Last Updated: September 27, 2026
At Scripture River, available at scriptureriver.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information may be collected and used when you visit our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, the services we may work with, and the choices available to you.
By using Scripture River, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you use our website.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you interact with Scripture River, including when you:
- Contact us through email.
- Subscribe to an email newsletter, where available.
- Submit a comment or other contribution, where available.
- Send us a question, suggestion, correction, or other message.
Depending on the interaction, this information may include your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your communication with us.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Scripture River, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically.
This may include:
- IP address or similar network information.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and links clicked.
- Approximate information about how you navigate and interact with the website.
- Date, time, and duration of visits.
- Referring website or page.
- Other technical information needed to operate, secure, and improve the website.
This information is generally used in aggregated or otherwise appropriate forms to understand how visitors use Scripture River and to maintain the website.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Scripture River may use cookies and similar technologies to make the website function properly, remember certain preferences, understand website usage, and support advertising and analytics.
Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.
We may use different types of cookies, including:
Essential Cookies
These cookies may be necessary for basic website functionality, security, accessibility, or other essential features.
Analytics Cookies
We use analytics services, such as Google Analytics (presently GA4), to understand how visitors use Scripture River, which pages receive attention, and how the website can be improved.
Analytics services may collect information about your interactions with the website through cookies and similar technologies.
Advertising Cookies
If advertisements are displayed on Scripture River, third-party advertising providers, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize advertisements.
Google and other third-party vendors may use information about a user’s visits to this website or other websites to provide relevant advertising.
Google’s advertising technologies may involve cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar identifiers.
For information about how Google uses data when you use websites or apps that use its services, please see:
How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps
You can also manage your Google advertising preferences through:
You may also be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.
Google specifically requires publishers using its advertising products to disclose third-party advertising cookies and related technologies in their privacy policies.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through Scripture River to:
- Respond to questions, messages, and requests.
- Provide and improve our articles and resources.
- Understand how visitors use the website.
- Identify technical problems and improve website performance.
- Protect the website against spam, abuse, fraud, and security threats.
- Measure website traffic and engagement.
- Provide relevant advertising where advertising is displayed.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
We do not use information collected from visitors for purposes unrelated to the operation, improvement, security, communication, analytics, or monetization of Scripture River unless we have a lawful basis or otherwise appropriate permission to do so.
How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted third-party service providers when necessary for operating Scripture River.
These may include providers that assist with:
- Website hosting and infrastructure.
- Website analytics.
- Email delivery and subscriptions.
- Security and spam prevention.
- Advertising and ad measurement.
- Other technical services required to operate the website.
These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and the services they provide.
We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation or lawful request.
- Protect our rights or property.
- Investigate fraud, abuse, or security problems.
- Protect the safety of our users or others.
- Enforce our website policies.
Google Services
Scripture River may use Google services such as Google Analytics and Google advertising products.
These services may collect or process information about visitors through cookies, IP addresses, web beacons, device information, and other technologies.
Google may use information collected through its services according to its own policies.
You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices at:
Where Google advertising products are used, third-party vendors may place or read cookies on users’ browsers or use web beacons or IP addresses in connection with advertising.
Advertising and Your Choices
Scripture River may display advertisements provided by Google AdSense or other advertising partners.
Advertising providers may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Deliver advertisements.
- Measure advertising performance.
- Limit repetitive advertisements.
- Personalize advertisements where permitted.
- Understand interactions with advertisements.
You may manage personalized advertising preferences through Google’s Ads Settings.
You may also control cookies through your browser settings.
For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, additional consent requirements may apply to advertising cookies, personalized advertising, and related processing. Where applicable, Scripture River uses an appropriate consent mechanism to obtain and manage the choices required for those visitors.
Google requires publishers serving personalized ads to users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland to use a Google-certified consent management platform integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework.
Email Communications
If you voluntarily subscribe to an email list operated by Scripture River, we may use your email address to send articles, updates, or other communications related to Scripture River.
You can unsubscribe from these communications at any time by using the unsubscribe option provided in the email or by contacting us.
We do not sell or rent email addresses to third parties.
Comments and User Submissions
If Scripture River allows comments or other user submissions, information that you voluntarily publish may become publicly visible.
Please consider carefully what information you include in a public comment or submission.
We may remove comments or submissions that are spam, abusive, misleading, unlawful, irrelevant, or otherwise inappropriate for the website.
External Links
Scripture River may link to third-party websites, ministries, resources, books, services, or other external websites.
Once you leave Scripture River and visit an external website, that website’s own privacy policy and practices apply.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect information handled through Scripture River.
However, no website, online service, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You should therefore exercise appropriate caution when submitting personal information online.
Children’s Privacy
Scripture River is intended for a general audience and is not directed specifically toward children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include the ability to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of certain personal information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Request information about how your personal information is used.
These rights are subject to applicable laws and may not apply in every circumstance.
To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the information provided below.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the website, services we use, legal requirements, or our privacy practices.
When we make changes, we will update the Last Updated date at the beginning of this page.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to remain informed about how Scripture River handles information.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to make a privacy-related request, or believe that your personal information has been handled improperly, please contact us:
Email: scriptureriver@gmail.com
We will make reasonable efforts to respond to legitimate privacy inquiries in a timely manner.
Final Note
Scripture River is committed to treating visitor information responsibly and maintaining transparency about the technologies and services used on this website.
Your trust matters to us, and we will continue to review our privacy practices as the website develops.