Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 4, 2026

119 Ministries (“119 Ministries,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the 119 Assistant, 119 Fellowship Finder, and related features available through 119assistant.ai (collectively, the “Service”).

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you.

119 Ministries is based in Missouri, United States.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on which portions of the Service you use.

Account and authentication information

We may collect:

email address;

hashed or otherwise securely handled authentication credentials;

account identifiers;

authentication and security logs;

account settings;

accepted Terms or agreement versions and timestamps; and

related account metadata.

119 Assistant conversations

When you use the 119 Assistant, we process the prompts you submit and the responses generated by the Assistant.

Authorized personnel may review de-identified or account-separated AI conversation information for limited purposes such as:

doctrinal and response-quality auditing;

diagnosing errors;

improving reliability;

correcting problematic system behavior;

preventing misuse; and

maintaining the Service.

Where technically practical, conversation-review systems are designed to separate ordinary reviewers from direct account identifiers.

Fellowship Finder profile and listing information

If you participate in Fellowship Finder, we may collect information you voluntarily submit, such as:

listing type;

display name or listing name;

city, state, region, country, or other location information;

approximate map coordinates derived from the location you choose;

an exact meeting location when an eligible group or fellowship intentionally chooses to make that location public;

household or fellowship descriptions;

connection preferences;

whether you are looking for fellowship;

whether you are willing to host or help start a group;

public website links;

profile or listing descriptions;

listing status; and

other information you choose to provide through Fellowship Finder fields.

Participation in Fellowship Finder can reveal or imply information about your religious beliefs.

Location information and religious-belief information may be considered sensitive personal information under some privacy laws.

Where required or appropriate, we obtain separate affirmative consent before processing this information for Fellowship Finder.

Fellowship Finder contact requests and private messages

We process:

contact requests;

acceptance, decline, block, and conversation-status information;

private messages exchanged between participants;

message timestamps and routing information; and

related technical information needed to deliver and operate messaging.

Fellowship Finder private conversations are private between the participants and are not treated like 119 Assistant AI conversations.

119 Ministries does not routinely monitor, read, or browse Fellowship Finder private conversations.

Private conversations are not presented through normal administrative or moderation tools as a browseable private-message inbox.

A limited number of authorized technical administrators may possess underlying infrastructure or database access necessary to operate the system, but 119 Ministries' policy is not to use that technical access to browse private conversations.

We do not use Fellowship Finder private messages to train the 119 Assistant or as ordinary AI-model training material.

Reports and blocks

If you report a public listing, we may collect:

the listing reported;

the reason for the report;

information you voluntarily provide with the report; and

actions taken concerning the report.

If you affirmatively report a specific private message, the specifically reported message and any context you intentionally provide may become available to an authorized reviewer.

Reporting a message therefore intentionally discloses that specific message to 119 Ministries for report review.

We may retain report-related information longer than ordinary transient operational data when reasonably necessary to address abuse, repeated misconduct, security, legal obligations, or potential disputes.

Device and location features

If you voluntarily grant your browser or device permission to provide location information, we may use that information to provide the location-based feature you requested, such as centering a map.

Granting device-location permission does not by itself authorize us to publish your precise device location as a Fellowship Finder listing.

The location displayed publicly for your listing is based on the listing information and visibility choices you intentionally provide through Fellowship Finder.

Payments

Payments may be handled by a payment processor such as Stripe.

We may receive billing status, payment events, subscription information, or related transaction records.

We do not ordinarily store full payment-card numbers on our own servers.

Usage, quotas, and credits

We may process information concerning:

plan status;

message usage;

quotas;

add-on credit balances;

gift codes;

referral activity; and

related Service entitlements.

Traffic and attribution information

We may use an anonymous or pseudonymous browser/session identifier and collect information such as:

first landing page;

referring website domain;

UTM campaign parameters;

referral codes;

account-creation or subscription-conversion events; and

related attribution information.

We do not need to store an entire referring URL and query string merely to measure basic attribution.

Technical and security information

We may collect:

IP address;

browser and device information;

server logs;

error and performance information;

abuse-prevention information; and

technical information necessary to secure and operate the Service.

