Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

SermonMaps ("we," "our," or "us") is a brand of Now What Ventures, LLC. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website sermonmaps.com and use our services.

2. Information We Collect

Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your username and authentication credentials.

Update Subscriber Information: If you join our product-update list, we collect your email address and your affirmative marketing consent. You may also voluntarily provide your church name, city, state or region, country, denomination, and church role. We do not collect a street address, precise church coordinates, browser GPS location, or inferred location for this signup.

Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our services, including pages visited, features used, and time spent on the platform.

Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our services, including browser type, operating system, and screen resolution.

Private Beta Applications and Profiles: We collect the name, email, optional organization and credentials, role or background, testing specialties, device/browser details, interests, availability, communication choices, and cohort and activity history that applicants provide. Credentials are optional and do not control admission.

Beta Reports and Uploads: Reports may include descriptions, reproduction steps, citations, discussion, and screenshots you choose to upload. With disclosure in the report form, we attach data-minimized diagnostics: app version, route and timestamp, browser/OS, viewport, current map camera/style/period/layer summary, and recent application error identifiers. Report diagnostics do not intentionally include passwords, cookies, secrets, form contents, API payloads, or arbitrary console history.

Cookies and Tracking: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies. See our Cookie Policy for details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our services
• Authenticate users and manage accounts
• Analyze usage patterns to enhance user experience
• Communicate with you about updates and changes
• Send product updates and relevant SermonMaps marketing when you have expressly agreed to receive it
• Understand our audience in broad church, role, and regional segments using information subscribers choose to provide
• Administer the beta cohort, investigate reports, communicate follow-ups, measure meaningful participation, and prepare release notes
• Comply with legal obligations

4. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party vendors who assist in operating our services (hosting, analytics, AI processing)
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, regulation, or legal process
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

We retain update-subscriber information while you remain subscribed or as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above, unless a longer period is required by law. You may request access, correction, or deletion using the contact information below.

Beta applications, diagnostics, screenshots, reports, discussion, delivery records, and cohort audit records are retained only as reasonably necessary for beta administration, safety, product improvement, and legal obligations, then deleted or de-identified under our retention process. Removing an attachment or report may also remove its stored image object.

9. Beta Communications and Public Credit

Access, security, participation, and direct report-follow-up messages are required beta-service communications. Release updates are optional and may be disabled in your tester profile. Public contributor credit is opt-in and appears only after both tester consent and administrator approval; we do not publish tester email addresses or unapproved profile details.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Object to or restrict processing of your information
• Data portability

7. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us.

8. Third-Party Services

Our services may integrate with third-party services including OpenAI for AI-powered features. These services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated revision date.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Now What Ventures, LLC
nowwhatventures.com