{"title":"Privacy Policy","content":"TaoClarity — PRIVACY POLICY\n\nLast Updated: August 23, 2026\n\nThis Privacy Policy explains how TaoClarity (\"we\", \"us\", or \"our\") collects, uses, and\nprotects your information when you use the TaoClarity website and mobile application\n(collectively, the \"Service\").\n\n1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT\n- Account information: your email address, a hashed password, and your gender (used to derive\n  the symbolic reading in accordance with the traditional method).\n- Reading data: the question you submit, the time range you specify, and the symbolic reading\n  and interpretive narrative generated for you.\n- Payment information: processed directly by third-party payment providers. We do not store\n  your full card number or other payment credentials.\n- Usage data: timestamps, device type, and basic interaction data (non-identifying or\n  pseudonymous).\n- Optional personal details (some personalized features): with your explicit consent, you may choose to provide your date, time, and place of birth. This information is collected only with your consent, used solely to generate a personalized symbolic narrative, stored securely (encrypted at rest), and you may withdraw consent or request deletion at any time.\n\n2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION\n- To provide and improve the Service.\n- To generate your reflective reading.\n- To process payments (via third-party payment providers).\n- To respond to your enquiries and provide support.\n- To comply with legal obligations and to protect our rights.\n\n3. DATA PROCESSING BY THIRD PARTIES\nYour question text and related context may be processed by a third-party AI service provider\nto generate your interpretive narrative. These providers process such data on our behalf under\nappropriate data-processing terms.\nPayment information is handled by our third-party payment providers under their own privacy\nand security policies.\n\n4. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS\nYour data may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States and\nother jurisdictions where we or our service providers operate. Where required by law (for\nexample, the GDPR for users in the European Economic Area), we rely on appropriate safeguards\nsuch as Standard Contractual Clauses to protect your data. Any personal details provided for optional personalized features are subject to your explicit consent and may be deleted upon request.\n\n5. YOUR RIGHTS\nDepending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict\nthe processing of your personal data, and to object to certain processing. To exercise these\nrights, contact us at the email address below. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.\n\n6. DATA RETENTION\nWe retain your account and reading history while your account is active so that you can review\nyour past readings. You may delete your account at any time, which will remove your stored data\nin accordance with applicable law.\n\n7. COOKIES\nWe use essential cookies and local storage for authentication and to remember your preferences.\nWe do not use advertising or tracking cookies that profile you across unrelated sites.\n\n8. SECURITY\nWe take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data. However, no\nmethod of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.\n\n9. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY\nWe may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes within the Service\nand update the \"Last Updated\" date above.\n\n10. CONTACT US\nIf you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:\nhello@taoclarity.app\n\nVersion: 1.1","version":"1.1"}