Privacy Policy

Iron Discipleship App · Effective September 26, 2026

Brian Willeke operates Iron (the “App”) in the United States. This policy explains how information is handled when you use the Iron discipleship mobile app. It does not cover purchases made through a separate merchandise storefront or through websites you visit from the App.

Information we handle

• Account information: Email address, sign-in information, account identifier, and the name you enter for your profile. Our authentication provider, Clerk, handles passwords and email verification; we do not store your password in the Iron app database. If you choose Google or Apple sign-in, those providers and Clerk handle that sign-in.
• Community and devotional activity: Groups you create or join, group membership, reading plans and scheduled passages, notes, posts and replies, prayer requests, and indications that you prayed for a request. What you write may reveal religious beliefs or sensitive personal circumstances. Please share only what you are comfortable disclosing.
• Technical information: Information needed to deliver requests, maintain accounts and sessions, secure the service, and diagnose errors, such as request and device or network information available to the App and its hosting or authentication providers.

How we use information

We use this information to authenticate you; operate profiles, groups, reading features and prayer features; display content you choose to share; respond to support and privacy requests; and maintain the security and reliability of the App. We do not use your devotional content for targeted advertising or sell your personal information.

What other members can see

Other people in a group can see group participation and content posted in that group's features. Posts and replies display their authors. Notes you mark as shared may be visible to other signed-in users accessing that reading entry, along with your name; notes you do not share are not shown as shared notes. Prayer requests in a group are visible to group members. If you mark a prayer request “anonymous,” your name is hidden in the group feed, but the request remains associated with your account in our records. Other members may retain copies of content they have seen.

Service providers and external links

• Clerk: Provides authentication, account management, and sign-in verification. Clerk privacy policy.
• Replit: Hosts the App's backend and database and processes information necessary to operate them. Replit privacy policy.
• Google or Apple: If you choose one of these sign-in methods, that provider processes sign-in information under its own privacy policy.
• bible-api.com: When you open a Bible passage in the App, your device requests that passage from this service. The passage reference and ordinary connection information, such as your IP address, may be received by that service.
• YouVersion/Bible.com: If you tap the link to open a passage externally, you leave Iron and that service's policies apply.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to address abuse or security incidents, or to protect users and the service.

Retention, access, and deletion

We keep account and app content while needed to provide the App, unless deletion is requested or a longer period is required for legal or security reasons. You can edit your profile name in the App and remove certain prayer requests or scheduled readings there. To request access to, correction of, or deletion of your account and associated data, email irondisciples@yahoo.com. We may need to verify your identity, and will respond in accordance with applicable law. Information already seen or copied by other users or external services may not be recoverable.

Security and international processing

We use reasonable measures and service-provider safeguards to protect information, but no online service can guarantee absolute security. The App is operated from the United States; service providers may process information in the United States or other countries.

Children

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Iron without any consent required by applicable law, please contact us at the address below so we can review and address it.

Updates and contact

We may update this policy as the App changes. The effective date above will change when the policy is revised; if required by law, we will give additional notice. For privacy questions or requests, contact Brian Willeke at irondisciples@yahoo.com.