Privacy Policy

What Data We Store

All data created within Via Peregrina (your journal reflections, voice transcripts, reading notes, and settings) is stored locally in a database on your device only. It never leaves your phone.

We do not operate any servers that store user data. There is no account, no login, and no cloud sync. If you delete the app, all data is removed with it.

Network Usage

Via Peregrina makes network requests in a few situations:

• On first launch (and again after certain app updates), the app downloads public-domain theological texts from Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org and gutendex.com) to populate the reading library. No user data is sent in these requests; they are plain file downloads.
• When you open a reading-library passage that doesn't yet have a summary cached, the app may request a short summary of that passage from the Anthropic API (api.anthropic.com). Only the passage title and author are sent — no personal data, no reflections, no journal content. This can happen on any launch, not just the first, depending on which passages you've opened.
• Voice transcription (see Microphone Permission below) uses on-device speech recognition where the platform supports it, or the platform's own cloud speech service where it does not.

The core reading, journaling, and Wisdom Library features of the app work fully offline. The Wisdom Library specifically is bundled with the app and requires no network access at all.

Microphone Permission

Via Peregrina requests access to your microphone so you can record voice reflections. Recording happens locally, and transcription is handled by expo-speech-recognition: on Android this uses Google's cloud speech recognition service (requires an internet connection; audio is processed by Google according to their own privacy policy and is not stored by Via Peregrina), while on iOS it uses Apple's on-device speech recognition. In neither case does Via Peregrina itself transmit or store your audio anywhere other than your device's local database.

You can deny microphone permission and still use the app. You will be offered a text input option wherever voice recording would otherwise appear.

Third-Party Services

Via Peregrina does not integrate any of the following:

• Analytics or usage tracking (no Firebase, no Mixpanel, no similar services)
• Crash reporting services (no Sentry, no Crashlytics)
• Advertising networks
• Social login providers
• Cloud storage or backup services

The only third-party content in the app is public-domain text from Project Gutenberg, which is fetched once and stored locally.

Children's Privacy

Via Peregrina is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect any information from children. Because the app collects no personal data at all, there is nothing to collect from any user of any age.

Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes in a future version of the app, the updated policy will be published at this URL with a revised effective date. We will not make changes that reduce your privacy without clear notice in the app's release notes.

Contact

If you have questions about this policy, please contact us at privacy@via-peregrina.com.