Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 18, 2026  ·  Questions: [email protected]

Plain English first: We collect your email address if you subscribe to our newsletter. We use it to send you the content you asked for. We do not sell it, share it with advertisers, or use it for anything else. You can unsubscribe at any time.

1. Who We Are

CoptAra is a Coptic Orthodox digital platform based in Texas, USA. Our website is coptara.org. When this policy says "CoptAra," "we," "us," or "our," it means the team behind coptara.org.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect the following categories of data:

  • Email address: only if you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter or create an account. We do not collect email addresses passively.
  • Approximate location (country/city): when you subscribe to our newsletter, we briefly send your IP address to a geolocation lookup service (ip-api.com) to determine your country and city. Only the resulting country and city are stored, linked to your subscription; the raw IP address itself is not retained.
  • Usage data: standard server logs including IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time of visit. This data is used only for security and to understand how the site is being used in aggregate. It is not linked to individual identities.
  • Theme preference: if you toggle the light/dark theme, your preference is saved in your browser's localStorage. This never leaves your device.
  • Chat messages (Divine and Luna): messages you send are processed to generate a response, using a third-party AI provider (OpenRouter, see below). Conversation history is stored to maintain context within a session and is automatically deleted 14 days after your last message in that conversation. We do not use chat content for advertising or share it with third parties except as required by law.
  • Support contribution details: if you make a one-time or monthly support contribution via PayPal or Ko-fi (see below), that payment processor provides us your name, email address, and contribution amount so we can send a receipt and manage your subscription. We do not receive or store your card or bank details -- PayPal/Ko-fi handle that directly. Zelle contributions never share any data with us at all.

We do not use cookies for tracking or advertising, and CoptAra does not set any cookies on your browser. We do not run third-party advertising scripts.

3. How We Use Your Data

  • To send you the newsletter content you subscribed to
  • To respond to messages or support requests you send us
  • To operate, maintain, and improve the site
  • To detect and prevent abuse or security threats
  • To comply with legal obligations

We do not use your data for advertising, profiling, or automated decision-making.

4. Third-Party Services

We use a small number of third-party services to operate the site. Each has its own privacy policy.

  • Resend: for sending transactional and newsletter emails. Resend Privacy Policy
  • Cloudflare: for DNS, DDoS protection, and SSL. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
  • PayPal: for processing card-based support contributions (one-time and monthly). PayPal collects your payment details directly and shares your name, email, and contribution amount with us for receipts and record-keeping. PayPal Privacy Policy
  • Ko-fi: an alternative way to make one-time or monthly support contributions. Ko-fi collects your payment details directly and may share your name, email, and contribution amount with us. Ko-fi Privacy Policy
  • Zelle: a third way to contribute, entirely bank-to-bank through your own banking app. Zelle contributions never pass through CoptAra's systems or Zelle's network in a way that shares your data with us beyond what your bank statement already shows.
  • ip-api.com: resolves a newsletter subscriber's IP address to an approximate country/city at the moment of signup. We do not otherwise share subscriber data with them, and we do not retain the IP address they were sent. ip-api.com Legal/Privacy
  • OpenRouter: for AI model inference when Divine or Luna chat is active. Messages are processed on their servers. OpenRouter Privacy Policy

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third party.

5. Data Retention

  • Email subscribers: retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
  • Server logs: retained for up to 90 days for security purposes, then deleted.
  • Chat history: a conversation is automatically deleted 14 days after your last message in it. We do not build permanent user profiles from chat conversations.
  • Support contributions: contribution and subscription records (name, email, amount) are retained for as long as needed for accounting, tax, and dispute-resolution purposes, consistent with applicable financial record-keeping requirements.

6. Your Rights

Regardless of where you live, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Correct inaccurate data
  • Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Unsubscribe from emails at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email
  • Object to how we process your data

EU/EEA residents (GDPR): You have the rights listed above under the General Data Protection Regulation. Our lawful basis for processing your email address is your explicit consent (subscribing to the newsletter). Our lawful basis for processing chat messages with Divine or Luna is the performance of the service you directly requested by sending a message. Our lawful basis for processing support contribution details is performance of the contribution/subscription you set up with us, and compliance with our financial record-keeping obligations.

California residents (CCPA): We do not sell personal information. You have the right to know what data we collect and to request deletion.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

7. Children's Privacy

CoptAra is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.

8. Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure. Please do not share sensitive personal information (such as financial data or government IDs) through our chat or contact forms.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the site grows and new features are added. We will update the effective date at the top of this page. For significant changes affecting subscribers, we will send a notification email.

10. Contact

For any privacy-related questions or requests:
Email: [email protected]
Contact: [email protected]