Effective as of 11 August 2025
Thank you for using our mobile application BibleNote, visiting our website at https://biblenote.topmusetech.com/ and/or communicating with us via email or text or our social media accounts, if any (collectively, the “Services”).
For the purposes of data protection and privacy laws, Tiya Pte Ltd and TopMuse Pte Ltd ("we or "us") are joint controllers for the processing of your personal information. We are committed to protecting your privacy through our data practices described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy describes:
• The ways we collect personal information about you and why we do so;
• How we or our Authorised Partners use your personal information;
• The choices you have about your personal information; and
• How we protect your personal information.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the terms “personal information” and “personal data” are used synonymously. This Privacy Policy does not apply to our data collection activities offline or otherwise outside of the Services (unless otherwise stated below or at the time of collection).
Residents of certain U.S. states have privacy rights detailed in our Privacy Notice to US Residents. To the extent that there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Notice to US Residents, the latter will control.
BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE AND TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR PROCESSING AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. We reserve the right to change and may periodically update this Privacy Policy prospectively effective upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy on our website. Where required, we endeavour to notify you of material changes to this Privacy Policy by posting a notice on BibleNote. Your continued use of our Services following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy or any notification to you shall mean you accept those changes. To the extent any provision of this Privacy Policy is found by a competent tribunal to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed to the extent necessary for the remainder to be valid and enforceable.
The designated joint controller representative is TopMuse Pte Ltd which is entitled to act on behalf of Tiya Pte Ltd and is responsible for processing and responding to data requests made by you or any government authority. If you have questions about how we collect, use, process or protect your personal information, or if you have any requests in respect of your personal information, our contact information are as follows:
Name of joint controller representative: TopMuse Pte Ltd
Address: 6 Shenton Way #37-03 OUE Downtown Singapore (068809)
Attn: Data Protection Officer
Email: biblenote.support@topmusetech.com
We will respond to your requests in accordance with applicable laws and may take additional steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. These steps may include verifying your account details. You may also designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf but we reserve the right to verify the agent's identity and authority, and may deny any requests in appropriate circumstances.
We endeavour to respond to all requests in a timely manner. For more complex requests, we may charge a fee for processing your request. We will inform you of such fees before proceeding with your request. If you have any unresolved concerns about your privacy rights or personal data protection that we could not address adequately, you may contact your local privacy and personal data protection authority for further assistance.
2. Collection of Personal Information
(I) Information you provide when you create or update your account
Category | Description |
User Data | You do not need to provide any personal identifiers (such as name or phone number) to start using BibleNote. You may provide an alias or username. When you use BibleNote, we will collect information such as your age, religious beliefs, country, device information and subscription status in order to enable you to use the features. We collect some of this data from your device. For more information about how we collect and use this data, see ‘Your general (non-precise) location’ in the Usage Data category. When you send us feedback or request, we may collect your name and email address etc as well as the contents of those feedback or requests. |
(II) Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our Services, we may automatically collect information about you and how you use our Services. We only use pseudonymized or anonymised data that have gone through a privacy-enhancement process to protect and improve the functionalities of the Services.
