Privacy policy

Scribe Study Bible · effective November 2, 2026

Who we are

Scribe Study Bible is a free Bible study app at scribestudybible.com, provided by ReturningKing.com. In this policy, "we" means ReturningKing.com and "the app" means Scribe Study Bible on the web and as an installed app.

What stays on your device

The app keeps these in your browser's local storage on your own device, so they are there the next time you open it:

• your bookmarks and the passage each one was last on
• your highlights and margin notes
• your reading-plan choice and the days you have marked as read
• your settings (theme, text size, search options) and recent search choices
• chapters and study data saved for offline use

None of this is sent to us. If you clear your browser's data for this site or uninstall the app, it is removed from that device. You can make your own copy at any time with Settings → Download backup, which saves a file to your device.

Optional sync with your own cloud storage

If you choose to connect Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Dropbox, the app keeps one small file (your bookmarks, highlights, notes and reading progress) in that account so your devices stay in step. Sync is off until you turn it on.

• Only its own folder. The app asks only for access to a private folder set aside for it, and cannot see, open or change any of your other files. With Google Drive it uses the drive.appdata permission (a hidden app-data folder); with OneDrive, Files.ReadWrite.AppFolder (the Apps folder for this app); with Dropbox, an app folder.
• Directly between you and your provider. The file travels straight between your device and your storage provider. It never passes through or is stored on our server, and we cannot read it.
• Sign-in. You sign in on the provider's own page. We never see your password. The access the provider grants is kept on your device only.
• Turning it off. You can disconnect in Settings at any time, delete the sync file from your storage, or remove the app's access in your account's security settings: Google, Microsoft, Dropbox.

Scribe Study Bible's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Information from Google, Microsoft or Dropbox is used only to save and load your own sync file. It is not used for advertising, not sold, not shared with anyone, and not read by people.

What we do not do

• No user accounts or sign-up with us
• No advertising networks, analytics or tracking scripts
• No selling or sharing of personal information
• No collection of your notes, highlights or reading history

Things outside the app

• Web hosting. Like any website, the server that delivers the app may keep standard technical logs (such as IP address, browser type and the files requested) for security and troubleshooting. We do not use them to identify or track readers.
• Fonts. The app loads its typefaces from Google Fonts, so your browser contacts Google's font servers when the app loads. See Google Fonts privacy.
• Links. Links to other websites, such as Bible Hub, Blue Letter Bible, STEP Bible, ReturningKing.com and book listings, open sites with their own privacy policies.
• Book recommendations. The end of each chapter shows a short note about a related book, usually one of the books published by ReturningKing.com. These are chosen by us and built into the app; they are not served by an ad network and do not track you. Tapping one simply opens the book's page on that website.
• Sharing. When you use Share, your device's own share sheet sends the text where you choose.

Scripture links on other websites

Other websites can add a small Scribe Study Bible script that turns Bible references into links and shows the verses when you point at or tap one. On those sites, your browser loads the script and the verse text from scribestudybible.com. Like any web request, our server receives your device's internet address and may receive the address of the page you were reading, in standard server logs used only for overall site statistics. The script sets no cookies, stores nothing on your device and does not track you from site to site.

The Scribe Study Bible browser extension

The browser extension for Chrome and Edge finds Bible references on the pages you visit and shows the verses when you point at one. It does this entirely on your own computer: the whole Berean Standard Bible is built into the extension, so it sends nothing about the pages you read, the references you look at or anything else to us or to anyone. It collects no personal information and has no analytics. Its only stored information is your on/off choices (all sites, or particular sites), kept in your browser's own settings and synced by your browser if you have browser sync turned on. If you choose Read in Scribe, the passage opens on scribestudybible.com like any other link.

Scribe for Microsoft Word

The Scribe add-in for Microsoft Word reads your document only on your own computer: the paragraph your cursor is in, so it can show the passage for the reference there, and the whole document only when you choose Find references or Link them all. It sends nothing you write to us or to anyone. To show passages it downloads Bible text from scribestudybible.com a chapter at a time, as the app does, and it keeps your insert choices (quotation style and word-study options) in Word's own storage on your device. It collects no personal information and has no analytics. Microsoft's Office.js script, which every Word add-in uses to talk to Word, is loaded from Microsoft and is covered by Microsoft's privacy statement.

Children

The app is for general audiences and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.

How you can check

The app runs entirely in your web browser. Your notes, highlights and reading progress are handled on your device, and the only places they go are your own device and, if you choose, your own cloud storage.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: contact us through ReturningKing.com.