Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 2024
Introduction
Welcome to [Your Business Name] (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website www.inkystars.com and engage with our services related to astrology, tarot readings, and writing/creativity coaching.
By accessing or using our website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of our services and website.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, date of birth, and other relevant information you provide when booking a reading or consulting session.
- Usage Data: Information on how you use our website, such as pages visited, time spent on each page, and other diagnostic data.
- Financial Information: Payment details when making purchases of our services. This may be collected by a third-party payment processor (such as Stripe, PayPal, etc.).
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To provide personalised astrology or tarot readings.
- To schedule and conduct coaching sessions related to writing and creativity.
- To communicate with you regarding your bookings, updates, and any special offers we may provide.
- To improve our website’s functionality and content.
- To process payments and transactions securely.
3. Sharing Your Information
We respect your privacy and will not share, sell, or distribute your personal information without your consent, except in the following situations:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers (such as payment processors) who assist us in delivering our services.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, to protect our rights, or in response to a valid legal request.
4. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect the information you provide to us from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. However, please note that no data transmission over the internet or storage method is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable laws (such as GDPR for European clients), you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- The right to request corrections or updates to your personal information.
- The right to request the deletion of your personal information.
- The right to withdraw consent for the processing of your personal data.
- The right to data portability, where applicable.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at help@inkystars.com.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. You can choose to block or delete cookies through your browser settings, but this may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.
7. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal information.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The updated version will be posted on our website with the new effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the data we collect, please contact us at:
- Email: help@inkystars.com
By using our website and services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
Further Notes
Other personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.