Category | Description |
User Content | All audio or voice media whatsoever, whether input, entered, uploaded, transmitted or used by you in conjunction with BibleNote (collectively “Submitted Content”) are collected by us. For example, if you upload recordings of sermons or prayer meetings etc, and they include biographic information about you, we will then receive that information. The outputs generated using your Submitted Content ("Output") are also collected by us. It will also be saved in your local storage. We may process your Submitted Content and Output for purposes of enabling you to use the mobile app, monitoring for and preventing abusive or harmful use of our Services or for training and analytics purposes. |
Usage Data | These are personal information collected and processed when you’re accessing or using the Services. They include: • APP plus • account settings • interactions with the Services and their features Your technical data. They include: • url information • online identifiers such as IP addresses • information about the devices you use such as: ￮ device brand and IDs ￮ network connection type (e.g. wifi, 4G, LTE, Bluetooth) ￮ network and device performance ￮ browser type ￮ language ￮ information enabling digital rights management ￮ operating system ￮ BibleNote application version ￮ Information which enables us to discover and connect with third party devices and applications ￮ Crash logs ￮ Fraud prevention data
• Load and network balancing • Security services • Enabling you to use the app's features |
Optional data you may choose to share with us | |
Category | Description |
Survey and User Research Data | When you respond to a survey or take part in user research, we collect and use the personal data you provide. |
(III) Information We Collect from Third Parties
Categories of Third Parties | Description | Data Categories |
Payment and transaction fulfillment providers | When you pay subscription fees (where applicable) to access the features on BibleNote, the Apple App store (where you downloaded BibleNote) is responsible for handling any and all payments of In-App purchases. They will collect your payment information such as credit card details and other identification information such as name, billing address, email address. After you provide the requisite information and complete the transaction, a purchasing account will be created and maintained by Apple. Apple will use your personal information to process any purchases, to confirm your orders via email, to make future purchases more convenient for you and to handle, where applicable, refunds. We do not collect or process any personal information save that Apple will provide us with high-level records of non-sensitive transaction information and subscription data (such as order number, time of order, user ID, subscription type etc) so that we can activate the paid features for your use or improve the performance of our BibleNote app. | Pseudonymised Payment Transaction Information |
Technical Service Partners | We work with technical service partners that give us certain data. This includes mapping IP addresses to non-precise location data (e.g. country or region, city, state). This makes it possible for BibleNote to provide the BibleNote Service, content, and features. We also work with security service providers who help us protect user accounts. | User Data Usage Data |
Marketing partners | When you download BibleNote through our marketing partners, they provide information about their channel. | Usage Data |
Law Enforcement Agencies | We may receive information from law enforcement about potential violations of our Terms of Use. | User Data User Content |
3. How Do We Use Your Information
DO NOT SELL. We do not sell your personal information. We also do not transfer, disclose or share your personal information with third parties, except where the information is necessarily transferred, disclosed and shared with our authorised third-party partners who must use and process your information solely to provide you with the Services on our behalf.
We use your personal information for the following purposes only when it is necessary to do so for valid reasons (such as with your consent, to comply the law, to provide you with the Services, to protect your rights and interest or to fulfil our legitimate business interests) and in accordance with applicable laws:
Purpose | Legal basis |
To allow you to use the Services and generally manage your account. | They are necessary to provide you the Services. |
To deliver and facilitate the delivery of the Services and to allow you to use the BibleNote features | They are necessary to provide you the Services. |
To allow you to subscribe to the paid Services. | They are necessary to provide the paid Services. |
To provide you certain additional optional features of the BibleNote service. We will clearly ask for your consent | Consent |
To better understand how BibleNote users use and interact with the Services. | We have legitimate interests to develop and improve our products and features for our users. |
We may synthesize user content to train & improve our AI services. | We have legitimate interests to develop and improve our products and features for our users. |
To detect and prevent fraudulent activities, software and tools within the Services and/or employed by end users. | It is in our legitimate interests to ensure the security of the environment of our Services and safety of our users. |
To comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, respond to requests from law enforcement authorities (such as police, prisons, courts) as well as exercise, establish or defend our legal rights. | Compliance with legal obligations |
To take appropriate action in respect of intellectual property infringement claims or reports of inappropriate content or activity. | Legitimate interest to protect our legal rights |
To diagnose, troubleshoot and fix issues with the service | They are necessary to provide you the Services. |
To provide you with customer and technical support when you have enquiries, provide feedback, when you need troubleshooting, to fix bugs and to assist with any issues you might experience using the Services. | With your consent to resolve your questions. |
When BibleNote users respond to a survey or take part in user research, we collect and use the personal information as described in the survey or user research. | You provide consent for processing personal information. |
To conduct business planning, reporting, and forecasting. For example, when we look at aggregated user data like the number of new sign ups in a country in order to plan new locations to launch our products and features in. | Legitimate Interest |
To evaluate and develop new features or technologies. | Legitimate interest to improve our products, improve user experience and develop new products for our users. |
4. Who Else Can Use Your Information
We may share your information with other entities in the following situations:
A) Our Related Entities: We might share your personal information with our related entities in the same corporate group to assist us in technical processing operations (such as data hosting, analytics or maintenance), finance, legal, HR or accounting assistance, enhancing security against spam, abuse, fraud, infringement or other wrongdoings, and improve the Services; for corporate audit, analysis, strategic planning, research and development, corporate transactions (for example merger and acquisition, sale of company assets, financing etc); or compliance with applicable law. Each entity within the group may only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
B) Our Authorised Partners: We work with third party vendors to provide the BibleNote app ("Authorised Partners" or "Vendors"). We seek to update our list of Authorised Partners below as soon as practicable. These Authorised Partners process your information only at and according to our instructions. They perform tasks such as hosting, user support, analytics and fraud detection and prevention. For more information, please read the privacy policies of our Vendors.
