Privacy Policy

1. Information collected

Reading this website requires no personal information. There is no membership system, so no account records exist. The only fields that ask for personal information are on the application form for small groups and YLV Bible Org, described in section 4.

Apart from the two Google services described in section 3, we have placed no analytics tools, advertising identifiers, tracking pixels, or third-party advertising scripts on this site.

2. Data stored in the browser

To retain display settings, three values are kept in the visitor's browser local storage.

These values remain on the visitor's own device and are never sent to our servers. They contain nothing that identifies a person. They may be cleared at any time with the browser's “clear site data” function.

The two Google services described in section 3 store their own cookies in the browser. This site sets no other cookies.

3. Third-party services

The services below are involved in running this site. Each keeps its own records according to its own policy.

• Web hosting — this site is served by a cloud hosting provider. The hosting provider may keep its own access logs (IP address, time of request, browser type) for operation and security. We do not use those logs to identify any person, and we do not download or retain them separately.
• Web fonts — the typefaces on screen are loaded from Google Fonts. The visitor's browser therefore connects to Google's servers, and the visitor's IP address is transmitted to them in the course of that connection. This is a technical request for the font files; none of that information is received by us.
• Google Analytics — counts visits and shows which pages and links are used (for example, the app-download buttons), including whether a visit came from one of our Google search ads. For this purpose Google receives information such as the pages viewed, the device and browser type, and an approximate location derived from the IP address, and stores cookies in the browser. We see only overall statistics and do not try to identify any person.
• Google Ads conversion measurement — as a nonprofit, we receive Google Ad Grants, which places search ads for this site on Google. When a visitor who arrived from one of those ads selects an app-download button, Google Ads counts it so that we can tell whether the ads are useful. Google may store cookies in the browser for this.

You can block Google Analytics with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on and manage Google ad settings at My Ad Center. Google explains how it uses this information at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

This site contains links to external stores (Google Play, the App Store, the Microsoft Store, and others). Once such a link is followed, that company's policy applies. We have no involvement in activity on those sites and receive no information from them.

4. Correspondence

If you write to info@ylvbible.org, the message — the sender's address and its contents — is retained in our mailbox. It is used solely to respond to the inquiry. We do not send promotional mail, and we do not share or sell any message to third parties.

To request deletion of a message we hold, write to the same address; the message will be deleted upon request.

Applications (small groups and YLV Bible Org)

The application form on the Small Groups and YLV Bible Org pages asks for your name, email address, country and city, and, if you choose, the kind and size of your group, your church or ministry, your preferred language, a department (for YLV USA) and a message. The form is received through Google Forms in the account of Bible Homes Inc. and kept in a Google spreadsheet.

This information is used only to review the application and to reply to you. A small group is introduced to others only after it has been reviewed and approved, and your personal contact details are not published on this site. We do not share or sell applications to third parties. To have an application deleted, write to info@ylvbible.org.

Identity verification and background checks. Before approving someone for a leadership role, Bible Homes Inc. may ask the applicant to complete identity verification and, for leaders, a background check through a trusted third-party provider. No check begins without the applicant's consent, and we will name the provider before asking for it. The documents are handled by that provider under its own privacy policy, and the result is used only to decide on the application.

5. Children

Reading this site asks for no personal information from anyone, including children. The application form is intended for adults; we do not knowingly accept applications from children. We do not ask for age, and we do not show different content by age.

6. Applications

The same principle applies to the applications we publish in the app stores. There are no accounts, no in-app purchases, and no advertising. The data-safety information for each application is also posted in the respective store.

7. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page will be updated. Should a change ever involve the collection of information, this will be stated plainly at the top of this page.

8. Contact

Bible Homes Inc. (ministry name: Bible Homes Global Media Ministries)
A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States
info@ylvbible.org