Privacy policy

Template notice: Araya LLC wrote this policy in plain English to describe how our sites actually work. It has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer, and we may update it after that review.

Effective date: November 14, 2026

This policy explains what information Araya LLC ("Araya", "we", "us") collects and why. It covers two websites:

arayallc.com and www.arayallc.com, our company website.
bible.arayallc.com, the Araya Bible app, including the version you can install on your phone or computer.

Our other products (for example EMF Results) have their own websites and policies.

The short version

You can read the Bible on Araya Bible without an account. We don't ask who you are.
If you create an account, we keep your email address, a scrambled (hashed) version of your password, and the study data you save: highlights, notes, bookmarks, reading-plan progress and your reading position.
If you use the AI features, the text of your question (and the Bible passage you are asking about) is sent to Anthropic, the company that provides the AI model, so it can answer.
We do not sell your information, show ads, or use advertising or analytics trackers.
You can delete your account and everything in it yourself, at any time, from the Account page.

What we collect

When you just read (no account)

IP address. Like every website, our servers receive your IP address with each request. Araya Bible uses it to prevent abuse: to limit repeated sign-in and sign-up attempts, and to count the free daily AI requests for people who are not signed in. These counters are kept by IP address and day.
Things saved only on your device. The app saves your last reading position, chosen translation, theme (light or dark), read-aloud speed and voice in your browser's local storage. If you install the app or use it offline, a service worker keeps a copy of the app and recently read chapters on your device so they work without a connection. This data stays on your device; you can clear it in your browser settings.

When you create an account on Araya Bible

Email address and an optional name, to identify your account and let you sign in.
Password, hashed. We never store your actual password. We store a one-way hash (PBKDF2-SHA256 with a random salt), which can check a password but can't be turned back into it.
Your study data: highlights (verse and color), notes (the text you write), bookmarks, reading plans you start and the days you check off, and your reading position so you can continue on another device.
Session records. When you sign in we create a session so you stay signed in. We store a hashed copy of the session token and its expiry date (30 days).
AI usage counts. The number of AI requests you made each day, so we can apply daily limits.

When you use the AI features

Araya Bible's "Ask", "Explain" and "Search by meaning" features send your question or search text, plus the Bible passage you are asking about, to Anthropic through its API, using Araya's own API account. We don't send your email address, name or account details with these requests. Anthropic processes the request to produce an answer and handles it under its commercial API terms and privacy policy (anthropic.com/legal/privacy). Anthropic's commercial terms say it does not use API data to train its models by default.

To save cost and speed up answers, we keep AI answers in a cache for up to 30 days, keyed by the question text and passage. The cache does not record who asked. If someone asks the same question, they may get the stored answer. Please don't put personal or sensitive information in AI questions.

AI answers can be wrong. We check every Bible reference the AI cites against the actual text and mark any we can't verify, but you should still read the passages yourself.

When you contact us

If you write to us, we receive whatever you include in your message (usually your name, email address and your note) and use it only to reply.

Cookies

Araya Bible uses one cookie, ab_session, and only after you sign in. It keeps you signed in. It is marked HttpOnly and Secure, is sent only to bible.arayallc.com, and expires after 30 days or when you sign out. We do not use advertising, analytics or third-party cookies. The arayallc.com company website sets no cookies.

How we use information

To run the app: sign you in, save and show your highlights, notes, bookmarks, plans and reading position.
To answer AI requests you make.
To keep the service safe and affordable: rate limits, daily AI limits, and stopping abuse.
To fix problems. Our hosting provider keeps short-lived technical logs (for example errors and request times) that we may look at to debug the app.

What we don't do

We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We do not show ads or use advertising trackers, analytics pixels or cross-site tracking.
We do not read your notes except when you ask us to help with a problem, or when the law requires it.
We do not send marketing email.

We use a small number of service providers who process data on our behalf, only to run the service:

Cloudflare hosts both websites and the Araya Bible database (accounts and study data), and provides security and DNS.
Anthropic provides the AI model for AI features, as described above.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect people's safety, or as part of a sale or reorganization of our business (in which case this policy would continue to apply to your information).

How long we keep it

Account and study data: until you delete it or delete your account.
Sessions: up to 30 days, or until you sign out.
Rate-limit and AI usage counters (by IP address or account): short-lived; daily counters are removed after about a week.
Cached AI answers: up to 30 days.
Hosting logs: kept by Cloudflare for a short period under its own retention settings.

Your choices and deleting your account

You can edit or delete any highlight, note or bookmark, and leave any reading plan, at any time.
Delete your account: sign in, open the Account page (the circle with your initial at the top right), choose Delete account and confirm your password. This permanently deletes your account, highlights, notes, bookmarks, plan progress, reading position, sessions and AI usage counts right away. There is no undo.
To clear data saved on your device, clear this site's data in your browser settings, or uninstall the app.
You can ask us what information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, using the contact details below.

Security

All traffic is encrypted with HTTPS. Passwords are hashed and never stored in readable form. Session tokens are random and stored only as hashes. Sign-in is rate-limited to slow down password guessing, and changes to your data require a request from our own site. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a password you don't use anywhere else.

Children

Our sites are not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Anyone can read the Bible without an account. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.

Where data is processed

Araya LLC is based in Highland, Utah, USA. Our providers may process data in the United States and other countries where they operate.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the effective date above. If a change is significant, we will also show a notice in Araya Bible.

Contact

Araya LLC, Highland, Utah, USA. For privacy questions or requests, please reach us through our contact page.