Who is responsible
Inscribi is operated by Yolanda King in the United Kingdom. For privacy questions, requests or concerns, email support@inscribi.app.
Information the app uses
We process your account email, account identifier, username, chosen profile and avatar; notes, Gems, tags, Scripture references and uploaded images; sharing, collaboration and Community choices; notification preferences and device push tokens; purchase and entitlement information; and support messages. Your writing may contain sensitive personal or religious information. Please consider what you include about yourself or other people.
The app keeps local copies of writing on your device for editing and recovery. Cloud services store and synchronise your library. These services are not end-to-end encrypted: authorised service providers process data to operate the features you request. Protect access to your device and account, especially on shared devices.
Why we use information
We use account and library information to provide the service you request, save and recover edits, synchronise devices, apply your chosen sharing permissions, return Scripture lookups, honour purchases and respond to support or deletion requests. Technical information helps operate, secure and troubleshoot the service. We do not sell your personal data or use your journal for advertising.
Where UK or EU data-protection law applies, account administration and the service you request use the contractual basis of providing the service. Security, preventing misuse and responding to enquiries use our legitimate interests. Processing sensitive personal information in your cloud library relies on your explicit consent, including the explicit-consent condition for special-category information such as religious beliefs. Optional AI processing requires a separate consent. You can ask us about the basis for a particular use of your information.
Your cloud-library choice
Starting with app version 1.0.1, Inscribi asks for an explicit choice before opening the signed-in cloud library. This covers storing, synchronising and processing the notes, Gems and images you choose to add, including sensitive information they contain, to provide your library and the sharing, Memory and widget features you choose. We record your account identifier, the version of the consent statement and when you agreed. Existing accounts are not automatically marked as having agreed.
If you do not agree, you can sign out or open the app’s privacy and data options to request a copy, get help or delete your account. Declining does not automatically erase your existing writing or local recovery copies. To withdraw consent or ask for a portable copy, contact support@inscribi.app; these options are also available in Account settings. You can remove individual sensitive items from your library and Trash, or use account deletion. Withdrawing does not affect earlier lawful processing; providing the cloud library requires permission to process its content.
Optional AI Memory and OpenAI
AI Memory is off until you separately choose to allow OpenAI processing in Account settings. If you enable it, Inscribi sends titles, tags, Scripture references and text from notes you own, and Gem text from those notes, to OpenAI for embeddings and brief connections across your writing. This can include sensitive personal or faith information. Embeddings and generated Memory items are stored with your Inscribi account.
OpenAI does not train on API content by default. It may retain request content for abuse monitoring, normally for up to 30 days, with exceptions such as legal or security requirements. Inscribi asks the Responses API not to retain generated responses for later retrieval; this does not mean zero provider retention. See OpenAI’s API data controls.
You can withdraw permission in Account settings to stop new AI requests. A request already started may still finish. Withdrawal keeps your notes, Gems and existing Memory items; use the relevant deletion options or contact us if you want associated information removed. Ordinary note use and Memory items drawn from your library do not require optional AI permission.
Sharing is your choice
Your notes are private unless you choose to share or publish them. Invited collaborators can access shared writing according to the permissions you give them. Public Community material can show your chosen public profile and username, not your account email. Other people may keep copies of material you share; deleting your account cannot erase copies they exported or recorded.
Service providers
Supabase provides authentication, database and file storage; Inscribi’s current database region is Frankfurt, Germany. Render hosts the collaboration service. Expo provides app updates and push delivery, with Apple or Google handling device notifications. RevenueCat and the relevant app store process purchase and entitlement information. OpenAI processes writing only for the optional AI feature described above. Email and forwarding providers process messages you send to support.
GitHub Pages hosts this informational website. GitHub may process IP addresses and technical request information under its privacy statement. This site has no account sign-in, payment form or advertising/analytics cookies. App accounts and note data are not stored in the public website repository.
International processing
A European database region does not mean every provider processes information only in Europe. Providers and their subprocessors can operate in other countries. Their contractual arrangements and applicable transfer safeguards govern that processing. Contact us for information about the arrangements relevant to your data.
Retention and deletion
We keep your account and library while you use Inscribi, until you delete the relevant content or account. Moving a note to Trash keeps it recoverable; permanent deletion is a separate action. Images removed while editing can remain available for Undo and saved-note recovery until the owning note or account is permanently deleted.
Account deletion removes account, profile and personally owned library data through the app’s deletion process. Shared-note ownership checks can require you to resolve an active collaboration first. Attachment cleanup runs separately and may retry after a service interruption. Minimal operational records, such as deleted identifiers, may remain to prevent old data or uploads being recreated. Local device caches, provider backups, security logs and copies exported by other people are not all erased immediately by the cloud request.
Backup and security records follow the relevant provider’s configured retention cycle and legal requirements. Purchase records can be kept where needed to honour your entitlement, handle refunds or meet legal obligations. We retain support correspondence for the enquiry and related follow-up, and review it when it is no longer needed. Ask us if you need details about a particular record or deletion request.
Your rights and choices
Depending on the law and the processing involved, you may ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction or a portable copy of your personal data. You can withdraw optional consent without affecting earlier lawful processing. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests. Contact us using your account email where possible; do not send a password or payment-card details. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
You can also complain to your local data-protection authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office. If you are a parent or guardian concerned about information a child has entered, contact us for help.
Changes and contact
We will update this notice when the service or its data practices change. For account deletion steps, see Delete account / data. Questions can be sent to support@inscribi.app.