as sharing or storing content you create. In any event, YouVersion will only process sensitive data you provide to us for YouVersion’s legitimate activities on your behalf and solely in accordance with the terms of this policy and any additional requests you make about the information. We will also maintain your information subject to appropriate safeguards discussed in this policy and otherwise provided by YouVersion.
你有权撤回同意,不再让我们收集和处理你敏感的个人信息,方法包括关闭和停用那些用到该信息的 YouVersion 功能、发信至 YouVersion, Attn.: YouVersion Support, 4600 E. 2nd St., Edmond, Oklahoma 73034,或电邮至 help@youversion.com;但是,你如果撤回同意,这可能令我们无法给你提供某些功能。
Disclosure of Your Information
我们不会将你的个人数据出售或分享给任何第三方广告商或广告网络,以供其做广告用途。我们可能会为了处理信息(如上所述)并方便我们提供 YouVersion 而将你个人信息披露给第三方,详述如下。
Disclosure on your behalf.
我们可能会按照本隐私政策的规定,披露我们收集或你提供的个人信息,以履行我们在使用条款之下所负有的义务、实现你提供信息的目的、你提供信息时要求的任何其他目的,或者我们征得你同意的任何其他目的。
Disclosure by you.
When you share information through YouVersion, that information is viewable by you and by anyone else you choose to share it with. If you give access to your YouVersion account to other applications and services, based on your approval, those services would then have access to your shared information. The use, collection, and protection of your data by such third-party services is subject to those third parties’ policies.
Internal disclosure.
We will process your personal data internally within YouVersion and its affiliates to help combine the personal information covered across the different aspects of YouVersion and our other products and services to help provide services to you in a manner that is personalized and useful to you and others.
Service providers and locations.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support YouVersion (such as cloud hosting, cookie providers, maintenance, analysis, audit, external marketing, payment, fraud detection, and development), as well as to support our operations (such as communicating with you for potential employment purposes). We may combine information we have with information of these service providers to facilitate their support. For example, some of the platforms used to send emails and notifications provided through YouVersion are built and managed by third parties, so some of your information is sent securely to those services to provide such functionality. They will have access to your information only as reasonably necessary to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes. We may also provide aggregate, de-identified information concerning connections by YouVersion users with third-parties and their events or locations.
YouVersion content providers.
We utilize certain third parties to provide certain YouVersion content, such as Bible Plans. We do not share personal information of YouVersion users with these third parties. We do, however, provide these third parties with aggregate analytics concerning the use of their content by country using de-identified and anonymized data.
Our ability to provide different versions of the Bible in different languages is a result of and subject to agreements among us and certain Bible societies and publishers, which we’ll call “YouVersion Bible Providers.” The license agreements we have with some YouVersion Bible Providers only allow us to provide YouVersion users the ability to download certain Bible texts for offline use if we provide YouVersion Bible Providers with the User’s name, email address, and country for future communication. If this is the case with a text you are seeking to download for offline use, we will (i) only share this information with the YouVersion Bible Provider for the offline version you request; (ii) do so on a confidential basis and only if the YouVersion Bible Provider agrees to keep the information we share about you confidential; and (iii) provide an additional prompt to you as a reminder of these terms, which you must agree to at that time in order to continue with your download. If you do not agree to this additional prompt, you may continue to use the online version of the text. No other personal information of yours will be shared with any YouVersion Bible Providers and no information will be shared until you grant approval to our prompt, which will then give you access to download that offline version. Your interactions with any YouVersion Bible Provider are solely among you and that YouVersion Bible Provider.
Legal process.
It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process. We attempt to notify Users about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague, or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand. We may also disclose your information if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (ii) enforce our agreements with you; (iii) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (iv) protect the security or integrity of YouVersion; or (v) exercise or protect the rights and safety of YouVersion, Users, our personnel, or others. We also reserve the right to confidentially disclose personal information we have about you in connection with a potential or actual merger or acquisition such as the sale of all or substantially all of our assets.
Deleting, Accessing, and Correcting Your Information
How to make your requests.
