Privacy policy · Was the Bible Right?

Was the Bible Right (“we”, “us”) runs wasthebibleright.com and the Was the Bible Right YouTube channel. We collect as little as we can. We do not sell personal information, we do not show ads, and we do not use advertising or tracking cookies.

What we collect

Newsletter sign-ups. If you subscribe, we store your email address, the date, and which sign-up form you used. We use it only to send the newsletter.
Feedback messages. If you use the feedback form, we store the message, the type of message, the entry it is about, and your name and email address if you give them (both are optional). To stop spam we also store your browser's user-agent string and a one-way hash of your IP address; we cannot recover your IP address from the hash. Messages are emailed to us so we can read and answer them.
Site analytics. We use Vercel Web Analytics to count page views and a few actions, such as newsletter sign-ups. It does not use cookies and does not identify individual visitors.
Server logs. Our hosting provider keeps standard request logs, including IP addresses, for a short time for security and troubleshooting.

Third-party content on our pages

YouTube videos are embedded in YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). YouTube may set cookies once you play a video. Google's use of that data is covered by the Google Privacy Policy.
Maps load map tiles from OpenFreeMap, using OpenStreetMap data. Your browser requests the tiles directly, so those servers see your IP address.

Who processes your information

We use a small number of service providers to run the site: Vercel (hosting and analytics), Neon (database), and Resend (delivering feedback messages and email). They process data only to provide those services to us. We share information with others only if the law requires it.

YouTube API Services

We use the YouTube Data API, one of the YouTube API Services, only to upload and schedule videos on our own YouTube channel. It is used by us, not by visitors: the site does not ask you to sign in with Google and does not access your YouTube account or data. Our use of YouTube is subject to the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. The access token for our channel is stored privately on our own computer, and we can revoke it at any time from the Google security settings page.

How long we keep it

We keep newsletter addresses until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove them. We keep feedback messages for as long as they are useful for corrections and replies, and delete them on request.

Your choices

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, from the newsletter itself or by asking us. To see, correct or delete the information we hold about you, or to unsubscribe, send a request through the feedback form and include the email address it concerns. We will respond within 30 days.

Children

The site is meant for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13; if you believe a child has sent us information, let us know and we will delete it.

Changes

If we change this policy, we will update it on this page and change the date at the top.