Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 4, 2026

Catholic Gallery Bible (“Catholic Gallery Bible”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and processed when you visit bible.catholicgallery.org and use the services and resources available through the website.

Catholic Gallery Bible provides online Bible reading resources, Bible translations, audio Bible resources, Daily Mass Readings, and related Catholic and devotional content.

1. About Catholic Gallery Bible

Catholic Gallery Bible is part of the Catholic Gallery family of websites and provides Bible and related Catholic resources for prayer, reflection, learning, and spiritual growth.

The website provides access to Bible translations in different languages, Bible reading resources, audio Bible content, Daily Mass Readings, and other related resources.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information in several ways depending on how you use the website.

2.1 Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

Contact us through the website.
Submit a comment, where commenting is available.
Submit a prayer request or other information through a feature that allows such submissions.
Subscribe to or provide information for newsletter or email communications, where such features are available.

The information you provide may include your name, email address, and the contents of your message or submission.

Please avoid submitting unnecessary personal, confidential, financial, medical, or other sensitive information through public comments or forms.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically. This may include:

IP address
Browser type and version
Device and operating system information
Date and time of access
Pages or resources viewed
Referring and exit pages
General usage and interaction information
Information relating to website performance and security

This information may be used for website operation, security, analytics, troubleshooting, and improving the website.

3. Comments

Where comments are enabled, information submitted through the comments form may be collected along with technical information such as the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information for spam prevention and security.

Comments may be publicly visible after moderation.

Please do not include private or sensitive personal information in a public comment.

We may moderate, edit, refuse to publish, or remove comments at our discretion.

4. Contact Forms and Email

If you contact us through a contact form or by email, we may receive and retain the information necessary to respond to your request, including your name, email address, and message.

We use this information to communicate with you and address your enquiry, feedback, or request.

We do not use information submitted through a contact request for unrelated marketing unless you have separately agreed to receive such communications.

5. Prayer Requests

Where prayer requests are available, information submitted through the website is intended to provide visitors with an opportunity to share prayer intentions.

Please avoid including unnecessary personal, confidential, financial, medical, or other sensitive information in a prayer request.

A prayer request may be stored, reviewed, moderated, or displayed depending on how the relevant feature operates.

Submission of a prayer request does not guarantee that it will be published, retained, or responded to personally.

6. Newsletter and Email Communications

Catholic Gallery Bible may offer email newsletters or other subscription-based email communications from time to time.

At present, newsletter communications are not actively being sent. In the past, Catholic Gallery Bible collected newsletter or email subscription information and used Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) to deliver email communications.

If newsletter or email subscriptions are resumed in the future, subscribers may be asked to provide information such as their email address and, where applicable, their name and the webpage through which they subscribed.

This information may be used to send the requested communications and manage subscriptions.

Email delivery services may process information necessary to deliver and monitor email communications, including delivery status, opens, clicks, bounces, and unsubscribes, where such tracking is enabled.

Subscribers will be provided with an option to unsubscribe from future newsletter communications.

We may use a different email service provider in the future. Where this occurs, the applicable provider’s privacy practices will apply to information processed through that service.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes such as:

Website functionality
Security
Remembering preferences
Analytics
Advertising
Measuring website performance

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services used on the website.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.

8. Google Analytics and Other Analytics

We may use Google Analytics or other analytics services to understand how visitors use the website.

Analytics information may include pages viewed, time spent on pages, device and browser information, approximate geographic information, referring sources, and interactions with the website.

Analytics information helps us understand website usage, identify technical problems, and improve the website and its resources.

Third-party analytics providers process information according to their own privacy policies.

9. Advertising

The website may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising networks.

Advertising providers may use cookies, advertising identifiers, pixels, or similar technologies to:

Display advertisements
Measure advertising performance
Understand interactions with advertisements
Limit repeated advertisements
Provide relevant or personalized advertising, where supported

Advertising providers may change from time to time. This may include services such as Google AdSense, Ezoic, CatholicAdNet, or other advertising partners.

Third-party advertising providers operate under their own privacy policies and may process information according to their respective practices.

The appearance of an advertisement on Catholic Gallery Bible does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of the advertised product or service.

10. Cloudflare and Website Security

We may use third-party infrastructure and security services, including Cloudflare, to help protect and operate the website.