For personal data that we have about you, you may request the following:
- Deletion: You may ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data. Please note that doing so may limit your ability to use certain functionality of YouVersion. Please note that an email address is required to have a Member account to ensure we can properly authenticate potential users of that account.
- Correction/Modification: You may edit some of your personal data through your account or ask us to change, update, or fix your data in certain cases, including if it is inaccurate.
- Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or to limit our use of it.
- Right to Access and/or Take Your Data: You can ask us for a copy of or disclosure concerning your personal data you provided to us.
某些法律可能提供权利,让你就自己的个人信息提出这些及其他请求。如果你已向我们提供了个人信息,并希望依照某特定地区的法律提出这类请求,那么请将你的请求电邮至 help@youversion.com(须在主题栏以英文写上“[你所在的州/国家] Privacy Request”字样),或发信至 YouVersion, attn.: YouVersion Support, 4600 E. 2nd St., Edmond, Oklahoma 73034。
We ask that individuals making requests identify themselves with at least their name, address, and email address and identify the information requested to be accessed, corrected, or removed before we process the request. We may seek additional information to verify a requestor’s identity. We may also decline to process requests if we cannot verify the requestor's identity or if we believe the request will jeopardize the privacy of others, violate any law or legal requirement, would cause the information to be incorrect, or for a similar legitimate purpose.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under applicable law. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Some information you have created, received, or used in YouVersion may not be available in a usable form outside of YouVersion. As a result, when you request a copy of your personal information, we will be able to provide personal information you have provided to us, such as your name, address, phone number and the like; however, we may be unable to provide you with content and User Contributions that utilize YouVersion functionality.
Deleting your account.
You can delete your YouVersion account at any time using the settings function in YouVersion; however, when you delete your account we will delete the information associated with your account such as Notes, Bookmarks and other User Contributions you have created, received or shared. If you do not want to delete your account or this information, but want to temporarily stop using YouVersion, you may cease using the YouVersion application and we will maintain your account and the information associated with your account until you resume use or delete your account, whichever comes first.
If you choose to delete your account or ask that we modify or delete personal information, we will delete and purge personal information we have stored about you in a way that is electronically irreversible, however, we may retain your personal data if we have a legal right or obligation to maintain the information or to meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our rights, or fulfill any other requests from you (for example, to opt-out of further messages or for a copy of your data). Otherwise, if you request that we delete your account, we will delete your account and all the information we have that is associated with your account, except for aggregated statistics based on de-identified information and inferences we have made (for example, the fact that you downloaded YouVersion, without identifying you or maintaining personal information associated with that account).
Our deletion of your information and account will generally take no more than fourteen days from your request; however, cached information may take up to thirty days to delete. Please note that we have no control of information you have shared with others through YouVersion after you close your account or asked to delete information or attempted to delete your account yourself. Your information and content you have shared may continue to be displayed in the services of others (for example, search engine results) until they refresh their cache.
Security and Protection
We implement security safeguards designed to protect your data. These include using encryption for your data while it is being transmitted between your device or browser and our servers and while it is at rest. Data provided to us through YouVersion is also stored in an ISO 27017-certified infrastructure management system, meaning it has been audited and found in compliance with the requirements of the management system standards ISO 27017, an internationally recognized code of practice for information security controls for cloud services.
However, given the nature of communications and information technology, and that the use of the internet has inherent risks, although we regularly monitor for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, we cannot warrant or guarantee that information provided to us through YouVersion or stored in our systems or otherwise will be absolutely free from unauthorized intrusion by others, nor can we warrant or guarantee that such data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Children under the age of 16.
We do not collect personal information from any person we actually know is under the age of 16 without the consent of the parent or legal guardian of that minor.
A parent or guardian may consent to the use of their YouVersion account by a minor on that parent or guardian’s primary profile or a secondary profile of the parent/guardian’s account in the platform known as the Bible App for Kids. Should you allow your minor child to use your account (whether through your profile or a Bible App for Kids profile), you shall be solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor’s use of YouVersion and assume full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through YouVersion.
