Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy covers how Jude 3 Project ("Jude 3," "we," "us," or "our") treats information that it collects and receives from its website located at www.jude3project.org, any mobile or localized version of the website, and any other Jude 3 Project owned sites (collectively, the "Site(s)"), products, or services that link to this Privacy Policy. It also covers the use of information we may collect through content we make available on third-party sites or platforms. It also covers our Jude 3 apps for iPhone (App Store) and Android (Google Play), which show the Site inside the app, and everything below applies to them in the same way.

Our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, share, and protect information about you. By using or accessing the Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, and all other policies or notices posted by us on the Site, and you consent to our collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, including that your information may be transferred to and stored in the United States.

We collect the following types of information:

• Your first and last name, email, organization, or other information that, alone or in combination, can be used to identify you ("Personal Information") that you provide when you fill out a form, contact us, or create an account on the Site;
• Account information such as your username, password, membership status, and the preferences and settings you save;
• Payment and giving information when you become a member or make a donation. Payment card details are collected and processed by our third-party payment processor, not stored on our own servers. We keep a record of transactions, such as amount, date, and membership level, so we can service your account and meet our legal and accounting obligations;
• Content activity, such as the articles, videos, study guides, and learning paths you view, the items you save, and your progress through courses and paths, so we can pick up where you left off and improve what we offer;
• Questions and messages you submit through interactive features on the Site, including our "Ask" tool, which we process to answer you and to understand what the community is asking about;
• Notifications, if you turn them on. If you allow Jude 3 to send you notifications in the app or in your browser, we keep a device address that Apple, Google or your browser gives us so a notification can reach that device, along with the kind of device, the choices you made about which notifications you want and when, and when a notification last reached it. These are tied to your account. We also keep the messages we send you, so you can read them in the app's inbox. Notifications never carry what you asked Navigator, and you can turn them off at any time under Me, or in your phone's settings;
• Days you are active. To show your streak and your week on the Learn tab, we note the dates on which you finish a session, pass a test, ask Navigator a question, or read, listen or watch for five minutes. We keep only the date, never what you read, watched or asked. These dates are kept on your device. If you are signed in, we may ask whether you also want them kept in your account, so your streak is the same on every device, and we do that only if you say yes;
• Downloads in the app. Articles, study guides, episodes and films you download in the app are saved on your device only, not on our servers. Downloads that are for members are removed from your device if your membership ends or you sign out;
• Cohorts. If you join a cohort, what you post there is seen by the other people in that cohort and by Jude 3 staff. You can report a post, and staff review anything reported;
• Usage and technical information collected automatically as you use the Site, such as the pages you view, how long you spend on them, the page that referred you, your browser and device type, and your approximate location at the level of country, state, and city. We derive location from your connection at the moment of the visit and we do not store your IP address;
• Information we collect when you interact with our content on the Site or on third-party sites or platforms, such as social networking sites. This may include information such as "Likes," profile information gathered from social networking sites, or the fact that you viewed or interacted with our content.

We and third-party service providers that provide functionality to the Site may collect information about you in the following ways:

• When you request information from us, fill out a form, create an account, become a member, make a donation, or otherwise interact with us through the Site;
• When you contact us separately, such as by email;
• Automatically, through cookies and similar technologies, but only as described in "Cookies and Other Technologies" below. Cookies that measure how the Site is used are set only after you press Accept on our cookie banner. Cookies the Site needs to work, such as the ones that keep you signed in, are set without asking, because the Site cannot work without them. When you open an email we send, the email may tell us that it was opened and which links you pressed (see "Emails" below).

We use your information in the following ways:

• To provide, maintain, and improve the Site, or to enhance your experience as a user visiting the Site;
• To create and administer your account, process your membership or donation, deliver the content and features you are entitled to, and send you related account and transaction messages;
• To control unauthorized use or abuse of the Site and our products and services, or otherwise detect, investigate, or prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal;
• To analyze trends, administer or optimize the Site, monitor usage or traffic patterns (including to track users' movements around the Site), and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole;
• To allow us to better serve you in responding to any information;
• To communicate directly with you, including sending you emails or other information (for example, grant requests or grant summary impact). You may opt out of promotional communications at any time;
• In the manner described to you at the time of collection, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, or as authorized or required by applicable laws.

Jude 3 Project does not sell your Personal Information. We may share information, including Personal Information, in the following circumstances:

• We may share your personal information with third-party service providers to permit such parties to provide services that help us with our activities, which may include assisting us with communications, processing payments and memberships, hosting, or providing, maintaining, and improving the features and functionality of the Site, among other things. For example, we may provide personal information to our service providers for direct emailing, notifications, or payment processing. We take reasonable steps to require that these third parties process such information in accordance with our instructions and appropriate security protections. These third parties are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide services to us or as required by law;
• We may share your personal information when we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request; (b) enforce our Terms of Service or other applicable policies or agreements governing your use of the Site, including investigation of potential violations thereof; or (c) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property, or safety of Jude 3 Project or the public as required or permitted by law;
• We may share your personal information with third parties (including our service providers and government entities) to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues.

