Privacy policy

Last updated: 9 October 2026 · Contact: hello@lordguideme.org

What the app stores

The app stores the following on your device only:

• Which chapters you have read and how far through you are
• Verses, chapters, prayers and topics you have saved
• Private notes you write under a chapter’s reflection questions
• Your settings: text size, light or dark appearance, colour theme, and the daily verse and daily prayer notifications (on or off, and their times)
• Whether you have seen the welcome screen, the tour and the tips on the Home and Daily pages

This information never leaves your device. We cannot see it. If you delete the app, it is deleted with it. You can also delete everything at any time in More → “Delete all my data”.

The “Verse for Today” widget shows the day’s verse and photo, which come with the app; it doesn’t send anything anywhere. If you turn on the daily verse or daily prayer notification, your phone schedules it itself; no notification is sent from a server, and you can turn it off at any time in More.

“Listen” (read aloud) uses your phone’s or browser’s built-in voice, and the text is not sent to us. Some voices, for example certain voices in Chrome or on Android, are provided online by Google or Apple; if one of those is used, the text being read is processed by that company to produce the speech.

What we do not do

• The app does not collect your name, email address, phone number or location
• We do not use analytics, tracking or advertising software, in the app or on this website
• We do not create user accounts or profiles
• We never sell or rent personal information, and we do not use it for advertising
• The app does not use cookies

Links out of the app

Some pages link to outside services, for example a helpline directory. When you follow a link, you leave Lord Guide Me and that organisation’s own privacy policy applies. We do not pass any information to them.

Tips in the app

If you choose to leave a tip in the app, the payment is handled entirely by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play) under their own terms and privacy policies. They tell us only basic order details, such as an order number, the amount and the country, which we keep for our accounts as the law requires. They do not give us your name, email address or card details. For refunds, see our Terms of use.

Ko-fi

If you choose to support Lord Guide Me through Ko-fi on this website, that payment is handled by Ko-fi and its payment providers under their own privacy policy. Ko-fi shares your name, any message you write and the amount with us. We use these only to thank you, to look into any request about a mistaken payment, and for our accounts. We never see your card details and we won’t contact you for anything else.

If you email us

If you email us, we use your email address and message only to reply to you and to deal with what you’ve asked. We will not add you to any mailing list or share your message with anyone. Our email is handled by our email service providers on our behalf. We keep emails for as long as we need them to help you, and delete them within two years, unless we need to keep one longer for a legal reason.

This website

This website does not set cookies and has no analytics or tracking, and its fonts are hosted here rather than loaded from other companies. It is hosted by Cloudflare. Like every website, Cloudflare processes your IP address to deliver the pages and may keep it briefly in security logs, and it may set a strictly necessary security cookie to protect the site from attacks.

Using the app in your browser

You can also use Lord Guide Me at lordguideme.org/app. It works the same way as the phone app: what you save, your reading progress, private notes and settings are kept in your browser’s own storage on that device, only so that the features you use work, and never sent to us. They aren’t shared between the website and the phone app, and clearing your browser’s data for this site removes them. You can also delete everything from More in the app.

Our legal basis

Where we do handle personal information (emails, Ko-fi supporters’ details and order records), we rely on our legitimate interests in answering you and running Lord Guide Me, and on our legal obligation to keep financial records (UK companies must keep these for six years).

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask us for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it, delete it, or stop or limit how we use it. Email hello@lordguideme.org and we will reply within one month. Because the app keeps your reading, notes and settings only on your device, we can’t see or delete those for you; you can delete them yourself in More → “Delete all my data”.

If you’re unhappy with how we’ve handled your information, please tell us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.

Children and young people

Lord Guide Me is suitable for ages 13 and over, and includes topics written for young people. It does not collect information from anyone, including children and young people. Tips in the app go through Apple or Google, whose parental controls (such as Ask to Buy and purchase approvals) apply. If you’re under 18, please ask a parent or carer before leaving a tip.

Bible text

Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, which has been dedicated to the public domain.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published on this page and the date above updated.

Who we are

Lord Guide Me is published by Harbourward Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 17489841. Registered office: College House, 2nd Floor, 17 King Edwards Road, Ruislip, London HA4 7AE. Harbourward Ltd is the data controller for any personal information described in this policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@lordguideme.org