Privacy Policy

1. Overview

This Privacy Policy explains how AstroYoda collects, uses and protects information when you use the Service. By using the Service, you acknowledge the practices described here.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of information:

• Account information: your name, email address and profile picture provided by Google when you sign in.
• Birth details: the name, date, time and place you enter to calculate a chart.
• Saved content: charts and matching results you create while signed in, and a phone number if you add one to your profile.
• Technical information: cookies, language and theme preferences, and standard server logs used to operate and secure the Service.

3. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• calculate and display birth charts, panchang and matching results;
• save recent charts and matches to your account when you are signed in;
• authenticate you and maintain your session;
• operate, secure, troubleshoot and improve the Service; and
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

4. Sharing

We do not sell personal information. We share information only with service providers that help us operate the Service, such as providers for authentication, hosting and database storage. These providers process information on our behalf and are expected to protect it.

We may also disclose information where required by law, to protect rights or safety, or in connection with a reorganisation of the Service.

5. Cookies and Local Storage

We use a small number of cookies and browser storage entries to operate the Service:

• a session cookie that keeps you signed in;
• a language preference cookie; and
• a local storage entry that remembers your light or dark theme.

6. Retention

Account information and saved charts or matches are retained while your account is active, or until you ask us to delete them. Server logs are retained for a limited period for security and operational purposes. Information may be retained longer where required by law.

7. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information, including encrypted connections, hashed session tokens and access controls. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Your Choices and Rights

You may sign out at any time, change your language and theme, and update the phone number saved to your profile. You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your account information by contacting us through the details published on the Service.

9. Children

The Service is not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided information, contact us so we can remove it.

10. International Transfers

Our service providers may process information in countries other than your own. Where required, we take steps to ensure that information receives an appropriate level of protection.

11. Changes and Contact

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be published on this page with a revised date. Questions about this policy may be sent through the contact details published on the Service.