We use these services to run the Site. Each one receives only what it needs to do its job.

• Vercel

  Hosts the website

  When it's used: Every visit

• Our CRM (on Vercel, with its database at Neon)

  Keeps member accounts, membership, giving records and our own measurement

  When it's used: Every visit (measurement only after Accept)

• WP Engine (WordPress)

  Stores some account and content records while we finish moving them to our CRM

  When it's used: When you sign in or use member features

• Anthropic

  Writes Navigator’s answers. Your question is sent to Anthropic’s AI, without your name or account

  When it's used: When you ask Navigator a question

• Render

  Runs the Navigator service that prepares each question for Anthropic

  When it's used: When you ask Navigator a question

• Stripe

  Processes membership payments and checks for fraud

  When it's used: When you join, renew or pay

• GiveCloud

  Processes donations. Its donation form also uses Stripe, Google Maps (address lookup), Google Fonts, fraud checks (Spur), Chariot (giving from donor-advised funds) and LiveSession (a session recorder run by GiveCloud)

  When it's used: When you press Give

• Shopify

  Runs the store checkout

  When it's used: When you buy from the store

• Resend

  Sends our emails

  When it's used: When we email you

• Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity

  Measurement, as described in “Cookies and Other Technologies”

  When it's used: Only after you press Accept

• Vimeo, YouTube, Podbean

  Play our videos and podcast episodes

  When it's used: Only when you press play

• Apple and Google

  Deliver the notifications you turned on (Apple’s push service, Google’s and your browser’s push services)

  When it's used: Only if you turn on notifications

• Apple App Store and Google Play

  Distribute our apps. They handle your download under their own privacy policies

  When it's used: When you download or update the app

These services may set their own cookies when they are used, and handle information under their own privacy policies.

Any service we share your information with will provide the same or equal protection of it as described in this Privacy Policy.

This Site is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13, nor does Jude 3 Project knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13. In the event that we confirm that we have collected Personal Information from someone under the age of 13, we will delete that information. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under 13, please contact us at info@jude3project.com or the mailing address provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.

This section provides more information about some of the technologies used on our Site and how they work.

Cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer or device for record-keeping purposes. Cookies may be used for various purposes, such as to confirm that users are logged in. Jude 3 Project uses cookies for validating authenticated users and tracking a user's application session information in order to improve user experience, as well as to prevent any unauthorized access and to maintain security.

Your choice comes first. When you first visit, a banner asks whether you accept cookies. Nothing that measures or tracks you runs until you press Accept. If you press Decline, or make no choice, none of it runs. If your browser sends the Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as Decline and the banner says so. You can change your choice at any time under Cookie choices at the bottom of every page.

Cookies the Site needs to work (set without asking):

• Sign-in and security cookies that keep you signed in and protect forms from misuse.
• A cookie that remembers your cookie choice, for one year.
• Items stored in your browser to remember your cart and how often you've seen our membership offer. These don't track you and aren't sent anywhere.

Measurement, only after you press Accept:

• Our own measurement. A cookie holding a random identifier, with no name, email address or anything else about you. With it we record which pages are visited, how long they're read, where the visit came from, and the device and browser used. It lasts one year. If you sign in, we connect it to your account so we can show your own progress. Links in our emails carry a code that connects the visit to your email in the same way.
• Google Analytics, which counts visits and how people move through the Site. We have turned off Google's advertising features and signals.
• Microsoft Clarity, which shows how pages are used, including recordings of how visitors scroll and click. Clarity never sees what you type. We also keep it off your account, sign-in, church administration and search pages, and off the Navigator questions and answers. Clarity, and Microsoft's Bing service that it works with, set their own cookies.

Google and Microsoft handle this information under their own privacy policies.

Two things we never record. We don't store your IP address: we use it only at the moment of your visit to estimate your country, state and city, then discard it. And the questions you ask Navigator are never connected to your identifier or your account. We store what was asked so we can understand what the community is asking about, but the system is built so a question can't be attached to a person, even by us.

Emails. Our emails can tell us whether they were opened and which links were pressed, so we know what is useful and stop sending what isn't. Every email has an unsubscribe link.

The Site may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Jude 3 Project. Even if the third party is affiliated with us through a business partnership or otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. If you submit personal information to any of those third-party sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy policies of such websites to determine how they handle any information they separately collect from you. Please be aware that we do not warn you when you have chosen to click through to another website or property when using the Site.

Opt-Outs. We may provide you with the opportunity to "opt-out" of (i) disclosing your personal information to third parties, except to a third party that is acting as an agent to perform tasks on our behalf and under our instructions as described in the "Sharing Your Information with Third Parties" section above; and (ii) using your personal information for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or that you authorized. If you decide to opt out, we may not be able to provide certain features of the Site to you.

Communication Preferences. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt out of receiving them by following the instructions included on such communications or on the Site.

Blocking Cookies. You can remove or block certain cookies using the settings in your browser, but the Site may cease to function properly if you do so.

Cookie choices. You decide on the cookie banner whether measurement runs, and you can change your mind at any time under Cookie choices at the bottom of every page, or with the control below. Turning it off takes effect immediately and removes our measurement cookies from this browser. It applies to this browser only, so you would need to repeat it on another device.

