Privacy Policy for Amharic Bible Study

Effective date: September 22, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Yehiwot Enjera Ministry (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you use the Amharic Bible Study application (“the App”).

The App’s Android package name is com.ethiopiansite.amharicbiblestudy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the App, we may collect and process the following information.

Account information

When you create or use an account, we may collect:

  • Your email address

  • Your account’s unique user identifier

  • Your display name, if you provide one

  • Authentication and account-status information

Passwords are processed securely through Google Firebase Authentication. We do not receive or store your password in readable form.

Bible-study information

When you use the App’s study and synchronization features, we may store information such as:

  • Study progress

  • Bookmarks

  • Personal study notes

  • Answers to study or discussion questions

  • Questions or prayer topics you choose to record

  • App preferences and related saved activity

Because this is a Bible-study application, information that you voluntarily enter may reflect your religious interests or beliefs. We use this information only to provide the App’s study, saving, and synchronization features.

Group-study information

If you use a group-study feature, we may process:

  • Group membership or participation

  • Group codes

  • Assigned Bible studies

  • Study dates and progress

  • Information you intentionally submit through group features

Information submitted through a shared group feature may be available to the appropriate group leader or participants when that is necessary for the feature to work. Personal information that is not designated for sharing is not intentionally displayed to other users.

Technical information

Google Firebase and related service providers may automatically process limited technical information needed to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the App, including:

  • Device and operating-system information

  • App version

  • Internet Protocol address

  • Authentication and security information

  • Error, diagnostic, and service-performance information

2. How We Use Information

We use collected information to:

  • Create and manage user accounts

  • Authenticate users

  • Save and synchronize Bible-study information across devices

  • Restore bookmarks, notes, and study progress

  • Provide individual and group-study features

  • Maintain the security and reliability of the App

  • Diagnose technical problems

  • Respond to support, privacy, or account-deletion requests

  • Comply with applicable legal requirements

We do not use personal information for unrelated advertising purposes.

3. Third-Party Service Providers

The App uses Google Firebase services, including Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore, to provide account authentication, cloud storage, synchronization, and related application services.

Information processed through these services may be handled by Google in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy and security terms.

Google’s Privacy Policy is available at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

We may use service providers only when reasonably necessary to operate, secure, maintain, or support the App.

4. Advertising and Sale of Personal Information

The App does not display third-party advertising.

We do not sell or rent users’ personal information.

We do not share personal information with third parties for their independent advertising or marketing purposes.

5. Information Sharing

We may disclose information only in the following circumstances:

  • To service providers that help us operate, secure, or maintain the App

  • When you intentionally use a feature that shares information with a study group

  • When required by law, legal process, or a valid government request

  • When reasonably necessary to protect users, prevent fraud or abuse, enforce applicable terms, or protect the security of the App

  • As part of an organizational transfer, provided that the information remains subject to appropriate privacy protections

6. Data Retention

We retain account and synchronized study information for as long as your account remains active or as long as reasonably necessary to provide the App’s services.

If you request account deletion, we will delete or anonymize the account information and user-created cloud data associated with your account, unless retaining certain information is required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or legitimate recordkeeping purposes.

Information stored only on your device may remain until you delete it, clear the App’s data, or uninstall the App.

Backup systems may retain deleted information for a limited period before it is permanently removed through normal backup-rotation processes.

7. Account and Data Deletion

You may request deletion of your Amharic Bible Study account and its associated cloud data by contacting us at:

tsegaewnet@gmail.com

In your request, use the email address connected to your App account and state that you are requesting deletion of your Amharic Bible Study account and associated data.

We may need to verify that you own the account before completing the request. After verification, we will process the deletion request within a reasonable period, subject to any information we are legally required or permitted to retain.

Uninstalling the App does not automatically delete information already synchronized to your account.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards intended to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Information transmitted to and stored through Firebase is protected using the security mechanisms provided by Google Firebase. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You are responsible for protecting your password and maintaining the security of the device and email account associated with your App account.

9. Children’s Privacy

The App is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian authorization. If you believe that a child has provided personal information without appropriate authorization, contact us so that we can investigate and delete the information when required.

Parents or guardians may contact us using the information provided below regarding a child’s information.

10. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to personal information associated with your account

  • Request correction of inaccurate information

  • Request deletion of your account and associated information

  • Object to or restrict certain processing

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information below. We may ask for reasonable verification before fulfilling a request.

11. International Data Processing

The App’s service providers may process or store information in the United States or other countries. Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the App, its features, service providers, or applicable requirements change.

When we make changes, we will publish the updated policy on this page and revise the effective date. We encourage users to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

For questions, privacy requests, or account and data-deletion requests, contact:

Yehiwot Enjera Ministry
Website: https://yehiwotenjera.com
Email: tsegaewnet@gmail.com