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Legal Notice

Last updated: August 5, 2026

1. Publisher of the Application and website

The Scriptio mobile application and the associated website https://scriptio.org are published by:

  • Name: Jérémie Sidler
  • Capacity: natural person, independent publisher, with no employees and no turnover
  • Country of residence: Switzerland (canton of Vaud)
  • Locality: 1110 Morges (canton of Vaud), Switzerland — full postal address provided on reasoned request to scriptioorg@gmail.com
  • Contact email: scriptioorg@gmail.com

The Publisher's legal status may evolve (association, company, foundation) as the project develops. Users will be informed of any substantial change.

2. Publication director

The publication director, within the meaning of Article 6 of French Act No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy and any equivalent provision, is Jérémie Sidler.

3. Legal representative in the European Union

In accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA), a representative for the European Union will be appointed prior to the availability of the Application on European application stores.

This representative will constitute the privileged contact point for European supervisory authorities and for users residing in the European Union. Contact details will be published in this section as soon as the appointment is effective. Pending this appointment, all enquiries may be addressed to scriptioorg@gmail.com.

4. Hosting

4.1 Mobile application and associated services

  • Supabase Inc. (Delaware-incorporated US company) — database, authentication (accounts, hashed passwords, sessions), Storage (audio, documents), server functions — data stored in the European Union (Frankfurt, Germany) on AWS infrastructure
  • Apple Inc., One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA — iOS push notifications (DPF + SCC)
  • Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA — Android push notifications (DPF + SCC)
  • Expo Inc., USA — intermediate push service (DPF + SCC)
  • DeepL SE, Maarweg 165, 50825 Cologne, Germany — on-demand machine translation of annotations — data processed in the European Union (Germany)
  • Functional Software, Inc. (dba Sentry), San Francisco, CA, USA — crash reporting and error diagnostics (production build only) — technical diagnostic data in the United States (Standard Contractual Clauses framework)

4.2 Website hosting

5. Distribution of the Application

The Application is distributed by the following platforms:

  • Apple App Store — Apple Distribution International Ltd., Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, T23 YK84, Ireland
  • Google Play Store — Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

6. Intellectual property

6.1 Application, brand, design and code

The 'Scriptio' brand, logo, icon, graphical interface, design, source code, illustrations and all original editorial content of the Application are the exclusive property of the Publisher (or his rightsholders).

Any reproduction, representation, modification, translation, adaptation, distribution, making available or exploitation, partial or total, by any means whatsoever, is strictly prohibited without prior written authorisation.

6.2 Biblical texts — public domain

The Application offers several translations of the Bible, all in the public domain. Users can freely switch between them in Settings.

6.2.1 Crampon 1923 Bible (Catholic)

Translation by Abbé Augustin Crampon (1826-1894), in its revised single-volume edition of 1923. This work is in the public domain in accordance with:

  • Article 29 paragraph 2 of the Swiss Federal Copyright Act (LDA)
  • Article L. 123-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code
  • The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

The work entered the public domain on 1 January 1965. Transcription sources: Wikisource (https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_Crampon_1923) and Internet Archive.

6.2.2 Louis Segond 1910 Bible (Protestant)

Translation by Louis Segond (1810-1885), in its revised 1910 edition published posthumously. This work is in the public domain on the same legal grounds as the Crampon 1923 Bible above (expired protection term).

Transcription source: eBible.org (https://ebible.org/fraLSG/), which distributes the text in USFX format under explicitly declared Public Domain status.

6.2.3 Douay-Rheims / Challoner Bible (Catholic, English)

An English Catholic translation made from the Latin Vulgate, in its revision by Bishop Richard Challoner (1749-1752), Catholic canon (73 books). This work is in the public domain, its protection term having expired (Bishop Challoner died in 1781).

Transcription source: the “douayrheims” dataset from getbible.net, distributed in the public domain.

6.2.4 Torres Amat 1825 Bible (Catholic, Spanish)

A Spanish Catholic translation made from the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Félix Torres Amat (1825 edition), Catholic canon. This work is in the public domain, its protection term having expired (Bishop Torres Amat died in 1847). The deuterocanonical books are not yet included (66 books available).

Transcription source: the Biblia Torres Amat text published by bibliatodo.com, in the public domain.

6.2.5 Figueiredo Bible (Catholic, Portuguese)

Portuguese Catholic translation made from the Latin Vulgate by Fr. António Pereira de Figueiredo (text in the public domain, its author having died in 1797), full Catholic canon (73 books, deuterocanon included). The verse text comes from the digitised 1950 edition; only the scriptural text is reproduced (that edition's critical apparatus is not included).

Transcription source: digitisation of the Figueiredo edition available on Internet Archive.

6.2.6 Martini Bible (Catholic, Italian)

Italian Catholic translation made from the Latin Vulgate by Abp. Antonio Martini (text in the public domain, its author having died in 1809), full Catholic canon (73 books, deuterocanon included). The verse text comes from the Martini edition (1769-1781); only the scriptural text is reproduced (that edition's notes are not included).

Transcription source: digital edition of the Martini Bible available online (public-domain text).

6.2.7 Allioli-Arndt 1914 Bible (Catholic, German)

German Catholic translation made from the Latin Vulgate by Joseph Franz von Allioli (died 1873), revised by Fr. Augustin Arndt S.J. (died 1912) — texts in the public domain —, full Catholic canon (73 books, deuterocanonical books included). The verse text comes from the sixth edition (Regensburg and Rome, Friedrich Pustet, 1914); only the scriptural text is reproduced (the notes of that edition are not included).