Global Privacy Control. If your browser sends the Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as Decline: nothing that measures or tracks you runs, and the banner tells you the signal was honored.

You have the right to know what personal information about you is held in Jude 3 Project databases and to ensure that such personal information is accurate and relevant for the purposes for which Jude 3 Project collected it. You may review your personal information stored in our databases and request to correct, erase, or block any data that is incorrect or processed in violation of applicable law and Jude 3 Project policies. If you would like to request access to, or correction of, your personal information, please contact us using the contact details in the section titled "Contact Us." We will respond to all such requests within thirty (30) days and will provide you with access to the information we hold about you, including for the purpose of correcting or updating that information, unless a legal exemption from providing such access applies. If we refuse to provide you with access to, or correct, the information, we will notify you of our reasons for the refusal to the extent required and how you may complain about the refusal.

We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected, or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive and vexatious, require disproportionate technical effort (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required. Where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

Delete your account yourself. You can delete your account at any time in the app under Me, Delete my account, or on the web at jude3project.org/account/delete. Deleting it removes your login and what is attached to it: your saved items, your path progress and streak days, your Navigator counts and saved chats, where you stopped listening, the devices you turned notifications on for, and your app inbox. You leave any cohort you are in; what you posted there stays, so the group's conversation still makes sense, but it is shown as written by "A former member" and your email is removed from it. If you have a paid membership, it is cancelled at the same moment, with no refund for the time left. We keep your name, contact details, giving history and receipts, because we must keep records of donations and payments for tax and accounting purposes.

Please note that if you cease using the Site, or we terminate your access to the Site in accordance with our Terms of Service, you may no longer have the ability to access or update your personal information.

We use physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect personal information about you. We hold your personal information in a combination of hard copy and electronic files for the period necessary to support the Site, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or otherwise fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Even after you request that we delete your information, copies of some information from your account may remain viewable in some circumstances where, for example, you have shared information with social media or other services. We may also retain backup information related to your account on our servers for some time after cancellation for fraud detection or to comply with applicable law or our internal security policies. We do not always remove or delete all of your information, for a number of reasons, including technical and systems constraints, and contractual, financial, or legal requirements.

Notification devices are removed when you turn notifications off, delete your account, or when the notification service tells us the device no longer exists, and are erased 90 days after their last delivery. Messages older than 90 days no longer appear in your app inbox. Streak days on your device are kept for about the last 400 days.

Faith and other sensitive information. The Site is about faith, so what you read and ask may reveal religious beliefs, which some laws treat as sensitive information. We handle it with extra care: measurement runs only after you press Accept; questions you ask Navigator are never connected to you; Clarity never records Navigator questions and answers; and we don't sell or share this information for advertising. Please don't send us other sensitive information you don't need to, such as health, criminal background or government ID numbers.

The security of your personal information is important to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, method of electronic storage, or other security method is one hundred percent secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of the information you provide.

If Jude 3 Project learns of a security breach that may affect your data, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. We may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues related to your use of the Site. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

Please also see our Terms of Service, which describe the restrictions, disclaimers, indemnification, and limitation of liability governing the use of the Site.

Changes to this policy. When we make a material change to this policy, such as using your information for something new, sharing it with someone new, or changing the choices you have, we will tell you directly before it takes effect: by email to our members and the people who receive our emails, and with a notice on our website. We will give at least 30 days' notice. We will not apply a material change to information we already hold without asking you first. If you don't agree with a change, you can cancel your membership or close your account before it takes effect. Smaller changes, such as clearer wording, take effect when we post them. The date at the top of this page always shows when the policy last changed, and the list below says what changed.

Unless stated otherwise in a separate agreement or privacy statement, this Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you. We may also issue specific privacy notices from time to time for particular products or services.

What changed

• October 31, 2026. Added our apps for iPhone and Android, notifications, streak days, downloads in the app, cohorts, and deleting your account yourself.
• October 30, 2026. Added our cookie banner, listed the services we use, explained how we handle information about faith, and noted that our emails tell us when they are opened.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers who are California residents to request that Jude 3 Project not share their personal data with third parties for such parties' direct marketing purposes. Jude 3 Project does not sell your personal information. To make a request under this section, or to ask that we access, correct, or delete personal information we hold about you, please send an email with "California Privacy" in the subject line to info@jude3project.com, or write to us at the address listed below. Please note that even if you choose to opt out, we may still share your personally identifiable information with third parties for purposes other than direct marketing, such as completing a requested transaction or any other purpose permitted under this Privacy Policy.

Our own measurement is performed with our own systems. After you press Accept, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity also measure how the Site is used, with their advertising features turned off. We don't sell your personal information and don't share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We honor the Global Privacy Control signal as a request to opt out, and our cookie banner shows that it was honored, as described in the section titled "Your Controls and Choices."

If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or to make any request described above, please contact us by email at info@jude3project.com or by mail directed to:

Privacy Request:
Jude 3 Project, Inc.
PO Box 26206, Jacksonville, FL 32226