Last Updated: 5/27/2026
Welcome to Live The Rhythm ("we," "our," or "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our application, website, and related services (collectively, the "Service").
Entity Information: Live The Rhythm is operated by St. Luke's United Methodist Church ("St. Luke's UMC"), with development and technical services provided by Harris D'Ambrosi as an independent developer. By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
We collect information about you in various ways when you use our Service. The information we collect includes:
We use the information we collect to:
We use third-party service providers to help us operate the Service and process your information. We share information with these providers only as necessary to provide the Service. These third-party services include:
We may also disclose your information:
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to receive a copy of your data in a portable format.
You may update your account information at any time through your account settings. You may also request deletion of your account and associated data, subject to our data retention policies and legal obligations.
California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information is collected, the right to delete personal information, and the right to opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell personal information).
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, object to processing, and data portability.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in Section 11.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal information, except where we are required to retain it for legal, regulatory, or legitimate business purposes.
Some information may remain in backup systems or logs for a limited period after account deletion. Public content (such as prayer requests or comments) may remain visible to other users even after account deletion, unless specifically removed.
We implement administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These measures include:
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
The Service is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information promptly.
If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you must have your parent's or guardian's permission to use the Service.
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country. By using the Service, you consent to the transfer of your information to these countries.
We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for international data transfers, including reliance on adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, or other legal mechanisms as required by applicable law.
The Service uses various open source software libraries and frameworks, including but not limited to:
A complete list of dependencies and their licenses can be found in our package.json file. These open source components are used in accordance with their respective licenses and do not affect your privacy rights as described in this Privacy Policy.
We acknowledge and are grateful to the open source community for these valuable contributions.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Your continued use of the Service after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
For requests related to your privacy rights (access, deletion, etc.), please include sufficient information to verify your identity and specify the nature of your request.