Pray! Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 27, 2026

Pray! is an iPhone application for creating, sharing, and responding to prayer requests. This policy explains what information the service stores, what is shared with other people, and how moderation and audit logging work.

Information We Collect

We collect the Sign in with Apple account identifier, email address made available through Sign in with Apple, display name information made available at first sign-in, app settings, device tokens for push notifications, prayer content you submit, prayer actions you take, group membership requests, and moderation or audit records needed to keep the service safe and reliable.

Private and Shared Prayer Content

Private prayer requests are visible only to the submitting account and authorized administrators for moderation or support. Group-shared prayer requests are visible to approved members of the selected groups and subgroups. Shared-All prayer requests are visible across the community feed according to app filters. Hidden prayers are hidden only for the account that chose to hide them.

Prayer Actions and Anonymous Responses

When you pray for a request by name, the request owner and authorized administrators may see your display name in the prayer detail view. When you pray anonymously, other users see the prayer action as anonymous, but the backend still links the action to your account for duplicate-prevention, notifications, moderation, audit logging, and abuse prevention.

Sign in with Apple

Pray! uses Sign in with Apple as its only sign-in method. The backend stores the Apple subject identifier and Apple-provided email address so it can recognize returning users, create sessions, protect account access, support account-related service messages, and support Apple token revocation when a user deletes their account. The app does not offer password-based sign-in.

Service Communications

We may use your account email address to send important non-marketing service updates about Pray!, such as privacy or terms updates, material feature changes, account or security notices, or changes that affect how active shared prayer requests are retained or archived.

Moderation, Reporting, and Audit Logging

Reported content may be reviewed by administrators. Anonymous prayer responses can still be linked internally to the acting account for abuse prevention, moderation, and audit purposes. Important moderation and administrative actions are recorded in an audit log for up to one year.

Retention

Prayer, group, notification, and audit data are retained as needed to operate the app, comply with moderation requirements, restore service from backups, and process account-deletion events safely. Audit logs are designed for a one-year retention window. Nightly database backups are retained on the application server for a rolling limited period.

Your Choices

You can remove your own prayer requests, initiate account deletion from the in-app Settings screen, adjust push notification settings, and contact the service owner, Robert Montague, at robertmontague@yahoo.com with questions about privacy or moderation decisions. Because the service relies on Sign in with Apple, Apple-account credential management remains under your Apple account.