Vendor | Purpose |
Statistics and analytics | |
Risk Control | |
Statistics and analytics | |
Prompt expansion and text elaboration, real-time speech and audio | |
Text to speech |
C) Government Agencies: In order to combat fraud and illegal activity, we may process and disclose information to other organizations or provide information to government agencies in response to any lawful request. If required by any government authority or courts for any purposes such as the enforcement of any laws or to prevent their contravention, we may release your personal information as is legally required or permitted.
5. Data Storage and Cross Border Data Transfers
By default, your personal data are stored in Malaysia.
In order to provide you with the full range of Services efficiently, we work with authorised third party partners as well as related entities within the same corporate group around the world. Accordingly, your personal information may be accessed by our authorised personnel around the world and/or your personal information may be lawfully transferred at our instructions for limited access, use or processing by our authorised personnel around the world.
Because the data protection and privacy laws in other countries may be different from those of your home country, we will take steps to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your personal information, as explained in this Privacy Policy. Adequate safeguards that we may use include relying on contractual mechanisms and implementing other lawful safeguards.
We are entitled to do the above in order to perform our contractual obligations to you. By using our Services and providing information to us, you also consent to the storage, transfer and processing of the information to jurisdictions outside your home country and, unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we use this consent as one of the legal grounds for that data transfer.
We will ask for your permission to access your clipboard or any other app or feature on your phone so that you may use the features of the app. You may opt-out at any time by changing the settings on your mobile device.
B) Access the personal information we hold about you
Upon your written request and successful verification of your identity, we will provide you with a copy of your personal information in an electronic format.
C) Personal information rights
You may, at any time, withdraw your consent for us to collect, use, disclose or transfer your personal information to third parties. You also have the right to rectify or delete your personal information, or limit the processing of your personal information. Upon receipt of your written request, we require reasonable time (depending on the complexity of the request and its impact on our relationship with you) for your request to be processed and for us to notify you of the consequences regarding the same. In general, we shall seek to process your request within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving it. Depending on the nature and scope of your request, you may not be able to access some or all features on BibleNote, and we may have to terminate the User Agreement we have with you. We will notify you before completing the processing of your request. Should you decide to cancel your request, please inform us immediately.
Please note that
a. If you choose not to provide us with all the personal information as required to (i) register a user account, (ii) use the Services, (iii) process your personal information requests or (iv) assist you on other feedback, queries or requests, we may (x) be unable to, or refuse to, process your personal information for any of the purposes stated herein, (y) be unable to (or continue to) perform our contractual obligations owed to you (if any), and/or (z) have to terminate the User Agreement, without any liability on our part.
b. You may withdraw your consent to using or disclosing your personal information at any time by adjusting the relevant settings on the App or by contacting us, but withdrawing does not affect the lawfulness of the processing before the withdrawal nor our rights to collect such information where (i) such use or disclosure is required by law, (ii) the personal data in question was collected from publicly available sources or (iii) such use or disclosure is necessary in an emergency where the life or health of a person is at risk.
c. You may, by providing us with a notice in writing, limit the processing of your personal information (including to request us to cease or not begin processing your personal information for purposes of direct marketing). If you limit the processing of your personal information, we may not be in a position to continue to administer any arrangement or contractual relationship in place, which in turn may result in: (i) us being unable to (or continue to) process your personal information for any of the purposes stipulated in this Privacy Policy; (ii) unable to (or continue to) perform our contractual obligations owed to you (if any); and/or (iii) the termination of any arrangements/agreements/contracts you have with us, without any liability on our part.
d. Even if you ask us to delete all or some of your personal information, we may still retain some of your data to the extent necessary to serve our legitimate business interests, such as to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Where required under applicable laws or if you reside in Japan, we will explain to you in greater detail about why we cannot delete your personal data when we receive such requests.
Under applicable laws, you may have the right to obtain a transferable version of your personal information to transfer to another provider.
To exercise your personal information rights, please contact us according to Section 1 "Contact Us" above. You will not be subject to discriminatory treatment for exercising your rights.
