Last Updated: December 2, 2019 Co-Star Astrology Society (“Co-Star”, “company”, “we”, “us”, and “our”) is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Co-Star may collect, store, use, and disclose information when you access or use (1) our website located at costarastrology.com (“Website”); (2) our mobile applications (“Apps”); and (3) any services, content, and features made available by us through the website or apps (together with the Website and Apps, “Services”).
Your acceptance of this privacy policy
This Privacy Policy is applicable to all visitors, registered users, and all other users of our Services. By accessing or using the Services, you consent to us collecting, storing, using, and disclosing your information as described in this Privacy Policy. The provisions contained in this Privacy Policy supersede all previous notices and statements regarding our privacy practices with respect to the Services. If you do not agree to all provisions of this Privacy Policy, you may not access or use the Services. We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy or the way we use, share or collect Personal Information, we will notify you by revising the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy, prominently posting an announcement of the changes on our Services, or by sending you a written communication using the contact information you provided us prior to the new policy taking effect. Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy if they use our Services after notice of such changes has been communicated. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are familiar Co-Star’s current practices. Further, you acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is part of our Terms of Service at costarastrology.com/terms and is incorporated therein by reference. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Service. If you do not agree to our Terms of Service, do not access or use our Service. Information we get from you When you use our Services, we may collect information that you provide to us. Some of this information may identify you (“Personal Information”), and some of this information may not identify you (“Anonymous Information”). Sometimes, Anonymous Information may directly or indirectly be associated or combined with Personal information. In these cases, such Anonymous Information will be considered Personal Information for purposes of this Privacy Policy. In addition, to the extent that Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses or similar identifiers or information are considered personally identifiable information by applicable law, we will treat those items as Personal Information under this Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US
In general, you may visit the Website without telling us who you are or sharing any Personal Information with us. When you register for an account for the Services (an “Account”), use other aspects of the Services, or communicate with us for customer service or technical support for the Services, we may ask you to provide certain Personal Information, as set forth below. You may decline to do so, in which case some features of the Services may not be available, may be limited in performance, or may not work at all. You may also voluntarily provide Personal Information to us. The information that we collect and use may include the following kinds of Personal Information: Login or account name Facebook username Mobile phone number Birth date, time, and place Co-Star uses third parties to process payments - we do not collect or store credit card information. If you provide your phone number, we send a few kinds of transactional text messages directly relating to your use of your Services, like confirming your account and resetting your password. By providing your mobile phone number, you expressly consent to receive this type of transactional text messages from us at that number. Third-party data and message fees may apply. INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM DEVICES When you access the Services using a computer or mobile device, including, without limitation, a desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, or other consumer electronic device (each, a “Device”), we may collect information from your Device, including information related to your behavior and activity while using the Services.
INFORMATION COLLECTED BY COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
When you access or use the Services, we use Google Analytics to assign random, unique numbers to your Device by placing small data files on your device. These data files enables our Services to work properly by recognizing your Device when you use the Services. These data files may be cookies, pixel tags, other local shared objects, or similar technologies provided by your browser or associated applications (collectively, “Cookies”). Google Analytics generates a Cookie to capture information about your use of the Services. Cookies are used to compile anonymized information about website activity to improve our Services, and to provide other related services. Google Analytics may use a portion of your IP address to identify its Cookie. If you prefer not to receive Cookies through the Services, you may opt out of Google Analytics or control how your browser responds to Cookies by adjusting the privacy and security settings of your web browser. Unless you set your browser settings to refuse all Cookies, our system may issue Cookies when you access or use the Services. DO NOT TRACK Do Not Track (“DNT”) is an optional browser setting that allows you to express your preferences regarding tracking by advertisers and other third parties. We employ technology to recognize and respect DNT preferences that you set in your web browser. How we use information In general, we use the information we collect to provide you with the best possible Services, and continually improve them over time. Specifically, we may use Anonymous Information as well as Personal Information as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy to improve our Services, to ensure our Services work properly, and for other research and commercial purposes. These purposes include, among other things, to: create user accounts and/or profiles through registration and import user contacts; provide the Services and notices related thereto; analyze, improve, and customize the Services; provide customer and technical support for the Services; conduct surveys, research, and audits; receive user feedback; provide information to our representatives and/or advisors, such as our attorneys, accountants, and others to help us comply with legal, accounting, or security requirements; detect, prevent, and investigate actual or suspected fraud, hacking, infringement, or other misconduct involving the Services; We will comply with legal requests for information when we have a legal obligation to do so, but we cannot provide information we do not have.