Effective Date: August 30, 2026
StudySide respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information is handled when you use the StudySide mobile application.
StudySide allows you to create and save Bible studies, drafts, preferences, and related study information.
This information is stored locally on your device. StudySide does not operate a user account system or require you to create an account to use the app.
Locally stored information may include:
Saved Bible studies
Active study drafts
Bible passage selections and references
App preferences, including text size and appearance settings
Cached Scripture passages used to improve performance and provide limited offline access
This locally stored information is not transmitted to StudySide servers.
Removing the app or clearing its application data may permanently remove locally stored information.
StudySide allows you to create a backup of your locally stored StudySide data. A backup may include saved Bible studies, an unfinished study draft, app preferences, and related StudySide information.
Backup files are created at your request and are not automatically uploaded to StudySide or stored on StudySide servers. You choose where to save or share the backup file using services available on your device, such as local file storage, cloud storage, email, or other applications.
Once you choose to save or share a backup through a third-party service, that service's privacy practices apply to the copy you provide to it.
You are responsible for keeping exported backup files secure. Restoring a StudySide backup replaces the corresponding StudySide data currently stored on the device.
StudySide uses an external Bible service to retrieve Scripture passages.
When you request a Bible passage, the Bible reference you select or enter is transmitted over the internet to the Bible service so the requested Scripture text can be returned to the app.
StudySide currently uses Bible-API.com for these requests.
As with normal internet communications, the external service may receive technical information associated with the request, such as your IP address. StudySide does not use Bible passage requests to create personal profiles of users.
StudySide displays advertisements using Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
The Google Mobile Ads SDK may automatically collect or process information such as:
IP address
Device or advertising identifiers
App interactions
Diagnostic information
Information used to provide, measure, secure, and prevent fraud involving advertisements
StudySide currently requests non-personalized advertisements from Google Mobile Ads. Non-personalized advertising may still involve processing certain device, network, advertising, and usage information for purposes such as ad delivery, frequency capping, reporting, security, and fraud prevention.
Google's handling of information through its advertising services is governed by Google's applicable privacy policies and terms.
StudySide does not currently require users to create an account.
The application does not intentionally request access to your:
Contacts
Camera
Precise device location
Photos or videos
Microphone
StudySide also does not operate a server that receives copies of your saved Bible studies or active study drafts.
StudySide does not sell your personal information.
Information may be processed by third-party services when necessary to provide features of the application. These services currently include the Bible passage service used to retrieve Scripture and Google services used to display advertisements.
These third parties may process technical information according to their own privacy policies.
Bible studies, drafts, preferences, and cached Scripture stored by StudySide remain locally on your device until they are deleted through available app functionality, cleared from the application's storage, or removed when the application is uninstalled, subject to your device's operating system and backup behavior.
Because StudySide does not currently maintain user accounts or a server-side database containing users' saved studies, StudySide generally does not possess a remote copy of this locally stored information to delete on a user's behalf.
Third-party service providers may retain information according to their own retention policies.
StudySide is designed to minimize the amount of user information transmitted outside the device. Internet requests used by the application are made using secure HTTPS connections where supported by the services involved.
No method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
StudySide is intended as a general Bible study application and is not specifically directed toward children under 13.
StudySide does not knowingly operate a system for collecting names, email addresses, or other account information from children.
Third-party advertising and service providers may have additional requirements concerning children and age-based privacy protections. StudySide will comply with applicable platform and legal requirements concerning its intended audience.
StudySide currently relies on third-party services that may process information independently of StudySide.
These include:
Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads
Used to provide advertising within StudySide.
Bible-API.com
Used to retrieve Bible passages requested by users.
Users are encouraged to review the privacy practices of these providers for additional information about how they handle data.
StudySide may update this Privacy Policy as the application changes, new features are introduced, third-party services change, or legal and platform requirements are updated.
When this Privacy Policy is materially updated, the effective date at the top of the policy will be revised.
Questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or StudySide's privacy practices may be directed to:
StudySide Email: studysideapp@gmail.com