Privacy Policy

The short version

FaithStream has no user accounts, sets no advertising trackers, and does not sell or share personal information. We collect the minimum needed to run a search engine and accept supporter gifts, and this page lists all of it.

What we collect

• Search activity. We log the queries people type, how many results they returned, and which result was clicked. These logs are how we learn what people look for and cannot find. They are linked to a temporary session identifier derived from your IP address and browser type that rotates every day; the IP address itself is never stored with your searches.
• Clicks to YouTube. When you follow a “Watch on YouTube” link, we count that click for the church whose sermon it was, so we can tell churches how many viewers FaithStream sent them. Nothing about you personally is stored with that count.
• Aggregate usage analytics. We use a cookieless analytics service (Vercel Analytics) that reports page views in aggregate. It does not use cookies and does not track you across sites.
• Server logs. Our hosting provider (Vercel) keeps standard, short-lived request logs, including IP addresses, for security and debugging.

Supporter gifts and Stripe

Gifts are processed entirely by Stripe on Stripe’s own checkout pages. FaithStream never sees or stores your card details. Stripe shares with us the email address you give at checkout, the amount, and the gift’s status, which we use to provide receipts and let you manage or cancel a recurring gift. Stripe’s handling of your data is described in the Stripe Privacy Policy.

YouTube API Services

FaithStream uses YouTube API Services to build its index, and sermon pages play video through the embedded YouTube player. By using FaithStream you also interact with YouTube, and Google may collect data as described in the Google Privacy Policy. The embedded player is served by YouTube and may set its own cookies under Google’s policies; FaithStream does not control or read them. FaithStream stores no personal information obtained through YouTube API Services; the data we store from YouTube is public video metadata such as titles, descriptions, and thumbnails.

Cookies

FaithStream itself sets no tracking cookies. Third parties we rely on (the embedded YouTube player, and Stripe during checkout) may set cookies on their own domains under their own policies.

Retention

Search logs and click counts are kept as long-term product analytics in aggregate form. Video metadata from YouTube is refreshed on a rolling schedule and removed when the source video becomes private or is deleted.

Your choices and contact

To ask what we hold, request deletion, or raise any privacy concern, email info@theproductunicorn.com. Churches can request changes to or removal of their listings at the same address; start the subject line with “Removal request —” so it reaches the right person quickly, and we honor those requests promptly.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. Material changes will be noted on this page.