SPIENCE of Jesus respects your privacy. This page explains, in plain words, what our website (spienceandjesus.online) and the RUA (Remember · Understand · Abide) Bible study desk collect and why. We never sell, rent, or share your personal data for advertising.
RUA saves your study notes, your "Days in the Word" count, your Bible translation preference (KJV or WEB), and your membership unlock status inside your own browser storage (localStorage) on your phone or computer. We do not store a server database of your saved study journal, and clearing your browser data removes local copies unless you export them first using the built-in Download button.
When you look up a passage, the Bible reference you enter is sent to the public-domain Bible API (bible-api.com) to load the verse text. When you write a reflection and RUA generates an AI follow-up question, only your chosen passage, current step title, and latest reflection are sent over HTTPS to our Netlify server function (/api/rua) and processed by our AI provider (Google Gemini, with Anthropic or OpenAI only if configured as a backup) to return one short question. Please do not type sensitive personal, medical, or financial details into study boxes. Optional 1-tap feedback notes are used only to improve RUA.
When you request the free Starter Guide or video study notes on our homepage, your email address and the page or video tag you arrived from are recorded in our private Google Sheet via Google Apps Script and, when email delivery is active, used to send the study resource and short follow-up emails via Google Mail or Resend. You can opt out at any time by replying STOP or clicking unsubscribe, and we will stop immediately.
All payments are processed directly by Stripe. We never see or store your full credit card number. When Stripe redirects you back to RUA after checkout, our server checks your Stripe Checkout Session status in read-only mode to confirm whether your membership is active.
We do not use advertising pixels or cross-site tracking cookies. Basic privacy-preserving aggregate traffic metrics may be provided by our DNS and hosting infrastructure (Cloudflare and Netlify) to keep the site reliable and secure.
Our services are directed to general audiences and adults, not children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
To ask a question or delete your email address from our signup list, write to Camden Holladay at camcamholladay@gmail.com.