These services may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser information, device information, network requests, and security-related information in order to detect malicious activity, protect the website, and maintain reliable service.

11. Server Logs

Our hosting and infrastructure systems may maintain server logs containing information such as IP addresses, browser and device information, requested resources, referring pages, and date and time information.

Server logs may be used for security, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, administration, and maintaining the reliability of the website.

12. Bible Content and Third-Party Services

Catholic Gallery Bible provides access to Bible translations and related resources from different sources.

Different Bible translations and resources may be subject to different copyright, licensing, public-domain, or attribution requirements. The availability of one Bible translation does not imply that the same copyright or licensing conditions apply to another.

Some Bible content or related resources may be obtained from or supported by third-party services. Such services may process technical or usage information according to their own privacy policies.

Where applicable, copyright notices, attribution, or other information relating to a particular Bible translation or resource may be displayed alongside that content.

13. Audio and Media Content

The website may provide audio Bible recordings and other media resources.

Depending on how a particular resource is provided, third-party media services or hosting providers may process technical information associated with access to that content.

Third-party services are governed by their own privacy policies.

14. Embedded Content

Some pages may contain embedded content from third-party websites or services, such as videos, audio, images, or other media.

Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you had visited the third-party service directly.

These services may collect information, use cookies, or track interactions according to their own privacy policies.

15. Mobile Applications

Catholic Gallery also provides mobile applications that may provide access to Bible content, Daily Mass Readings, prayers, and other Catholic resources.

The mobile application may use third-party services such as Firebase for analytics and crash reporting and Google AdMob for advertising.

The mobile application may collect technical and usage information necessary for app performance, analytics, crash reporting, security, and advertising.

The application does not require you to provide information such as your name, email address, or phone number for basic reading and devotional features.

Some Bible content, readings, prayers, or other resources may be stored locally on your device for offline access.

Information collected through the mobile application is subject to the applicable privacy practices of the services used by the application.

16. How We Use Information

Information collected through the website may be used to:

Operate and maintain the website.
Provide Bible and related resources.
Respond to enquiries, feedback, and requests.
Process prayer requests and other submissions.
Manage email subscriptions where available.
Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, and security threats.
Analyze website usage and performance.
Improve website content and functionality.
Maintain and improve website security.
Display and measure advertisements.
Comply with applicable legal obligations.

17. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

Information may be processed or shared with service providers where reasonably necessary to operate the website and provide its services, including providers involved in:

Website hosting and infrastructure
Security and protection
Analytics
Advertising
Email delivery
Spam detection
Website and application functionality

We may also disclose information where required by applicable law, legal process, or to protect the rights, security, or property of the website, its users, or others.

18. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including website operation, communication, security, legal, and administrative purposes.

Comments and other publicly submitted content may remain available for as long as the relevant website feature is maintained.

Newsletter or email subscription information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to manage the subscription and related records.

Technical logs and analytics information may be retained according to the practices of the relevant hosting, security, analytics, advertising, or other service provider.

19. Children’s Privacy

The website provides religious and educational Bible resources and is not specifically directed toward children.

We do not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children for purposes unrelated to providing the website’s services.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us unnecessarily, please contact us so that we can review the matter.

20. International Data Processing

Some services used by Catholic Gallery Bible may process information on servers located outside India.

As a result, information may be processed in countries other than the country in which you are located, subject to the applicable practices and policies of the relevant service providers.

21. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information processed through the website against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no website, online service, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

22. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information that we hold about you.

You may contact us to:

Ask what personal information we may hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate information.
Request deletion of information where applicable.
Ask questions about how your information is used.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, where applicable.
Unsubscribe from newsletter or email communications where such communications are offered.

Certain information may need to be retained where required for legal, security, administrative, or legitimate operational purposes.

23. Third-Party Privacy Policies

The website may link to or use third-party websites, applications, services, advertising networks, analytics providers, media platforms, and other external services.

We do not control the privacy practices of these third parties.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before using them.

24. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, technologies, or applicable requirements.

The latest version will be published on this page together with the date of the latest update.

25. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of Catholic Gallery Bible, please contact us through our Contact Us page.

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https://bible.catholicgallery.org/