Privacy Policy

1. Overview & Core Philosophy

At Anvil and Parchment, we build free, scripture memorization and typing tools. We believe your spiritual practice and typing drills are personal. Our software is engineered to run client-side in your web browser. We do not require user accounts, we do not store passwords, and we do not store your keystrokes, flashcards, or scores on our servers.

2. What We Do NOT Collect

• No Personal Accounts: You do not need to register, provide an email address, or log in to use our typing arena, flashcards, or fill-in-the-blank verse challenges.
• No Keylogging / Keystroke Transmission: All typing verification happens entirely in your local browser memory. What you type never leaves your device.
• No Payment Details: We do not store or process payment information on our servers.

3. Local Storage (localStorage)

To make the tools functional across browser sessions without accounts, we store non-personal user preferences directly on your device using browser localStorage. This includes:

• kjv_theme_profile: Your selected color theme.
• canticle_scope / canticle_sound: Your stanza scope, audio mute, and particle preferences.
• sf_cookie_consent: Your consent choice regarding analytics cookies.
• Public domain hymn text cache (to reduce repeated network round trips).

These items are strictly functional and remain entirely on your computer or device until you clear your browser cache.

4. Third-Party Services & Cookies

We use a limited set of external services to operate and support the site:

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to monitor aggregated traffic patterns (e.g., page views, general geographic region, browser type). Google Analytics places small cookies (_ga) to distinguish unique visits. In compliance with data privacy regulations (GDPR, UK PECR), tracking cookies are blocked by default until you grant consent using our cookie banner. You can change or withdraw this at any time by clearing your browser cookies.
• Scripture APIs: Scripture passages are requested dynamically from public King James Version (KJV) APIs. These requests transmit standard HTTP request headers (such as your IP address and requested passage reference) directly between your browser and the API endpoint to fetch the text.
• Ko-fi (Voluntary Support): If you choose to support the site via Ko-fi, your payment is processed directly by Ko-fi (and their payment processors such as Stripe or PayPal). Anvil and Parchment does not receive, process, or store your credit card, billing address, or financial details.

5. Your Rights & Data Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as the EU/UK under GDPR, or California under CCPA/CPRA), you have rights regarding your personal information. Because we do not associate browsing activity with identifiable names or email accounts, we hold no personal profiles to delete or alter. You may at any time:

• Clear your browser's cookies and local storage to erase all saved preferences.
• Use browser privacy controls (e.g., Do Not Track or ad-blockers) without losing core access to our scripture tools.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the security of our tools, you can contact us by email at [email protected].