Privacy Policy

Carpooling with Jesus is a family podcast for kids, run by Pastor Justin. This policy covers carpoolingwithjesus.com. You can reach us any time at carpoolingwithjesus@gmail.com.

• Newsletter and episode emails. Your email address (and your name if you give it) so we can send the monthly Carpool Unpacked newsletter or the episode list you asked for.
• Free stickers. A parent’s name and email plus a mailing address, used only to mail the stickers and reach you if there’s a delivery problem.
• Questions from your kid (typed or recorded). The kid’s first name and age, a parent’s name and email, and the question or voice recording. We use these to answer the question and, sometimes, to feature it on the show. Voice recordings are transcribed to text by a third-party service (OpenAI) so we can read them quickly.
• Coloring art. The kid’s first name and age, a parent’s email, and the photo you send, so Pastor Justin can write back.
• Prayer requests. A first name, a location, and the request. Once we’ve read and approved it, the first name, location, and request appear publicly on the prayer wall. Please don’t include anything you wouldn’t want shown.
• Contact messages. Your name, email, and message, so we can reply.
• Basic, anonymous site analytics. Standard page-view data to understand what’s helpful. It isn’t tied to your name.
• The Meta Pixel. A small piece of code from Meta (Facebook and Instagram) that notes which pages you visit and whether you sign up for the newsletter, so we can reach parents who already know the show if we ever run ads there. See “Advertising and the Meta Pixel” below.
• Google Analytics. A standard measurement tool from Google that counts visits, pages viewed, and roughly where visitors come from, so we can see which pages help families most. It is not tied to your name or email. See “Google Analytics” below.

Our forms are written for a grown-up to fill out. We do not knowingly collect information directly from children. When a child’s name, age, question, drawing, or voice comes to us, it is because a parent or guardian chose to send it. If you believe a child sent us something without a parent’s involvement, email us at carpoolingwithjesus@gmail.com and we will delete it.

Only for the reason you gave it to us: to mail your stickers, answer a question, run the prayer wall, or send the emails you signed up for. We may feature a submitted question, drawing, or prayer on the show or site. We do not use children’s information for advertising.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your information to anyone. The only companies that touch it are the trusted services that help us run the site: our database and hosting (Supabase, Vercel), our email delivery (Resend and Google/Gmail), voice-to-text transcription (OpenAI), Google Analytics, and Meta’s advertising pixel, both described below. They handle it only to provide their service to us.

This site uses the Meta Pixel, a standard tool from Meta (the company behind Facebook and Instagram). It tells Meta which pages a visitor viewed and whether they signed up for our newsletter, so that if we ever run ads on Facebook or Instagram, we can show them to parents who have already visited the site rather than to strangers. It does not see your name, your email, or anything you type into our forms, and we never use children’s information for advertising.

If you’d rather not be included, most ad blockers and privacy-focused browsers stop the pixel automatically, and you can manage how Meta uses this kind of data in your Facebook ad preferences.

This site uses Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages and episodes families spend time with. It records the pages you view, the general area you are visiting from (city or region, never a street address), and the type of device and browser you use. It does not see your name, your email, or anything you type into our forms, and it is never used to advertise to children. Google processes this data on our behalf under its own privacy policy.

If you would rather not be counted, most ad blockers and privacy-focused browsers stop Google Analytics automatically, and Google offers a free browser opt-out add-on.

• Every newsletter and episode email has a one-click unsubscribe link.
• Email carpoolingwithjesus@gmail.com to see, correct, or delete anything we have about you or your child, including a prayer request or a recording. We’ll take care of it.

We keep information only as long as we need it for the reason you gave it, and we delete it sooner any time you ask. Voice recordings and photos are reviewed and then kept only if they’re used for the show, unless you tell us otherwise.

If we change how we handle your information, we’ll update this page and the date at the top. For anything you’re unsure about, just ask.