Privacy Policy

This policy explains how NumoStars handles information when you visit numostars.com, use our quizzes and calculators, create an account, or contact us. For privacy questions, email [email protected].

1. Information We Collect

When you use NumoStars, we may collect:

• Account information: username, email address, profile name, profile link, selected avatar, password hash, email verification status, login timestamps, and account security codes stored as hashes
• Birth date: for numerology calculations and zodiac sign determination
• Contact information: email addresses, messages, and information you choose to provide through contact forms or newsletter subscriptions
• Reading inputs: names, birth dates, selected cards, and questions you submit for personalized results
• Saved results: quiz progress, quiz scores, calculator inputs, calculator summaries, result labels, and completion timestamps when you are logged in
• Technical information: IP address, approximate country, browser user agent, request path, visit timestamps, and account identifier when logged in, for security, abuse prevention, and site operation
• Browser storage and advertising information: session identifiers, saved preferences, locally stored results, and information collected by Google services as described below

2. How We Use Your Data

NumoStars provides digital numerology and zodiac reports, quizzes, and calculators for entertainment and informational purposes only. Quiz results and calculator results are not medical advice. We use your data to:

• Create and maintain your NumoStars account
• Show your selected profile name, profile link, and avatar on your account profile
• Verify your email address, authenticate logins, and help you reset your password
• Save quiz progress and calculator results to your account dashboard
• Generate personalized numerology and zodiac results as digital entertainment products
• Send zodiac newsletters at the intervals you subscribe to
• Respond to contact form inquiries
• Prevent abuse and enforce rate limits
• Improve our services and user experience

3. Generated Content

Quiz scores and calculator results use site logic. Some readings and horoscope text may use automated or AI-assisted generation. Where an external generation provider is used, the inputs needed to produce that result may be sent to that provider. Do not enter confidential information or sensitive personal information about yourself or another person into a reading question.

Generated results are for entertainment and general information, may contain errors, and are not medical, financial, legal, or psychological advice.

4. Data Retention

• Account data: while your account remains active, unless you request deletion or we need to retain limited records for legal, security, or operational reasons
• Email verification and password reset codes: stored as hashes and cleared or overwritten when no longer needed
• Saved quiz and calculator results: while your account remains active, or until you clear saved dashboard results, delete your account, or request deletion
• Cached readings and contact messages: for as long as needed to provide the service, respond to inquiries, and resolve related issues
• Email subscriptions: until you unsubscribe
• Security, request tracking, and rate limit records: for operational and abuse-prevention needs; a rate limit window does not necessarily mean that records are deleted when that window ends

Some records may need to be retained for legal obligations, dispute resolution, or security. You can request details about your data or ask for deletion at [email protected].

5. Reasons for Processing

Where data protection law requires a legal basis, we process information to provide requested account and site services, to meet legal obligations, for legitimate interests such as security and responding to inquiries, or with consent where required, including newsletter subscriptions and certain advertising technologies. You may withdraw consent without affecting processing that was lawful before withdrawal.

6. Third-Party Services

Service providers may receive information needed to perform their functions:

• Resend: email addresses and message content needed to send transactional and newsletter emails
• Cloudflare: technical information for content delivery, security, and CAPTCHA (Turnstile) protection
• Google: advertising and measurement technologies, and font delivery where used
• OpenAI: inputs needed for AI-assisted readings or horoscope generation where that service is used
• Hosting and asset delivery providers: technical requests needed to host the site and deliver fonts, styles, and scripts

These providers process information subject to their applicable terms and privacy policies. We may also disclose information where required by law or necessary to protect users and the service.

7. Cookies and Local Storage

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. Local storage keeps information in your browser separately from cookies. We use:

• Session cookie: for account login persistence, CSRF protection, and rate limiting
• Theme preference: the local storage key numostars-theme remembers your dark or light theme choice until you change it or clear site storage
• Quiz and calculator storage: local or session storage may keep results in your browser, including before you create an account
• Third-party technologies: Google advertising and measurement services and other providers may use cookies or similar identifiers as explained below

You can clear or restrict cookies and site storage in your browser settings. Clearing storage removes saved local preferences and results; disabling session cookies may prevent account features from working.

Google Advertising and Measurement

We use a Google tag for advertising measurement. We may display advertisements through Google AdSense where enabled. When Google advertising services are used, third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.

Google's advertising cookies enable Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. Third parties may place and read cookies in your browser, or use web beacons, IP addresses, device or browser identifiers, and ad interaction information for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, and, where permitted, personalization.

Learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services and Google's advertising technologies.

You can opt out of Google's personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings. You can also visit the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page for choices offered by participating third-party vendors. These choices do not necessarily stop all advertisements or essential measurement and security processing.

Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential cookies or advertising data processing, consent must be obtained before those technologies are used. A link to an external advertising opt-out page is not a substitute for site-specific consent. Contact [email protected] with questions about advertising data and available choices.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction or deletion of your data
• Unsubscribe from marketing emails
• Object to data processing
• Request restriction of processing or portability of eligible data
• Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent
• Complain to your local data protection authority

To exercise these rights, email [email protected] or use our contact form. We may verify your identity before acting on a request. Rights and exceptions depend on applicable law.

9. Data Security

We implement practical security measures including HTTPS, input sanitization, access controls, password hashing, CSRF protection, CAPTCHA checks, and hashed verification and reset codes. However, no online service is 100% secure.

10. Children's Privacy

NumoStars is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child's data was submitted, please contact us for removal.

11. International Data Processing

Our hosting and service providers may process information outside your country, including in the United States, where privacy laws may differ. Where required, international transfers must be supported by appropriate legal safeguards. Contact us for information about the providers and safeguards relevant to your data.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The "last updated" date will reflect any changes.

13. Contact

For privacy questions or data requests, contact the NumoStars team at [email protected] or through our contact page.