Commontide · Greenville, SC 29601, United States
Last updated: June 17, 2026
Commontide (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website at commontide.app — a digital Daily Office providing Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Compline, and related liturgical content according to the Book of Common Prayer tradition.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, and your rights regarding that information. We take the privacy of worshippers seriously and handle personal data — especially data relating to religious practice and spiritual life — with particular care.
By using Commontide, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
When you create an account or use personalization features, we may collect:
You control what personal and spiritual information you share. Prayer context and religious affiliation data are optional and are used solely to personalize your worship experience.
When you visit commontide.app, we and our service providers may automatically collect:
If you sign in using a third-party authentication provider (e.g., email magic link via Supabase), we receive the information necessary to create and authenticate your account.
We use the information we collect to:
We do not sell your personal information.
We engage the following service providers who may process personal data on our behalf. Each is bound by contractual obligations to handle data securely and only as directed.
| Service | Purpose | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | User authentication and database (also delivers magic-link and password-reset emails via its built-in SMTP) | supabase.com/privacy |
| Vercel | Web hosting and performance analytics | vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy |
| Sentry | Error tracking and application monitoring | sentry.io/privacy |
| Crossway / ESV API | Scripture text delivery (English Standard Version) | crossway.org/privacy |
| Resend | Transactional email (authentication links, account notices) | resend.com/legal/privacy-policy |
| Stripe (future) | Payment processing if donations or premium features are introduced | stripe.com/privacy |
We do not share your personal data with third parties except as described in this policy or as required by law.
We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the service. If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required by law to retain it longer.
Aggregate, anonymized analytics data that cannot be linked to any individual may be retained indefinitely.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These include encrypted connections (HTTPS/TLS), access controls, and regular security assessments of our infrastructure.
No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
In compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, we make the following disclosures.
We use the following types of tracking technologies:
Do Not Track signals: We honor browser-level Do Not Track (DNT) signals. When DNT is enabled, we disable analytics tracking for your session.
You may disable cookies in your browser settings at any time. Disabling essential cookies may affect your ability to log in or use personalization features.
If you are located in the European Union or United Kingdom, the following applies to you.
We process your personal data on the following legal bases:
Note: Prayer context and religious affiliation constitute special category data under GDPR Article 9 (data revealing religious or philosophical beliefs). We collect this data only with your explicit consent and use it solely to personalize your worship experience.
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at m@shadowandlife.com. We will respond within 30 days.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Your data may be processed in the United States. Where we transfer data from the EU/UK to the US, we rely on standard contractual clauses or other appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law.
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, email address, IP address | Yes |
| Internet or network activity | Pages visited, features used | Yes |
| Geolocation data | State/country inferred from IP | Yes |
| Sensitive personal information — religious beliefs | Prayer context, religious affiliation (if provided voluntarily) | Yes |
| Financial information | Payment card data | No (Stripe handles this directly if/when introduced) |
We do not sell your personal information. We do not share your personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising.
California residents have the right to:
To submit a verifiable consumer request, contact us at m@shadowandlife.com. You may submit a request on behalf of a minor child for whom you are the parent or legal guardian.
Commontide is designed for family prayer, including children praying together with parents or guardians.
The minimum age to create your own Commontide account depends on your location:
If you are below the applicable threshold for your location, please do not create an independent account.
A parent or legal guardian who holds a Commontide account may add child profiles to their household for children of any age. The parent — not the child — establishes the data-processing relationship. Child profiles store only: the child's first name, an optional birth date, and liturgical preferences the parent sets. No email address is collected for a child profile.
The account holder retains full access to their children's profile data at all times and may edit any field or permanently delete a child profile from Settings → Household & Profiles. Deletion cascades all data associated with that profile. If a child has an independent sign-in, revoking consent immediately disables their access; deleting the profile removes their auth credentials.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has registered independently without a parent's account, please contact us at m@shadowandlife.com and we will delete that account promptly.
Commontide may link to external resources (e.g., scripture providers, denomination websites). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.
On iPhone and Apple Watch, the Centering Prayer feature writes the duration of each completed session to Apple Health as a mindful session (Mindful Minutes). This data is written only on your device.
Commontide does not read any data from Apple Health, and does not store or transmit any Apple Health data to our servers. You can revoke Commontide's permission to write to Apple Health at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Health.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this page, and — where required by law or where changes materially affect your rights — by sending notice to your registered email address. Your continued use of Commontide after any change constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
For questions, concerns, or to exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us:
We aim to respond to all inquiries within 30 days.