Privacy Policy | Biblical Mastery Academy
This page explains how Biblical Mastery Academy collects, uses, and protects your personal information. We do not sell your data. We do not run advertising. What we collect, we collect for reasons we can name. This policy tells you what those reasons are.
The legal term for the information in question is Personally Identifiable Information, or PII. That is information which, on its own or combined with other information, can be used to identify, contact, or locate a single person.
What we collect, and when
We collect your name and email address when you register, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, use our live chat, or otherwise hand them to us. We do not ask for information we do not need.
How we use it
We use what you give us to:
- Send the content, courses, and communications you signed up for.
- Process orders and respond to support requests.
- Improve the site and the products it links to.
- Ask for feedback or reviews on what we offer.
- Follow up after a conversation by email, chat, or phone.
We do not sell your information. We do not pass it to third parties so they can advertise to you.
How we protect it
Traffic between your browser and our site is encrypted in transit via TLS. The marketing site at biblicalmastery.academy is static files served from Cloudflare, so it has no application backend that could store or leak personal data on its own.
Purchases happen on our learning app at tutor.biblicalmastery.academy or through our payment provider. Card details are handled by the payment gateway and are never stored on our servers in usable form.
Access to your personal information is limited to the people at Biblical Mastery Academy who need it to do their work. They are required to keep it confidential.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file your browser stores on our behalf. We use cookies for two things:
- Remembering your preferences so the site behaves the way you expect when you return.
- Compiling aggregate data about how people use the site, so we can make it better.
You can refuse cookies through your browser settings. Each browser handles this differently, so check the help menu in yours. If you turn cookies off, some parts of the site may not behave as expected.
Analytics and measurement
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use the site. We may also add measurement pixels from Meta, Google, YouTube, and other partners so we can see which channels bring people here. These services may set cookies and receive anonymised information about your visit.
We do not run advertising on this site, and we have no plans to. Measurement is about understanding what helps us serve you and the church more effectively. It is not about selling your attention to anyone.
Live chat
If live chat is enabled on the site, the first response may come from an AI assistant. A member of our team reviews and follows up where needed. Anything you tell the chat is treated the same way as anything you would email us. We do not share chat transcripts with third parties.
Third-party links
From time to time we link to third-party products, services, or content. Those sites have their own privacy policies. We do not control them and are not responsible for them. If something on a linked site concerns you, tell us, and we will look into it.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the California law requiring commercial websites to publish a privacy policy. It reaches well beyond California to cover most US-facing sites. We comply with it. In particular:
- You can browse this site anonymously.
- A link to this policy appears in the footer of every page.
- The link includes the word "Privacy" so it is easy to find.
- Changes to this policy will be posted here. Material changes will be noted at the top of the page.
You can update or remove your personal information by contacting us through the form below, or by signing in to your account on the learning app and editing your details there.
Do Not Track
We honour Do Not Track signals. When your browser sends DNT, we do not track that visit or include it in measurement.
Third-party behavioural tracking
We use analytics, and we may add measurement pixels (see above). We do not participate in cross-site behavioural advertising.
Children under 13 (COPPA)
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act puts parents in charge of personal information collected from children under 13. We do not specifically market to children under 13, and we do not knowingly allow third parties, including measurement partners, to collect PII from children under 13 on this site. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, please let us know and we will delete it.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles are the backbone of US privacy law. In the event of a data breach affecting your information, we will notify you by email within 7 business days.
We also support the Individual Redress Principle. You have the right to take enforceable action against data collectors and processors who fail to follow the law.
CAN-SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act governs commercial email in the United States. We comply with it. When you give us your email address, we use it to:
- Reply to your questions and requests.
- Send updates about your orders, downloads, and registrations.
- Send additional content related to the products or topics you signed up for.
- Send our newsletter, if you subscribed.
Our emails do not use false or misleading subject lines or sender addresses. They identify themselves as marketing where appropriate, include our physical address, and carry an unsubscribe link in every footer. To stop a particular email, use that link. To unsubscribe from everything, send a note through the form below.
Contacting us
If you have a question about this policy, or want to act on any of the rights it describes, send us a note using the form below. We read everything that comes through it.