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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 1, 2026

Prayer Network is developed and operated by BABFO (Be A Blessing For Others), a ministry based in Arunachal Pradesh, India. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy.

By using Prayer Network, you agree to the terms described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the App.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Account Information

When you sign in to Prayer Network, we collect the following through your chosen sign-in method:

  • Google Sign-In: Your name, email address, and profile picture provided by Google.
  • Email and password: If you register with an email address, your email is stored with your account. Your password is handled and stored entirely by Google Firebase Authentication — we never see, receive, or store it.
  • Country (optional): If you choose a country during sign-up, it is saved to your profile so believers can see which nations are praying together.

Prayer Network is currently available on Android. If we release an iOS version in future, this policy will be updated to describe Apple Sign-In before that release.

1.2 User-Generated Content

The App allows you to create and store personal content, including:

  • Prayer requests and prayer journal entries
  • Personal devotional notes and reflections
  • Journal entries including mood selections and attached images or documents
  • Rich-text formatted notes
  • Profile photo and cover photo uploaded by you
  • Bible bookmarks, highlights, and reading progress
  • Prayer posts shared to the public prayer feed (visible to all App users)
  • Private prayer requests shared with your chosen Prayer Partners

Private content such as journal entries is stored securely in Firebase (Google Cloud) under your account and is accessible only to you. Content you choose to share — such as prayer feed posts or Prayer Partner requests — is visible to the intended recipients as described above.

1.3 Usage Data

We may collect limited anonymized technical data to keep the App working reliably, including device type and operating system version. This data does not identify you personally and is used solely to diagnose problems and improve the App.

1.4 Device Permissions

  • Internet access: Required for authentication, syncing data, and loading devotional content.
  • Camera (optional): For taking photos to attach to journal entries or to update your profile picture.
  • Photos (optional): Chosen through the Android photo picker, which gives the App access only to the images you select. The App does not request access to your whole photo library.
  • Notifications (optional): For prayer reminders, daily devotional reminders, and Prayer Partner activity alerts, if you opt in.
  • Alarms and reminders (optional): Used only to make your chosen prayer reminders ring at the exact time you set, including after your device restarts.

Prayer Network does not request access to your microphone, contacts, location, or call history.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • Create and manage your user account
  • Sync your prayer journals, notes, and devotional content across devices
  • Provide personalized devotional and prayer features
  • Enable community prayer features such as the prayer feed and Prayer Partners
  • Send optional prayer and devotional notifications (only if you opt in)
  • Improve App performance, fix bugs, and develop new features
  • Respond to support requests

We do NOT use your data for advertising, marketing to third parties, or any commercial purpose outside of the App.

3. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored on Google Firebase, which provides industry-standard security including encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest. Firebase is compliant with major international data protection standards.

Your private prayer journal entries, devotional notes, and personal reflections are stored under your account and are not accessible to other users or BABFO staff unless required by law. Content you choose to share publicly — such as prayer feed posts — is visible to other App users as intended by the feature.

4. Third-Party Services

The App relies on the following services to function. Each has its own privacy policy:

  • Google Firebase: Authentication, database, and cloud storage for your account and content. Privacy Policy
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM): Delivery of push notifications to your device. Privacy Policy
  • Google Sign-In: OAuth 2.0 authentication. Privacy Policy
  • Pixabay: When you search for a photo background for a verse card, your search word is sent to Pixabay so it can return matching images. No account or personal information is sent with the search. Privacy Policy
  • Bible Brain (Faith Comes By Hearing) and API.Bible: Provide Scripture text in over 1,700 languages. Requests include the passage and translation you are reading. Privacy Policy
  • YouTube (Google): Daily devotional videos are played through the YouTube player, which may set its own cookies and collect viewing data under Google's policy. Privacy Policy

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers.

5. Children's Privacy

Prayer Network is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.

6. Your Rights

  • Access: You can view all data stored in your account within the App.
  • Correction: You can edit or update your profile and content at any time.
  • Deletion: You can delete your account and all associated data from within the App, under Settings.
  • Portability: You can export your journal entries as PDF files from within the App.
  • Withdraw Consent: You can sign out or delete your account at any time.

7. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account remains active. If you delete your account, your data is removed immediately and any remaining copies in backups are permanently deleted within 30 days.

8. International Users

Prayer Network is developed in India and our data is stored on Google Firebase servers. By using the App, you consent to your data being processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy, regardless of your country of residence.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will notify you via an in-app notice or update the effective date at the top of this document.

10. Contact Us

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