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Catholic Songbook PH

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Privacy Policy

Review how Catholic Songbook PH collects, uses, stores, and protects your information.

PRIVACY POLICY - Catholic Songbook PH

Effective Date: 5/6/2026

1. INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy describes how Catholic Songbook PH ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our mobile application (the "Service").

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. When you visit our mobile application and use our products, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this Privacy Policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our mobile application, as well as any related services, sales, marketing, or events.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information we collect.

2. DEFINITIONS

To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Privacy Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, they are strictly defined as

  • Company: when this policy mentions "Company," "we," "us," or "our," it refers to Catholic Songbook PH.
  • Country: where Catholic Songbook PH or the owners/founders of Catholic Songbook PH are based, in this case Philippines.
  • Customer: refers to the company, organization, or person that signs up to use the Catholic Songbook PH Service.
  • Device: any internet-connected device such as a phone, tablet, computer, or any other device that can be used to visit Catholic Songbook PH and use the services.
  • Personal Data: any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information allows for the identification of a natural person.
  • Service: refers to the mobile application provided by Catholic Songbook PH as described in the relative terms and on this platform.
  • Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.
  • Website: Catholic Songbook PH's site, which can be accessed via .
  • You: a person or entity that is registered with Catholic Songbook PH to use the Services.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

3.1 Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to

  • Email address
  • Username
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Diocese, Vicariate, or Ordinariates
  • Usage Data

3.3 Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

4. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Catholic Songbook PH uses the collected data for various purposes

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
  • For any other purpose with your consent

6. RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Catholic Songbook PH will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Catholic Songbook PH will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

7. TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Philippines and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Philippines and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Catholic Songbook PH will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

8. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Business Transactions

If Catholic Songbook PH is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Catholic Songbook PH may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Catholic Songbook PH may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Catholic Songbook PH
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

9. THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE

9.1 Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

  • Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

9.2 Advertising

We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Service.

  • Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie: Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other websites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ (http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/)

9.3 Payments

Our app offers optional in-app purchases and/or subscriptions through the Google Play Store.

All payments are securely processed by Google using the Google Play Billing system. We do not collect, store, or process your credit card information or payment details directly. Subscription status may be linked to your account to provide access across devices.

When you make a purchase, we may receive limited transaction information from Google, such as

  • Purchase status
  • Subscription status
  • Order or transaction identifiers
  • Purchase tokens required for purchase verification

This information is used solely to

  • Verify purchases
  • Unlock premium features
  • Restore purchases
  • Prevent fraud or abuse

For more information about how Google handles your payment data, please review the

  • Google Play policies
  • Google Privacy Policy

9.4 Cloud Services

We may use third-party cloud service providers to host our Service and store your data.

10. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

11. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.

12. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict use of your information. We honor these rights regardless of your location and are committed to providing reasonable access to the information that you have shared with us.

12.1 General Data Access & Deletion Rights

Regardless of your location, you can make the following requests regarding your personal data

  • Access Your Data: You can request a copy of the personal information we have about you. We will provide this information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Delete Your Data: You can request that we delete your personal information from our systems. We will comply with this request unless there is a legal requirement for us to keep certain information.

To submit a data access or deletion request, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

12.6 Other Jurisdictions

Many countries around the world have adopted comprehensive data protection laws that provide various rights to individuals regarding their personal data. Even if we haven't specifically listed your country's laws, we're committed to respecting your rights to access and delete your personal information wherever you are located.

If you have any questions about exercising your data rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

13. SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

14. LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

16. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us