Legal
In short. Zodicy has no accounts and no tracking. Your name and birth date stay on your phone. We never receive them, and we can't see who you are. The app sends us only anonymous usage statistics, described in section 6.
This policy covers the Zodicy app on iOS and Android, its widgets, and the website zodicy.com. We have no data protection officer because we are not required to appoint one. Write to the email above with any privacy question.
During setup, Zodicy asks for a few things so it can personalise the app. They are stored only on your device, in storage shared between the app and its widgets. Your name and birth date are never sent to us. Apart from the anonymous usage statistics in section 6, which include your zodiac sign, widget style and Premium purchases, none of this is sent to us:
To delete all of it, delete the app, or change it at any time in the app's Me tab. Because we never receive this data, we cannot see it, export it or delete it for you, and we don't need to.
Daily readings are the same for everyone with a given sign. To get today's reading, the app and widgets download a file for your sign (for example, the Virgo feed) plus the day's audio file. Like any web request, this sends:
We don't attach any identifier, account or advertising ID to these requests, and we don't build profiles. Our hosting provider keeps this information in server and CDN logs only for a limited period, for security and operations. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in delivering the content and keeping the service secure and running (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
If you turn on the daily reminder, your phone asks for permission. The reminder is scheduled locally on your phone; we use no push service and receive no device token. It may show your name and a line from the day's reading on your Lock Screen. You can turn it off in the app or in your device settings (iOS Settings or Android settings). Legal basis: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time (Art. 6(1)(a)).
Zodicy Premium is sold through Apple's App Store on iPhone and through Google Play on Android. Apple or Google handles the payment and keeps your payment details under its own privacy policy (Apple: www.apple.com/legal/privacy, Google: policies.google.com/privacy). We never see your name, Apple ID, Google account, email or card. The app only receives confirmation from Apple or Google that a subscription is active. Legal basis: performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)).
To understand how Zodicy is used and make it better, the app sends a small set of usage events to our own server at zodicy.com. They are tied only to a random install ID that the app creates on your device and keeps in storage on that device. On iPhone, the ID is kept in the iOS Keychain and in the storage shared with its widgets. This ID is not linked to your name, birth date, Apple ID, Google account, email or an advertising identifier (IDFA on iPhone, or the advertising ID on Android). We record:
We don't store your IP address with these events. It is used only briefly, in memory, to protect the server from abuse, and otherwise appears only in the hosting logs described in section 3. We look at the statistics in aggregate, for example to count installs, active users, widget use and retention. We don't combine them with other data, use them for advertising or sell them, and we don't track you across other apps or websites. The app contains no third-party analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or social SDKs. The events are stored in our own database at DigitalOcean (see section 9).
Legal basis: our legitimate interest in understanding and improving the app, including measuring how widgets are used and whether people keep using Zodicy (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)). We keep the events for up to 24 months and then delete them.
You can object at any time by writing to info@zodicy.com. Because the install ID isn't linked to you and isn't shown in the app, we usually can't tell which events are yours, so we may be unable to act on a request about specific records unless you can help us identify them (GDPR Art. 11). Deleting the app stops all sending. On iPhone, iOS may keep the install ID in the Keychain after the app is deleted, so if you reinstall Zodicy on the same iPhone, it may be reused and counted as a reinstall rather than a new user.
Apple may also give us aggregated, anonymous App Store and crash statistics if you have chosen to share them with developers in iOS settings. Google may also give us aggregated, anonymous Google Play statistics about the Android app. We can't link any of these to you.
The website zodicy.com sets no cookies and uses no analytics or third-party trackers. Fonts are served from our own server. The site's host processes your IP address and request details in logs, as described in section 3. A separate staff-only admin area, on its own subdomain, uses strictly necessary sign-in cookies for authorised staff only.
Readings, texts and audio are generated by AI (OpenAI) from astronomical data for each sign, once a day, before publication. No information about you is ever sent to OpenAI or used to generate content. The name in your greeting is added on your device.
| Provider | Role | Your data |
|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean, LLC (USA) | Hosting, database, CDN for feeds and audio | IP address and request logs, anonymous usage statistics |
| Apple Inc. (USA / Ireland) | App distribution, payments, subscriptions on iPhone | Handled by Apple as its own controller |
| Google Play (Google, USA / Ireland) | App distribution, payments and subscriptions on Android | Handled by Google as its own controller |
| OpenAI (USA / Ireland) | Generates texts and voice audio | None |
| Google (USA / Ireland) | Sign-in for our own staff admin area only | None about app users |
Zodicy is hosted by DigitalOcean in its New York region in the United States. DigitalOcean is certified under the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework (including the UK and Swiss extensions), and its Data Processing Agreement provides the EU Standard Contractual Clauses as a fallback safeguard. OpenAI receives no personal data from Zodicy; its Data Processing Addendum relies on the Standard Contractual Clauses. We do not sell or share personal data for advertising.
Under the GDPR you have the right to access, correct and delete your personal data, restrict or object to its processing, data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. Since we hold almost no data that identifies you, most requests can be met by changing settings or deleting the app, but we'll help with anything else. Write to info@zodicy.com; we answer within one month, free of charge.
You can also complain to the Czech data protection authority, Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů, Pplk. Sochora 27, 170 00 Prague 7, uoou.gov.cz, or to the authority in your EU country.
Zodicy is meant for people aged 13 and over. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children, and apart from the anonymous usage statistics in section 6, the app sends us nothing about the people who use it. In the Czech Republic, consent to the optional reminder by a child under 15 should be given or approved by a parent.
We do not sell or share personal information as defined by the CCPA/CPRA, and we don't use it for targeted advertising. Residents of California and other regions with similar laws can exercise their rights by email at the address above.
If Zodicy starts processing data differently, for example by adding accounts or collecting new kinds of usage data, we'll update this policy and change the date at the top. Where the law requires it, we'll tell you in the app or ask for your consent first.
