Privacy policy for Ribbon
Last updated: 28 October 2026
Who we are
Ribbon is made by SebTechDev (KvK 87132931), which is responsible for your data. Contact: [email protected]. Postal address: SebTechDev, Box C0236, Oder 20, 2491DC Den Haag, the Netherlands.
What the app stores
What you save in the app, such as your settings or progress, is stored on your device. The app also sends the following to SebTechDev's own server, to keep the app running and to see how it is used:
- a random ID created when you install the app, and a player ID
- device and app details: device model and manufacturer, operating system and version, app version, screen size, language, time zone and country
- when and how long you use the app
- a key confirmed by Apple's App Attest, which shows that the app is the genuine Ribbon on a genuine Apple device and contains no personal information; free messages to the assistant are only given to genuine apps
- what you do in the app, such as the features you use
- crash and error reports
Your country comes from your device settings, or from the country our network provider looks up for your connection. Our server does not save your IP address or an advertising identifier with this data; your IP address is only used briefly to block abuse.
Usage events are deleted after 400 days and error reports after 90 days. The rest is kept until you delete it (see "Your rights" below).
The AI assistant
When you send the assistant a message, your message, the earlier messages of that conversation and the text of the chapter you have open are sent through SebTechDev's server to OpenRouter, which passes them to OpenAI, whose AI model writes the answer. SebTechDev's server does not keep the text of your messages or the answers. It only counts how many messages you send, to apply the daily limit of free messages and the messages you bought. Your messages are processed on our behalf, only to write the answer.
OpenRouter does not store your messages or the answers. Under its API terms OpenAI does not use them to train its models and keeps them for at most 30 days to detect abuse. Questions about faith can reveal religious beliefs, so please don't include things you don't want to share.
Sign in with Apple or Google
If you link your Apple or Google account, we receive an account ID from Apple or Google and, if you share it, your email address. We only use them to restore your progress on another device.
Purchases
In-app purchases are handled by the App Store or Google Play and processed by RevenueCat. We receive a record of what you bought, linked to your player ID, but never your payment details. We keep purchase records for our bookkeeping, also after you delete your data, but without the link to you.
Analytics
Usage data is only used to understand and improve the app. We do not sell it or share it with advertisers.
What stays on your phone
Your reading settings, the chapter you were reading, the verses you save with their highlight colours and notes, your reminder time and your conversations with the assistant are stored only on your device. The daily reminder is scheduled on your device too. We never receive them.
On iPhone and iPad the random install ID is also kept in the device's keychain, so reinstalling the app continues as the same player.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask which data we hold about you, and have it corrected or deleted. Use the delete option in the app, or email [email protected]. See how to delete your data. You can also complain to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch data protection authority.