Privacy Policy

Last updated: 30 September 2026

1. Who we are

AfterChurch is operated by TAGDEV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, a company registered in Nigeria (“AfterChurch”, “we”, “us”). We are the data controller for the personal information described in this policy. It applies to the AfterChurch website and web app, and to our iOS and Android apps (together, the “Service”).

We process personal data in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA) and, where they apply to you, the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other local privacy laws.

2. The short version

• Your sermon notes, photos, studies, journal entries and prayers are private by default. Other people see them only when you share them, for example with a group or through a share link.
• We never use your content to train AI models, and we don't sell your data or show you ads.
• You can export or delete your data at any time from Settings.
• We collect only what we need to run the Service, and we tell you below who helps us do it.

3. Information we collect

3.1 Account information

Your email address, and your name and profile photo if you sign in with Google. We also keep your settings, such as your preferred Bible translation, voice, default church or preacher, and your timezone. We use your timezone to reset weekly usage limits and to time your reminders.

3.2 Content you create

This is what you put into AfterChurch, and what we generate from it for you (“Your Content”):

• photos of slides or handwritten notes, typed notes, and the scripture references you enter
• the studies, devotionals, prayer points, memory verses, highlights and audio we generate from them
• your devotional progress, memory-verse reviews, personal prayer list and evening reflections

Notes you take in the mobile app stay on your device until you choose to turn them into a study or back them up.

3.3 Groups

If you create or join a group, we process:

• the group's name, its invite code, who belongs to it, and who leads it
• the studies shared into the group
• prayer requests posted to the group's prayer wall, and the days members marked them as prayed
• discussion comments
• each member's progress through the group's current 7-day plan
• your group notification settings, including groups you've muted

See section 6 for what other members can see.

3.4 Subscriptions and payments

We receive your plan, subscription status, renewal dates and the payment provider's customer or transaction identifiers. Payments are handled by Stripe (on the web), and by the Apple App Store or Google Play (in our mobile apps, managed through RevenueCat). We never see or store your full card details.

3.5 Devices and notifications

If you turn on notifications, we store a push token for your device along with its platform, model and app version, or a browser push subscription on the web. We use these to deliver alerts such as “your study is ready” and group activity. Daily reminders are scheduled on your device.

3.6 Usage, diagnostics and security

• How many studies you generate, so we can apply your plan's limits.
• In-app analytics, such as which screens are used, to understand and improve the Service.
• Crash and error reports, which help us find and fix bugs.
• Integrity checks that help us confirm requests come from the genuine AfterChurch app.

3.7 Preventing free-trial abuse

Each free study costs us real money, so we check that a free trial is claimed only once per person. When a trial is granted, we record:

• a normalized form of your email address (for example, lowercased and with any “+tag” removed)
• a one-way, salted hash of your IP address. We never store your raw IP address for this purpose.

We also check new sign-ups against a list of known disposable email domains.

3.8 Feedback and support

If you send us feedback or contact support, we keep what you send: the category, an optional rating, your message, and your email address if you want a reply.

4. How we use your information

We use your information for the following purposes, each with its legal basis:

• To provide the Service. This includes reading text from your images, fetching scripture, generating your study and audio, syncing across your devices, running groups, applying plan limits, and delivering the notifications you turn on. Legal basis: performance of our contract with you.
• To keep the Service safe and affordable. This includes preventing trial abuse and fraud, securing accounts, and diagnosing errors. Legal basis: our legitimate interests.
• To improve the Service. We use aggregated usage analytics and your feedback. Legal basis: our legitimate interests.
• To communicate with you.We send service emails (such as receipts and “study ready” emails you've enabled) and reply to your messages. We send optional product updates only if you opt in. Legal basis: our contract with you, or your consent.
• To meet legal obligations. This includes tax and accounting records, and responding to lawful requests. Legal basis: legal obligation.

