What happens to your information when you use this site.
Effective October 30, 2026. This policy explains what happens to information when you use Chapter & Verse ("the site"), a Bible study ministry of Cedar Ridge Congregation. In this policy, "we" means that ministry.
When you send a question, your browser sends it, along with the earlier messages from that same visit, to our chat server. Our chat server passes them to Anthropic, the company that provides the AI, and sends the answer back to you. Our chat server is built to pass your messages along and not to save them. The recent messages of your visit are kept only in your browser page, and they disappear when you close or refresh the page.
Anthropic processes what is sent to it under its own terms and privacy policy, which control how long it keeps information and what it may do with it. You can read it at anthropic.com/legal/privacy.
The chat has an optional microphone button and an optional read-aloud button. Both use the speech tools built into your own browser and device. We never receive your audio. In some browsers (Chrome and Edge use Google or Microsoft services; Safari uses Apple) the browser maker may process your spoken words to turn them into text, under its own privacy policy. Reading answers aloud happens on your device. If you do not want to use voice, just type. Your microphone is used only after you press the button and allow it.
The 365-Day Plan keeps your place, finished days and any saved learning guides in this browser only. Reading, word studies and maps work without an account and send nothing about you. When you ask for a learning guide or a lookup, the words you typed (such as “Capernaum”) are sent to our server and to the services that supply facts: Wikipedia, OpenAlex, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau and the World Bank, and to the AI provider that writes the answer. Scripture text may be requested from bible-api.com (English) or getBible (api.getbible.net, for the Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 and French Louis Segond 1910). When you press Listen, the words to be read are sent to this site’s server and to Cloudflare’s speech service to make the voice; nothing is saved. We do not send your email address to any of them. We count your monthly lookups so the free allowance is fair. See Credits & Sources.
To build a sermon or devotion you sign in with your email address. We send you a one-time sign-in link; there is no password. We keep your email address, whether you have used your free sample, your plan and its status, and a count of the builds you use each month.
To keep the free sample to one for each person, we record when it was used against: your email address (with dots and plus-tags removed, so one address cannot be turned into many), a random identifier that your browser keeps on your device (in local storage and a first-party cookie), a one-way hash of general browser characteristics together with a shortened version of your network address, and a one-way count for your network. We cannot turn these hashes back into your name or exact address. We keep the network count for 30 days and the other free-sample records for as long as your account exists. A shared network, such as a church or a home, can be used by a few people, so that count has some room in it.
If you subscribe, Stripe collects and processes your payment under its own privacy policy. We receive your plan, its status and renewal date, and a customer reference from Stripe. We never receive your card number. Our email provider, Resend, delivers the sign-in emails. To close your account and delete your records, email us at the address below.
The theme, Scripture and options you enter, and any changes you ask for, are sent to our chat server and from there to Anthropic, the same way chat questions are. If you revise a draft, the current draft is sent along so it can be changed. Our server then asks a public Bible text service (bible-api.com) for the verses. Only the passage references are sent to that service, and not your theme, your name or your words.
The finished sermon is assembled in your browser, and the printed copy, Word file, PDF and PowerPoint are made on your own device and are not uploaded to us. So that a refresh does not lose your edits, the page saves your last draft and the class or church name you typed in your browser's local storage on your device. It never goes to us. Choose "Start over" or clear your browser's site data to remove it. If your ministry uses an access code, it is kept in your browser only until you close the tab.
We do not set cookies or run analytics or advertising tools on this site. The sermon builder uses your browser's local storage, as described above, only to keep your own draft on your own device. If any of this changes, we will update this page first.
We use information only to answer your questions, keep the service secure and prevent abuse, reply to your messages, and improve how faithfully the study helper handles the Scriptures.
Only the service providers named above: Anthropic (the AI), Cloudflare (the chat server and the small database that holds accounts), Netlify (the website), Google (fonts), YouTube (video links), the public Bible text service bible-api.com (passage references only), Stripe (payments), and Resend (sign-in emails). We do not sell or rent information, and we do not share it for advertising. We may disclose information if the law requires it.
Do not enter passwords, financial details, medical information, or private details about yourself or other people. The study helper is a computer program and not a minister or counselor. If you are struggling, please talk to your minister, an elder, or a trusted Christian friend. In the United States, if you are in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911 if life is in danger.
This site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. Parents should supervise younger readers. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
We take reasonable steps to protect the site: our AI key is kept private on the server, only approved websites may use the chat, and each visitor is limited in how fast they can ask questions. No system is perfectly secure, so please use the chat with care.
You can close the page at any time to clear your conversation. You can ask us what email correspondence we hold from you, or ask us to delete it, by writing to the address below. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights, and we will honor them where they apply.
If we change this policy, we will post the new version here with a new effective date.
Cedar Ridge Congregation
123 Main Street, Anytown, USA
Email: [email protected]