2. Why We Use Information

We use information as reasonably necessary to:

create and authenticate accounts;

provide 119 Assistant responses;

maintain chat history;

operate subscriptions, credits, and billing;

provide Fellowship Finder listings, maps, search, contact requests, and private messaging;

display information you intentionally make public;

route private communications to their intended participants;

maintain block and report functionality;

prevent fraud, spam, harassment, or abuse;

secure accounts and infrastructure;

diagnose technical errors;

improve Service reliability;

audit 119 Assistant output quality;

communicate important account or Service information;

measure basic outreach and conversion;

comply with applicable law and valid legal process;

establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; and

enforce our Terms and supplemental agreements.

We do not use Fellowship Finder private messages for unrelated advertising or general AI training.

3. Sensitive Fellowship Finder Information

Fellowship Finder is intended for a religious community. Participation itself may therefore reveal religious beliefs.

Fellowship Finder also involves geographic information.

Some jurisdictions treat religious beliefs, precise geolocation, and private communication contents as sensitive categories of personal information.

Where required or appropriate, Fellowship Finder asks for separate affirmative consent to process information you voluntarily provide that may reveal religious beliefs or location.

That consent is used for the specific purpose of operating Fellowship Finder and related safety, security, and legal functions.

If you withdraw consent where applicable, we will honor the request as required by law. Because the relevant information is central to Fellowship Finder's operation, withdrawal may require deactivation or deletion of your Fellowship Finder listing or participation.

4. What Information Is Public

Information you intentionally place in a public Fellowship Finder listing may be visible to visitors or other users as indicated by the interface.

Depending on your listing choices, public information may include:

listing name;

city or general geographic area;

map location;

listing description;

connection goals;

group/fellowship website;

public meeting location intentionally supplied by an eligible group or fellowship; and

other fields marked or reasonably understood to be public.

Personal account email addresses are not publicly displayed through Fellowship Finder merely because they are associated with an account.

Individual/family residential street addresses are not intended to be publicly displayed.

Do not submit information to a public field unless you are comfortable with members of the public seeing it.

Public information can potentially be copied, indexed, photographed, or shared by others outside our control.

5. Private Fellowship Finder Communications

Private Fellowship Finder messages are available to the participants in the conversation.

119 Ministries does not routinely monitor or browse these conversations.

If a participant reports a specific message, the reported message and intentionally supplied report context may become visible to an authorized reviewer.

The recipient of a private message can independently copy, screenshot, forward, or disclose it. We cannot guarantee that another participant will keep information confidential after receiving it.

We may preserve or disclose communications when required by applicable law or valid legal process.

6. How We Share Information

We may share information with service providers that perform functions on our behalf.

These may include providers for:

hosting and application infrastructure, such as Vercel;

database and authentication services, such as Supabase;

payments, such as Stripe;

email delivery;

AI-model inference for applicable 119 Assistant functions;

mapping or geolocation infrastructure;

security and diagnostics; and

other technology necessary to operate the Service.

Service providers may receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their functions, subject to applicable contractual and legal requirements.

Fellowship Finder private messages are not sent to AI-model providers merely for ordinary AI inference or training.

We may also disclose information:

at your direction;

to another participant when necessary to provide a feature you intentionally use;

when you intentionally publish information;

when a participant reports a specific message;

when required by valid legal process or applicable law;

when reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims;

in connection with a lawful organizational restructuring, merger, or transfer; or

as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.

7. We Do Not Sell Personal Information

119 Ministries does not sell your personal information.

We do not sell Fellowship Finder religious-belief information, location information, or private-message contents.

We do not use Fellowship Finder private messages for targeted advertising.

If our practices materially change in a way that triggers additional notice, consent, or opt-out rights under applicable law, we will provide the legally required choices before applying the new practice where required.

8. Cookies and Local Storage

We may use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies for:

authentication;

maintaining sessions;

Service preferences;

local drafts;

security;

an anonymous or pseudonymous browser/session identifier;

referral or attribution linkage; and

measuring how users find and use the Service.

Browser controls may allow you to restrict cookies, although some Service functions may not work correctly without necessary cookies.

9. Data Retention

We retain information for no longer than reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, subject to legal, security, backup, and dispute-related needs.

Retention considerations include:

how long an account remains active;

whether information is necessary to provide an active feature;

whether a user requests deletion;

fraud and abuse prevention;

accounting or tax requirements;

legal obligations;

potential disputes;

security;

and backup and disaster-recovery cycles.