Transcription source: digital edition of the Allioli-Arndt Bible produced by the Family of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (vulgata.info) and distributed in Zefania XML format (text in the public domain).

6.2.8 Wujek Bible (Catholic, Polish)

The Wujek Bible is the Polish Catholic translation of the Clementine Vulgate made by the Jesuit Jakub Wujek (died 1597) and published in full in 1599. The liturgical Bible of the Church in Poland from the 16th century to the 1960s, it contains the 73 books of the Catholic canon, deuterocanonicals included. As its author died more than four centuries ago, the text is in the public domain worldwide. Transcription sources: the protocanonical books and the New Testament come from the 1923 edition (Brytyjskie i Zagraniczne Towarzystwo Biblijne), transcribed and proofread on Wikiźródła; the seven deuterocanonical books, absent from that edition, come from the original 1599 edition, digitised by biblia.info.pl (“transkrypcja typu B”, Kraków 2014, public domain).

6.2.9 Clementine Vulgate (Catholic, Latin)

The Clementine Vulgate is the Catholic Church's reference Latin edition: the typical edition promulgated in 1592 under Clement VIII, together with the corrected reprints of 1593 and 1598. It contains the 73 books of the Catholic canon, deuterocanonicals included; the Clementine appendix (Prayer of Manasseh, 3 and 4 Esdras), placed outside the canon by the edition itself, is not included. Being a sixteenth-century text, it is in the public domain worldwide.

Transcription source: the Clementine Vulgate Project (Michael Tweedale and contributors, 2002-2005), manually keyed — not OCR — and collated against three printed editions: Colunga-Turrado (BAC, 1946), Hetzenauer (1914) and Vercellone (1861). The text is in the public domain; only the accompanying VulSearch software is GPLv2 licensed, and it is not used here.

6.2.10 Database structuring

The structuring of these nine texts in a JSON database (books, chapters, verses, metadata, versification mapping between translations) constitutes a distinct derivative work, protected under Article 5 LDA and Directive 96/9/EC on databases.

6.3 User content

Content created by users of the Application (annotations, voice notes, highlights, collections) remains the property of their respective authors. Users grant the Publisher, through the Terms of Service, a use licence limited to the diffusion of their content in the Application according to the visibility settings they choose (see Terms, § 6).

6.4 Third-party trademarks

All third-party trademarks mentioned in the Application or on the website (Apple, Google, Supabase, Expo, etc.) remain the property of their respective holders.

7. Credits

  • Biblical texts: Crampon 1923 translation (Catholic, public domain — sources Wikisource and Internet Archive), Louis Segond 1910 translation (Protestant, public domain — source eBible.org), Douay-Rheims / Challoner translation (Catholic, English, public domain — source getbible.net), Torres Amat 1825 translation (Catholic, Spanish, public domain — source bibliatodo.com) Figueiredo translation (Catholic, Portuguese, public domain — source Internet Archive) Martini translation (Catholic, Italian, public domain — source online digital edition), Allioli-Arndt 1914 translation (Catholic, German, public domain — source vulgata.info / Zefania XML digital edition) Wujek translation (Catholic, Polish, public domain — sources Wikiźródła and biblia.info.pl) and Clementine Vulgate (Catholic, Latin, public domain — source Clementine Vulgate Project, M. Tweedale)
  • Icons: Ionicons, Material Community Icons (free-use licences)
  • Typography: see detailed typographic credits in the Settings › About screen of the Application
  • Liturgical calendar: references compiled from the lectionary published by the Association Épiscopale Liturgique pour les pays Francophones (AELF). The liturgical content is embedded statically in the Application; no direct network request is made to AELF services, and no personal data of users is transmitted to AELF.
  • Design, development and editorial direction: Jérémie Sidler

8. Terms of use and Privacy Policy

Use of the Application is subject to the Terms of Service available at https://scriptio.org/terms and accessible in the Application via Settings › Terms of Service.

The processing of personal data is governed by the Privacy Policy available at https://scriptio.org/privacy and accessible in the Application via Settings › Privacy Policy.

9. Reporting of unlawful content

In accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA) and Article 6 of French Act No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004, any user may report content they consider unlawful:

  • Via the 'Report' button accessible on each annotation published in the Application
  • By email to scriptioorg@gmail.com

The Publisher undertakes to examine each report without undue delay, generally within 24 hours and at the latest within 72 hours, and to notify his decision to the author of the relevant content, with indication of recourse.

10. Single point of contact (DSA)

In accordance with Article 11 DSA, the single point of contact for authorities and users can be reached at:

  • Email: scriptioorg@gmail.com
  • Accepted languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish

11. Support contacts

12. Micro-enterprise status (DSA)

In his capacity as an independent natural-person publisher, with no employees, and as the Application is offered free of charge with no turnover generated, the Publisher considers himself to fall under the micro-enterprise exemption within the meaning of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA) and Article 2 of Recommendation 2003/361/EC on the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

As a result, certain obligations specific to large platforms (detailed transparency reports, trusted flaggers, structured internal complaint mechanism, designation of a dedicated compliance officer, etc.) do not apply. The common DSA obligations — single point of contact, clear Terms, transparent moderation, notice-and-action mechanism, statement of reasons for moderation decisions — are fully complied with.