Privacy policy

Last updated: 1 July 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how biblestories.school (the ‘Site’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’) collects, uses and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services or otherwise communicate with us regarding the Site (collectively, the ‘Services’). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, ‘you’ and ‘your’ means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a website visitor or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the ‘Last updated’ date and take any other steps required by applicable law.

How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

To provide the Services, we collect and have collected over the past 12 months personal information about you from a variety of sources, as set out below. The information that we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.

In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide or improve the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights and the rights of our users or others.

What Personal Information We Collect

The types of personal information we obtain about you depends on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term ‘personal information’, we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of personal information we collect.

Information We Collect Directly from You

Information that you directly submit to us through our Services may include:

  • Contact details including your name, address, phone number and email address.

  • User support information including the information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when sending a message through the Services.

Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide us with certain information about yourself. You may elect not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.

Information We Collect about Your Usage

We may also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services (‘Usage Data’). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies (‘Cookies’). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address and other information regarding your interaction with the Services.

Information We Obtain from Third Parties

Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:

  • Companies who support our Site and Services, such as SquareSpace.

  • When you visit our Site, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third-party libraries and cookies.

Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Also see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.

How We Use Your Personal Information

  • Responding to Enquiries. If you contact us using our contact form or by email, we use the information you provide (such as your name, email address and the details of your enquiry) to respond to your message, answer your questions and provide any support you have requested. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries and communicating with users (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR / GDPR).

  • Providing Website Resources. Our website provides free Bible teaching resources for teachers, schools, churches and families. You do not need to create an account or register to access these resources. We do not use your personal information to process purchases, manage user accounts or provide paid services.

  • Improving Our Website. We may use limited technical information, such as website usage data collected through analytics or server logs, to understand how visitors use our website, improve its performance, fix technical issues and develop new resources. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving our website (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR / GDPR), or your consent where applicable.

  • Website Security. We may process technical information, including IP addresses and server logs, to help maintain the security of our website, detect and prevent malicious activity, investigate technical issues and protect the website from unauthorised access or misuse. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in ensuring the security and integrity of our website (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR / GDPR).

  • Communications. If you have contacted us, we may use your contact details to reply to your enquiry or to communicate with you about the matter you have raised. We will not send you marketing emails unless you have specifically requested or consented to receive them.

Cookies

Like most websites, we use cookies and similar technologies to help our website function properly, improve your browsing experience and understand how visitors use our site.

Some cookies are essential for the operation of the website, while others help us analyse website traffic and improve our content. If we use non-essential cookies, such as analytics cookies, we will ask for your consent before they are placed on your device, where required by law.

Our website is hosted on Squarespace, which may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect and improve its platform. You can find more information about the cookies used by Squarespace in its Cookie Policy.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies if you prefer. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of parts of the website.

Where applicable, you can also manage your cookie preferences using the cookie banner or cookie settings presented when you first visit our website.

How We Disclose Personal Information

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information.

In certain circumstances, we may share your personal information with trusted third parties where this is necessary to operate our website, respond to your enquiries or comply with legal obligations. These circumstances may include:

  • Service providers who help us operate our website and services, such as website hosting providers, cloud storage providers, email service providers, website analytics providers and IT support. These providers are only given access to the information necessary to perform their services on our behalf and are required to protect your information.

  • Contact form and communications providers, where necessary to receive, store and respond to enquiries submitted through our website.

  • Professional advisers, including legal, accounting or insurance advisers, where disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or to obtain professional advice.

  • Legal and regulatory authorities, where we are required to do so by law or where we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, respond to lawful requests, protect our rights, safeguard our website, or prevent fraud or other unlawful activity.

  • In connection with organisational changes, such as a merger, acquisition, restructuring or transfer of assets, where personal information may form part of the transferred assets, subject to appropriate safeguards.

We only share personal information where there is a lawful basis to do so and take reasonable steps to ensure that any third parties protect your information appropriately.

We do not sell your personal information or share it with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

Third Party Websites and Links

Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted.

As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

Security and Retention of Your Information

Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use insecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.

How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.

  • Right to Access / Know: You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.

  • Right to Delete: You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.

  • Right to Correct: You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.

  • Right of Portability: You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.

  • Restriction of Processing: You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.

  • Withdrawal of Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw this consent.

  • Appeal: You may have a right to appeal our decision if we decline to process your request. You can do so by replying directly to our denial.

  • Managing Communication Preferences: We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.

You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on our Site or by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a substantive response to the request. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority. For the EEA, you can find a list of the responsible data protection supervisory authorities here.

International Users

Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in. Your personal information is also processed by staff and third party service providers and partners in these countries.

If we transfer your personal information out of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please call or email us at connect@jjohn.com or contact us at Philo Trust, Witton House, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, ENG, WD3 5LB, GB.

For the purpose of applicable data protection laws and if not explicitly stated otherwise, we are the data controller of your personal information.