Account and billing records may be retained as needed for operations, accounting, fraud prevention, and law.

119 Assistant chat history may remain available until deleted by the user, subject to reasonable backup retention.

Active Fellowship Finder listings remain available according to the user's chosen status. Removing or deactivating a listing removes it from ordinary public availability, although limited backend, security, or backup copies may remain temporarily or where retention is legally justified.

Fellowship Finder messages and contact records may be retained while reasonably necessary to provide the messaging feature and associated account functionality.

Report and enforcement records may be retained for longer periods where reasonably necessary to address abuse, protect users or the Service, establish a history of violations, comply with law, or defend legal claims.

Operational logs are generally retained for limited periods, commonly approximately 30–90 days depending on the type of log and security need.

Rolling backups are retained for limited disaster-recovery periods.

Deletion from an active database may therefore not result in immediate deletion from every backup copy.

10. Security

We use administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information.

These include restricting access to systems and using reputable infrastructure providers.

No online system can guarantee absolute security.

If you believe your account or data may have been compromised, contact:

support@119assistant.ai

11. Your Choices

Depending on the feature, you may be able to:

update account information;

edit, pause, or remove a Fellowship Finder listing;

accept or decline contact requests;

block another participant;

close conversations;

delete 119 Assistant conversations;

close your account;

change email preferences; or

You may withdraw a consent where applicable. Withdrawal does not make processing that occurred lawfully before withdrawal unlawful.

12. Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply to 119 Ministries, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including rights to:

request access to certain information;

correct inaccurate information;

request deletion;

obtain a portable copy of certain information;

withdraw consent;

limit certain processing of sensitive information;

opt out of certain sales, targeted advertising, or profiling; or

appeal certain privacy-request decisions.

119 Ministries does not sell personal information or use Fellowship Finder private messages for targeted advertising.

To submit a privacy request, contact:

support@119assistant.ai

Please identify the request as a Privacy Request.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights.

13. United States State Privacy Laws

Different U.S. state privacy laws apply based on factors such as the user's residence, the nature and scale of processing, and statutory thresholds or exemptions.

Where an applicable state law grants rights concerning personal information or sensitive information, we will process valid requests and obtain consent when required.

Fellowship Finder is specifically designed to use religious-belief and location information only for the purposes disclosed in this Policy and the Fellowship Finder experience.

14. International Users

119 Ministries is based in the United States, and information may be processed or stored in the United States and in other countries where our service providers operate.

If privacy laws such as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation or United Kingdom data-protection law apply to particular processing, our legal bases may include:

performance of a contract or steps requested before entering a contract;

your consent or explicit consent where required, including for certain sensitive information;

legitimate interests in operating, securing, preventing abuse of, and improving the Service, where those interests are not overridden by applicable rights;

compliance with legal obligations; and

establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Where applicable law requires particular safeguards for an international transfer, we will use a legally recognized transfer mechanism or other lawful basis.

Users with applicable EEA, UK, or similar rights may contact us to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or withdrawal of consent as applicable.

You may also have the right to complain to the data-protection authority where you live.

15. Children and Minors

The general Service is not intended for independent account use by children under 13.

Users under 18 may use eligible general Service features only through a parent- or guardian-controlled account and supervision as permitted by the Terms of Service.

Fellowship Finder is restricted to adults 18 or older.

Minors may not create listings, initiate or accept Fellowship Finder contact requests, or participate in Fellowship Finder private messaging.

Adults should avoid publishing unnecessary personally identifying information concerning minors in public Fellowship Finder listings.

16. Legal Process and Required Disclosures

We may preserve or disclose information when required to comply with applicable law, a binding court order, subpoena, warrant, or other valid legal process.

We may challenge requests that we reasonably believe are invalid, overbroad, or unlawful where appropriate.

Nothing in this Policy promises that information can never be disclosed when the law requires disclosure.

17. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our Service or legal obligations change.

If a change materially alters how we process sensitive information or otherwise requires notice or consent under applicable law, we will provide the required notice and obtain renewed consent where necessary.

The current version and update date will be displayed on this page.

18. Contact

Privacy questions and requests may be directed to:

119 Ministries

2025 Zumbehl Rd

PMB 300

St. Charles, MO 63303

support@119assistant.ai