Last revised: 9 June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Tristian C. Schmidt, a sole proprietor doing business as Theophilus ("we," "us," or "our"), collects, uses, and safeguards information in connection with Theophilus (the "Service"), accessible at theophilus.faith. By using the Service, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
We collect only what is necessary to operate the Service:
We use the information we collect to provide and maintain the Service, to authenticate your account, to preserve your conversation history, to process your patronage and renewals, to protect the Service against abuse, and to communicate with you about your account when necessary. We do not sell your personal information. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their independent marketing purposes, and we do not authorize any of our service providers to do so on our behalf.
We engage a limited number of trusted third-party service providers to operate the Service. These providers are retained across categories that include cloud hosting and content delivery, database and authentication infrastructure, payment processing, transactional electronic mail, and the artificial-intelligence model infrastructure that generates the Service's replies. Each provider processes only the data necessary to perform its function and is bound by its own data-protection terms, which in each case restrict use of customer data to the contracted service.
The artificial-intelligence infrastructure we engage operates under commercial terms that prohibit the use of customer inputs and outputs to train the underlying models. Your correspondence is not used to train any artificial-intelligence system, by us or by any provider we engage.
A current list of the material service providers we engage is available to verified account holders upon written request to aitheophilus@pm.me. We reserve the right to add, remove, or substitute service providers in the ordinary course of operating the Service, and we will update this policy if any such change materially affects how your information is processed.
The Service is operated from the United States. If you access the Service from another country, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States and in other jurisdictions where our service providers maintain facilities. Where the laws of your jurisdiction require specific safeguards for such transfers, we and our providers rely on the standard mechanisms recognized under applicable law.
We retain your account information and your correspondence for as long as your account remains active, and thereafter as needed to meet legal, accounting, or security obligations. You may request deletion of your account and your associated data at any time by writing to aitheophilus@pm.me. We will complete the deletion within a reasonable period and confirm its completion, except where retention is required by law.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise these rights, contact us at aitheophilus@pm.me. We will respond as required by applicable law within a reasonable period. Patrons residing in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or California have additional rights under the GDPR, the UK GDPR, and the CCPA/CPRA respectively; we will honor those rights upon verified request.
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including encryption in transit, restricted administrative access, and the engagement of reputable service providers. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security against every possible threat. In the event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as required by applicable law.
The Service is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under the age of eighteen, or the age of majority in their jurisdiction. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, contact us at aitheophilus@pm.me and we will delete it promptly.
The Service does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals, as no industry standard for such signals has been finalized. We treat all visitors in accordance with this policy regardless of any Do Not Track preference set in your browser.
We may update this policy from time to time, and where changes are material we will take reasonable steps to notify you, including by posting a notice on the Service or by email to your registered address. Your continued use of the Service after such changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. Questions about this policy or about your information may be directed to aitheophilus@pm.me.