Privacy Policy
ASK Devotions is a personal devotional site published by Robinson Vidva at askdevotions.com. This page explains what happens to your information when you visit. It is written to be read, not skimmed past, so it is short.
The short version
- You can read everything here without an account, and we never ask you to create one.
- We do not sell, rent, or trade information about our readers, and we show no advertising.
- The only third-party service that runs in your browser is Google Analytics, which tells us which devotions are read and roughly where in the world readers are.
- If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, no analytics cookies are set on your device at all.
- Site search runs entirely on your device; what you type is never sent to us.
What we collect and why
Serving the site
The site is delivered by Cloudflare. To serve pages and protect against abuse, Cloudflare’s systems process your IP address, browser type, the page requested, and the time of the request. These logs are used for security and performance and are retained only briefly. Cloudflare’s own policy is at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
Understanding readership
We use Google Analytics 4 to see which devotions are read, how readers arrive (for example from a search engine or a shared link), the approximate city or region of visits, and the kind of device and browser used. We use this to decide what to write next and to make sure the site works well on the devices people actually use.
Google Analytics does not store your IP address, and we never receive it. Where it is permitted, it sets two cookies on your device (see below) so that repeat visits are counted as one reader rather than many. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland these cookies are not set; Google instead receives only cookieless, aggregate signals that cannot identify you. Google keeps event-level analytics data for two months (its default setting); only aggregated reports remain after that. Google’s policy is at policies.google.com/privacy.
Writing to us
If you email us, we keep the correspondence for as long as needed to reply and follow up, and we do not add you to any list.
What we do not collect
There are no accounts, no forms, no comment system, no newsletter sign-up, no social-media embeds, and no advertising networks on this site. Fonts are served from our own site, not from Google Fonts. Search is performed in your browser using an index downloaded with the page; your search terms never leave your device.
If we add a way to leave comments in future, this page will be updated first, and comments will be reviewed before they are published.
Cookies
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes one reader from another | 2 years |
_ga_* | Google Analytics | Keeps a visit’s pages together as one session | 2 years |
These are set only outside the EEA, UK, and Switzerland. No other cookies are used. You can block or delete them in your browser settings; the site works exactly the same without them.
Who else sees data
Two companies process data on our behalf, and only for the purposes above:
- Cloudflare, Inc. — hosting, content delivery, and security.
- Google LLC — analytics.
Both are based in the United States and participate in the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. We do not share reader data with anyone else, and we do not sell it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of personal information we hold about you, to object to or restrict its use, and to complain to your local data-protection authority. In practice we hold very little: analytics data cannot be linked to you by us, so the main thing we could hold is an email you sent. To exercise any of these rights, write to seek@askdevotions.com and we will respond within 30 days.
If you are in the EEA or UK, our legal bases are legitimate interest (running and securing the site) and, for analytics cookies, consent — which is why we do not set them in those regions.
Children
This site is suitable for readers of all ages and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page will be updated. Material changes will be noted on the home page for a period after they take effect.
Contact
Robinson Vidva, ASK Devotions — seek@askdevotions.com