5. AI processing

To create a study, we send your images, notes and references to our AI provider. The provider reads text from your images and writes the study. We send the finished study text to our text-to-speech provider to create audio.

These providers process your data only to return results to us. We do not use Your Content to train AI models. We use provider settings and agreements that exclude API data from model training.

AI-generated material can contain mistakes. Please read it alongside scripture itself.

6. Who can see your information

6.1 Other AfterChurch users

• Group memberscan see your name, and anything you share into the group: studies, prayer requests, comments, and whether you've prayed for a request that day. They can also see your progress on the group's current plan.
• Group members cannotsee your wider library, your personal prayer list, your reflections, your notes, or studies you haven't shared.
• Group leaders can see the member list, remove members, and delete comments in their group to moderate it.
• Share links: if you create a public link to a study, anyone who has the link can read that study until you turn the link off.

Please think before sharing information about other people, such as a friend's health in a prayer request. Only share what they would be comfortable with the group knowing.

6.2 Service providers (sub-processors)

We use trusted providers that process data on our behalf, only under our instructions:

6.3 Other disclosures

We may disclose information in the following cases:

• if the law requires it
• to protect the rights, property or safety of our users, others, or AfterChurch
• as part of a merger, acquisition or sale of assets. We would tell you before your data became subject to a different privacy policy.

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it for advertising.

7. International transfers

Some of our providers operate outside Nigeria, including in the United States and the European Union. When your data is transferred abroad, we rely on safeguards recognised by applicable law. These include the provider's contractual data-protection commitments and standard contractual clauses where required.

8. How we protect your data

• Data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest.
• Access rules in our database make sure each person can reach only their own data, plus what has been shared with them.
• Uploaded images and audio are served through signed links that expire.
• Server secrets are never shipped in our apps.

No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your personal data, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as the law requires.

9. How long we keep it

• Your account and Your Content are kept until you delete them or close your account.
• When you delete your account, your profile, studies, uploads, audio, notes, progress, prayers and group memberships are removed from our live systems immediately. Copies in encrypted backups are overwritten within 30 days.
• Group content.Studies you shared are removed from the group when you delete the study or your account. Groups you lead are deleted along with your account. Prayer requests and comments you posted in someone else's group stay in the thread so the conversation still makes sense, but they are shown as from “A member” and are no longer linked to you. If you want them gone, delete them before you close your account.
• Trial-abuse records(the normalized email and hashed IP address from section 3.7) are kept after account deletion, so a deleted account can't be used to claim another free trial.
• Feedback is kept to improve the Service, but it is unlinked from your account and your reply-to address is cleared when you delete your account.
• Billing records are kept for as long as tax and accounting law requires.
• Crash reports and analytics are kept for a limited period set by those providers, typically no longer than 14 months.

10. Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you have the right to:

• access your personal data, and export it in a portable format (Settings → Export data)
• correct inaccurate data
• delete your data and account (Settings → Delete account)
• object to or restrict certain processing, including processing based on legitimate interests
• withdraw consent at any time, for example by turning off notifications or marketing emails
• complain to a data-protection authority. In Nigeria, this is the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC). You can also complain to the authority where you live.

To make a request, email [email protected] from the address on your account. We will respond within 30 days, and we may need to verify your identity first.

11. Notifications and emails

You control notifications in Notification Settings: daily reminders, “study ready” alerts, and group activity. Group activity can be turned off for all groups, or muted for a single group from that group's menu. You can also turn off notifications in your device settings.

Service emails, such as receipts and account notices, are part of running your account. Marketing emails are optional and include an unsubscribe link.

12. Age requirement

AfterChurch is for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe someone under 18 has an account, contact us and we will delete it.

13. Cookies and local storage

We use only essential cookies and similar storage:

• to keep you signed in
• to remember your preferences
• to let the web app work offline

We don't use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the Service changes. If a change is significant, we'll notify you in the app or by email before it takes effect. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.

15. Contact us

TAGDEV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Email: [email protected]