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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

訪問 YouVersion 即表示你同意本隱私政策及其中條款,並同意我們在美國境內傳輸和處理你的資訊。你對 YouVersion 的使用也受我們 使用條款的管理支配,敦請仔細閱讀這些條款。

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

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.

我們格外尊重你的隱私,你所提供的資料,我們都會慎重處理,並採取專為保護你數據而設計的安全保護措施。如下所述。我們不會與任何第三方廣告商或廣告網絡分享你的個人識別資料。

It’s your experience.

你可以選擇 YouVersion 如何讀取、收集、分享和儲存你的個人資訊(如下所述)。在你首次使用 YouVersion 和 YouVersion 的某些功能時,你將選擇我們如何使用和處理你的資訊,你也可以在你的 YouVersion 會員帳戶裡的設定選單內或前往 https://my.bible.com/settings 做某些選擇。

We welcome your questions and comments.

我們歡迎你就本隱私政策和我們的隱私保護措施提出任何問題或意見。如果你有任何疑問或意見,可以寫信給:YouVersion, Attn.: YouVersion Support, 4600 E. 2nd St., Edmond, Oklahoma 73034,或發電郵給 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 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.

除了創建會員帳戶所需要的個人資料之外,你可以選擇是否要在你的會員帳戶中提供額外資訊。當你提供、發布或上傳個人資料時,我們會收集這些數據。你並不需要提供這些資訊,但你若選擇不提供,我們為你訂製個人化 YouVersion 的能力會受限,你便無法享用 YouVersion 提供的全面服務。在使用特定的 YouVersion 功能時,你可能會提供並讓我們處理你的個人資料詳情如下

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.

你個人必須承擔發布和傳送用戶貢獻的風險

。我們無法掌握及控制其他用戶或你選擇分享你用戶貢獻的第三方所採取的行動。因此,我們不能,也不會保證你的用戶貢獻不會被未經授權的人查看,我們也不會承擔與你用戶貢獻相關的任何責任。

Donations and giving.

如果你選擇用 YouVersion 或連接於 YouVersion 的第三方網站進行捐獻,這是唯一的情況下,系統會出現提示,要求你提供信用卡、銀行帳戶和處理轉帳所需要的付款資訊。如果你指定了捐獻的用途,我們會收集相關資訊,以及你的姓名、住址、電話號碼或電郵地址等個人資訊,以確保你的捐獻用於你所指定的用途,而且你會收到一份逐項列出你捐獻的「年度捐獻明細表」,作為你報稅或個人之用。我們絕對不會儲存或使用你在線上捐獻時提供給我們的財務資訊。如果你指定向 YouVersion 以外的機構捐款,為了方便你的捐款,我們會與指定機構分享你的姓名、電子郵箱、郵寄地址和電話號碼,以及日期、金額、付款方式和用於你捐款的卡號或帳號的最後四位數字。自本政策發布之日起,我們使用 Stripe 或 PayPal 來處理你的線上捐獻款項。若想進一步了解這些第三方如何處理你的資訊,請參閱他們的隱私政策:https://stripe.com/privacy; https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Communications from you to us.

在你發送、接收或與我們溝通信息時,我們會收集有關你的資訊,包括你在發送電郵至 help@youversion.com 或透過 help.youversion.com 網站所提交的個人訊息或請求。我們會保留這些通訊來處理你的查詢、回應你的請求,以及改進 YouVersion 和我們的服務。只要你會員身分是有效的,我們將會繼續把你給我們的通訊和你的帳戶關聯。


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;
  • 為履行我們的義務和確保我們的權利,包括那些在本隱私政策和我們的使用條款 中所描述;
  • 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.

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.

是否創建、訪問或存儲 YouVersion 資訊與內容是你的選擇。如果你這麼做,我們會將這些資訊與你的會員帳戶關聯存儲。我們可能透過你對 YouVersion 的使用和我們從中做出的推斷的相關資訊,來向你提供與其他 YouVersion 內容有關的各類推薦。舉例來說,基於你完成的某個讀經計畫,我們可能會向你建議其他的讀經計畫。你可以選擇不接收這類電郵推薦,如下所述

Communications from us to you.