To create a secondary profile, you will be required to access your account with your User information and will have sole control over that Bible App for Kids profile. We do not require that you disclose any personally-identifiable information about your minor child to us to create a Bible App for Kids profile. When setting up a profile for your minor child, you are required to provide a “Child’s Name” to identify the account; however, this name can be whatever you choose and you are not required to provide your minor child’s actual first or last name.
在你将你未成年子女信息与你的账户关联的情况下,我们假定你同意我们按照本政策及我们可能时不时为你提供的其他隐私通知来处理这些信息。如果你允许你的未成年子女使用 YouVersion,请同你的子女讨论在互联网上分享个人信息的风险,并要求他们不要与任何第三方交流,也不要与 YouVersion 或 YouVersion 用户分享任何个人信息。如果你认为我们可能有来自或关于某个未满16岁未成年人的任何信息,请电邮至 help@youversion.com 与我们联系。
Processing of Data
We will only collect and process personal data about you where we have lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract, and other legitimate interests. Such legitimate interests include protection to you, us, other Members, and third parties; to comply with applicable law; to enable and administer our business; to manage corporate transactions; to generally understand and improve our internal processes and user relationships; and to enable us and other users of YouVersion to connect with you to exchange information, provided that the foregoing adequately protects your rights and freedoms.
在我们依赖你的同意处理个人数据之处,你可以撤回或拒绝同意;在我们依赖合法利益之处,你可以提出异议。如果你对我们收集和使用你个人数据的法律基础有任何疑问,请电邮至 help@youversion.com 与我们联系。
除非你使用 YouVersion 将其删除,否则我们通常会保留和处理与你账户相关的信息和用户投稿,并使用它们来促进 YouVersion 的功能,直到你的账户被删除为止。如果你想管理、更改或删除信息和用户投稿,你可以使用 https://www.bible.com/settings、限制特定的应用程序功能,或者通过上述邮寄地址或电邮地址与我们联系。我们会使用和处理这些信息,以提供你可能要求的 YouVersion 功能,直到你将该信息删除或不再拥有 YouVersion 为止。
Third Party Information Collection
Please keep in mind that YouVersion may contain links to other websites or apps. You are responsible for reviewing the privacy statements and policies of those other websites you choose to link to or from YouVersion, so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and store your information. We are not responsible for the privacy statements, policies, or content of other websites or apps, including websites you link to or from YouVersion. Websites containing co-branding (referencing our name and a third party’s name) contain content delivered by the third party and not us.
If you choose to link YouVersion with other websites, applications, and services or profiles you have with third-party applications, you will provide the personal data stored on those applications to YouVersion. For example, you may start a new YouVersion Membership account by linking your Facebook account to YouVersion, providing personal information you have opted to share through Facebook to YouVersion. You may revoke the link with such accounts and third-party applications by modifying your settings with those applications.
Users from Outside the United States
YouVersion is based out of Oklahoma within the United States and your use of YouVersion and this Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Oklahoma. If you are using YouVersion from outside this state or country, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. We process data both inside and outside of the United States and rely on contractual commitments between us and companies transferring personal data that require the protection and security of such data. The data protection and other laws of the State of Oklahoma, the United States, and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your state or country. By using YouVersion, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it with, as described in this Privacy Policy.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices. YouVersion is consistently seeking new and improved ways to offer YouVersion and increase engagement. As we improve YouVersion, this may mean the collection of new data or new ways to use data. Because YouVersion is dynamic, and we continuously seek to offer new features, we may require changes in our collection or processing of information. If we collect materially different personal data or materially change how we use your data, we will update this Privacy Policy.
We will post any changes to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we process our users’ personal information, we will provide a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated. The date the Privacy Policy was last modified is identified at the beginning of the Policy. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
若对本隐私政策和我们的隐私惯例有何疑问或意见,请联系:YouVersion, Attn.: YouVersion Support, 4600 E. 2nd St., Edmond, Oklahoma 73034;或 help@youversion.com。