Privacy Policy — Angel Chat
Last updated: October 16, 2026
Angel Chat is provided by Beyond the Message for Scripture-based reflection, devotional reading, and AI-assisted conversation. An account is not required to use these features. Daily encouragement email is optional.
Conversations and continuity
When you submit a question, prayer, or reflection in Angel Chat, your message and recent conversation context are sent to OpenAI to generate a response. Context may also include the devotional or Scripture passage you chose to explore.
To restore a conversation after a page reload, the app saves conversation history, a short note about the topic you are carrying, share-card text, and session settings on its server. This state is associated with a private session link. It is separate from your email subscription record.
Starting a new conversation clears the saved conversation for that session. There is no automatic retention period for inactive conversation files. Keep your session link private and avoid entering sensitive personal details. Contact us if you need help locating or removing a saved conversation.
Optional journal entries
Writing in the Bible story journal is optional. Journal text is processed and held in memory on our server during your session so the app can prepare a download or an email draft. This journal feature does not include entries in saved Angel Chat conversation files or send them to OpenAI. If you choose Open Email Draft, your email app receives the entry and you choose the recipient and whether to send it. Downloading saves a copy on your device.
Service providers and technical information
Hugging Face hosts the Angel Chat web service, and OpenAI processes conversation content to generate replies. The providers used for email subscriptions are described below. Service providers may handle technical connection information needed to operate their services under their own retention practices. Web and backend connections use HTTPS.
The website requests fonts from Google Fonts. Those requests provide Google with technical connection information needed to deliver the font files.
Android app and local website data
The Android app displays Angel Chat using Android WebView. WebView can store local website data and cached content on your device. The Google Play version also includes Google Play installation and licensing checks. Google Play handles its services under its own privacy practices.
Request deletion of Angel Chat data
Email contact@beyondthemessage.org to request deletion. Tell us whether your request concerns a saved conversation, an email subscription, or both. We may need to verify your request and identify the affected session or email address.
For a conversation we can locate, we can remove the saved history, topic note, share-card text, and session settings from the Angel Chat server. Starting a new conversation also clears the saved conversation for that session. Subscription and delivery records are handled through the manual review described below. We will explain any information that must remain and why. Our deletion process does not automatically remove provider-held records under their separate retention practices. There is no automatic 90-day deletion period.
Optional daily encouragement email
Daily encouragement email is optional. If you subscribe, Beyond the Message collects your email address, selected timezone, preferred delivery time, consent and confirmation timestamps, subscription status, and delivery records. We use these details to confirm your request, deliver the messages you chose, manage preferences, honor unsubscribe requests, prevent duplicate sends, and troubleshoot delivery.
We use Hostinger Mail to send the emails, Supabase to hold subscription and delivery records, Hugging Face to host Angel Chat, and GitHub Actions to run scheduled delivery. Subscription records and credentials are not placed in the public application repository or public workflow artifacts. Connections to the email service and hosted subscription database are encrypted in transit.
Your email subscription details are separate from Angel Chat conversation state and are not included in prompts sent to OpenAI. When you choose to ask a question in Angel Chat, the app processes that conversation under its separate conversation privacy disclosure.
Daily emails start only after you confirm your email address. Each email includes unsubscribe and preference links. Opening a link alone does not make changes; use the confirmation or unsubscribe button on the page. You can stop daily emails without creating an account or continuing to use the app.
Retention and deletion requests
We keep your subscription record while you are subscribed so we can deliver and manage the emails you requested. Unsubscribing stops future scheduled delivery; it does not automatically delete your record. We retain the subscription, consent, opt-out, and delivery history to respect your choice, prevent duplicate or unintended sends, and investigate delivery problems. Pending and unsubscribed records currently remain stored until manually removed following a verified deletion request or a retention review. There is no automatic deletion window for this service.
To request deletion of your subscription data or ask about delivery, email contact@beyondthemessage.org. We may ask you to verify control of the affected email address. Requests are handled manually: we stop the subscription, review the related records, and remove subscription and delivery records that no longer need to be retained. We will explain any information that must remain and why. Deleting subscription data does not recall emails already delivered to your inbox or automatically delete copies held by email providers under their own retention practices.
Images and links
We do not add email-open tracking pixels or subscriber identifiers to links that open daily teachings. Branded emails may load a shared logo image hosted with Angel Chat on Hugging Face. That image URL does not contain your email address or subscription identifier. The written devotional remains available when images are blocked.
Subscriber-specific signed links are used for confirmation, unsubscribe, and delivery preferences. Links to the Google Play Store or a future YouTube recording open those services, whose own privacy practices apply. Your email subscription details are not included in those public links.
Audience and privacy questions
Angel Chat is intended for people aged 13 and older. A parent or guardian with a privacy concern can contact Beyond the Message at contact@beyondthemessage.org.
Contact and updates
For privacy questions, contact contact@beyondthemessage.org. We may update this notice as the service changes and will revise the date above.