我們會透過推送通知、電郵或應用程式內的簡訊與你聯繫。如果我們以電郵與你聯繫,你一般上可以在提供這些訊息的電郵中找到取消訂閱的連結來停止訂閱這些訊息。你也可以隨時在 YouVersion 聖經軟體中的設定功能表裡或前往 bible.com/settings修改你的通知設定。

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

我們可能會使用你的資訊就帳戶安全、法律和其他與服務相關的問題與你聯繫。請注意,你不能選擇不接收來自我們的此類消息。我們可能會使用你的個人資訊來調查、回應和解決法律、安全和技術問題和投訴,包括必要時出於安全目的或可能的欺詐、違反法律或我們的 使用條款 或本隱私政策,或企圖傷害;但是,你同意我們沒有義務防止或監控上述任何情況。

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.

你有權關閉或停止使用帶有收集和處理你的敏感個人資訊的 YouVersion 功能,或透過寫郵件給 YouVersion, Attn.: YouVersion Support, 4600 E. 2nd St., Edmond, Oklahoma 73034,來撤回你給我們的同意,或發送電郵至 help@youversion.com;但是,撤回你的同意可能會妨礙我們提供某些功能的能力。


Disclosure of Your Information

我們不會將你的個人數據出售或分享給任何第三方廣告商或廣告網路,以供其廣告用途。但如以上所述,我們可能會將你的個人資訊提供給第三方,以讓我們能夠提供 YouVersion,更多詳情如下

Disclosure on your behalf.

我們可能會遵照本隱私政策所述,揭露我們所收集的個人資訊,以履行我們在使用條款規範下的義務,在你以任何理由發出請求、或基於任何目的同意我們收集你資訊的情況下,達成你提供資訊的目的。

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.

某些法律可能提供對你的個人資訊提出這些和其他要求的權利。如果你向我們提供了個人資訊並希望根據特定地區的法律提出此類請求,請在你的請求主題行中包含「[你所在州/國家/地區] Privacy Request」這一短語,並透過電郵將你的請求發送至 help @youversion.com 或透過郵件發送至 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.

在你將你未成年子女的資訊關聯到你的帳戶時,我們將認定你同意我們根據本政策和我們不時提供你的其他隱私聲明和條款來處理該資訊。如果你允許你未成年子女使用 YouVersion,我們要求你向你的子女討論在網際網絡上分享個人資訊的風險,並要求他們避免和第三方進行交流,或與 YouVersion 或 YouVersion 用戶分享任何個人資訊。如果你認為我們可能持有來自未滿16歲兒童或有關他們的任何資訊,請發電郵至: help@youversion.com 與我們聯繫。


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.

針對你同意我們處理的個人資料,你可以撤回或拒絕給予同意,而我們所具有的合法權益,你可以提出異議。如果你對我們收集和使用你個人資料的合法基礎有任何疑問,請與我們聯絡:help@youversion.com

除非你使用 YouVersion 將其刪除,否則我們通常會保留和處理與你的帳戶相關的資訊和用戶貢獻,並使用它來促進 YouVersion 的功能,直到你的帳戶被刪除。你可以使用 https://www.bible.com/settings 限制特定的應用程序功能,或透過上述郵寄地址或電郵地址與我們聯繫來管理、更改和刪除資訊和用戶貢獻,只要你擁有 YouVersion 或只直到你將其刪除, 我們將使用和處理此資訊以提供你可能要求的 YouVersion 功能。


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

如果你想就本隱私政策和我們的隱私保護措施提出問題或意見,請用以下方式聯絡我們: YouVersion, Attn.: YouVersion Support, 4600 E. 2nd St., Edmond, Oklahoma 73034;或者發電郵至: help@youversion.com