Privacy & data

Who we are

BibleCast is operated by HFL Web App Development SRL, a Romanian limited-liability company with registered office at Uivar village, no. 76, Timiș county, 307445, Romania (CUI RO46278022). Under GDPR Art. 4(7), the SRL is the data controller for any personal data processed in connection with the app and this website.

For privacy questions or anything else, use our contact form.

What stays on your Mac

Bible translations, themes, profiles, history, display configurations, and UI preferences are stored in SQLite databases under ~/Library/Application Support/BibleCast. They are never uploaded anywhere by the app.

When you uninstall BibleCast, deleting that folder removes everything the app saved.

What the app downloads

BibleCast downloads Bible-translation files (".pack" modules, ~2-3 MB each) from modules.biblecast.app when you install or update a translation from inside the app, or when you visit the Translations page on this website. The download itself is a standard HTTPS request — your Mac's IP address and User-Agent are visible to Cloudflare (our CDN) for the duration of the request, the same way any website download works.

We do not log which translations you download or maintain analytics on those requests beyond the operational metrics Cloudflare collects by default (request volume, error rates) to keep the service running.

Crash reports (Sentry)

When the app encounters an unhandled JavaScript error — an unexpected bug — it sends an automated crash report to Sentry, a third-party error-tracking service. We use Sentry because finding and fixing crashes quickly is the difference between an app that works in your church and one that doesn't.

What a crash report contains: the error message, a stack trace pointing to the file and line that failed, the app version, the OS platform (macOS), and a random one-time event ID. It does not contain Bible content, profile names, theme configurations, file paths from your home folder, or any field you typed into the app.

Where it goes: Sentry servers in the European Union (de.sentry.io). Sentry processes the report on our behalf under a Data Processing Agreement and retains it for 30 days, after which it is automatically deleted.

Legal basis (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)): legitimate interest. Crash reporting is necessary to keep the software stable and is what a reasonable user would expect from a developer. We have configured Sentry to discard IP addresses at ingest, so the report is not linked to your identity.

How to opt out: open BibleCast → click the ? button in the top toolbar → Privacy & data → turn off "Send crash reports". The change takes effect on the next app launch. You can also exercise your right to object under GDPR Art. 21 using our contact form.

No analytics, no tracking

The app does not include any analytics SDK, advertising SDK, attribution library, or behavioural-tracking code. We do not measure which features you use, how long you keep the app open, or what you display on screen.

This website (biblecast.app) is hosted on Cloudflare Pages and does not run third-party analytics either. Cloudflare collects standard server-side request logs (IP, User-Agent, requested URL, timestamp) for security and abuse prevention; those logs are retained by Cloudflare per their privacy policy and are not used by us for analytics.

Your rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, delete, or port any personal data we hold about you, and to object to or restrict processing. In practice, because the app stores no personal data on our servers, the only data you might want to act on is your crash reports. Use our contact form with the event ID (visible in the crash report) and we will assist within 30 days.

You can also contact us about anything else on this page, including questions about Bible-translation modules, or about translation takedown requests, using our contact form.

Changes to this page

If we ever change what BibleCast sends off the device, we will update this page and the change will be visible above (Last updated date). Material changes will be announced in the app changelog.