D) Cancelling your subscription plan (if any)
You may cancel your paid subscription plan (when it becomes available) any time. If you decide to cancel your paid subscription, you will enjoy the paid features as per the full billing cycle. If you decide to delete the BibleNote app from your mobile device before the paid subscription expires, you may lose your subscription status, your personal information or other related information associated with the account. You will be informed and required to acknowledge the consequences of deleting your account. However, we may retain some information to the extent necessary to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
E) Deleting your BibleNote app
You may delete your BibleNote account at any time by logging to your account settings on the app. If you decide to delete your BibleNote account, we will deactivate your account and your information from our active databases. You may lose your personal information or other related information associated with the account. You will be informed and required to acknowledge the consequences of deleting your account. However, we may retain some information to the extent necessary to serve our legitimate business interests such as to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of User and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
7. How Do We Protect Your Personal Information
In order to help ensure a secure environment for the Services and safe experience for our users, we are continuously developing and implementing reasonable administrative, technical and physical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized use or access and against loss, misuse or alteration.
While we try our best, we cannot warrant the security of any information transmitted to us through or in connection with the Services, that we store on our or our authorised partners' systems.
Any improper collection or misuse of personal information is a violation of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use and should be reported to biblenote.support@topmusetech.com.
B) Pseudonymisation, anonymisation and aggregation techniques
These privacy-enhancing techniques involve modifying or removing certain identifying information from your personal data and information to make it more difficult to link the data or information to you. We only use information that has gone through this privacy-enhancement process if we are using them to improve functionalities of the Services.
C) Personal information retention
Generally, we will store your personal information only for the time period necessary:
a. to fulfil the purposes for which such personal information was collected;
b. for as long as you have an active subscription or active account or as needed to provide you the Services; or
c. as required or permitted by applicable laws (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).
Once we determine that the retention of your personal information is no longer necessary for the above purposes, or that retention is no longer necessary for any legal or business purpose, we will cease to retain your personal information, or anonymise the personal information so that it can no longer be used to identify any particular individual.
8. Protecting Children's Privacy
We take our responsibilities to the BibleNote community very seriously. We also believe in protecting children's privacy online. If you are a minor, you may only access and use BibleNote app with the consent and under supervision of your parent or legal guardian. Please note that you must be of legal age according to the laws of your home country to make any In-App purchases on BibleNote.
If we become aware that someone under 18 years of age provided us with their personal information without parental consent, we will close the account of that person and promptly delete their information or remove their information to the extent required by law, save when we are under a legal obligation to keep certain information.
If you are a parent or legal guardian of a minor, and wish to review any personal data that may have been unknowingly collected by us about your child or ward, or request that their BibleNote account or personal information be deleted, you may contact us at biblenote.support@topmusetech.com. We will respond to your requests after verifying the identities of the relevant users and their parents or legal guardians, and obtaining consent (if required under the laws) from the relevant users.
Residents of certain U.S. states have privacy rights detailed in our Privacy Notice to US Residents. To the extent that there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Notice to US Residents, the latter will control.
10. Notice to EU or UK Residents
Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act, we now explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information.
1. Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
2. Performance of a contract. It is necessary for us to process your information in order to allow you to register a BibleNote account and grant you a license to access, use or navigate our Services (or continue to do so at your choice).
3. Compliance with Legal Obligations.We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
4. Legitimate Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
11. Notice to Canadian Residents
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
1. If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way.
2. For investigations and fraud detection and prevention.
3. For business transactions provided certain conditions are met.
4. If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim.
5. For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin.
6. If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse.
7. If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province.
8. If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records.
9. If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced.
10. If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes.
11. If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations.
12. Notice to Malaysian Residents
This section applies to you if you reside in Malaysia. In this section, the term “processing” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“MY PDPA”).
Personal Information of Minors – In respect of personal information relating to a minor (i.e. individuals under the age of 18), you confirm that you are the parent or legal guardian or person who has the parental responsibility for the said minor to consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his/her personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Obligatory Personal Information – It is obligatory that you supply us your details for fields marked as compulsory (where applicable) when you register an account or use our Services (collectively, “Compulsory Personal Information”). If you fail to supply us with any of the Compulsory Personal Information, we may refuse to, or may be unable to, process your personal information for any of the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
Language – In the event of any inconsistency between the English version and the Bahasa Malaysia version of this Privacy Policy, the English version shall prevail over the Bahasa Malaysia version.