Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 7, 2026

Version 2.6 — Effective date: October 7, 2026. It replaces Version 2.5, published earlier on the same day; before October 7, 2026, Version 2.3 of September 16, 2026 applied.

This Privacy Policy explains how ZodAI ("we," "our," or "us"), operated by Rico Schurter (Switzerland), collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you use the ZodAI mobile application ("App") and related services.

By downloading, installing, or using ZodAI, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the App. ZodAI is intended only for adults aged 18 or older.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Who We Are
  2. Information We Collect
  3. How We Use Your Information
  4. AI & Third-Party Processing (OpenAI)
  5. Chat History and AI Memory
  6. Third-Party Services
  7. International Data Transfers
  8. Data Sharing and Selling
  9. Data About Other People (Compatibility)
  10. Data Retention
  11. Security
  12. Your Rights — California (CCPA/CPRA)
  13. Your Rights — Other US States
  14. Your Rights — Washington (Consumer Health Data)
  15. Your Rights — Swiss & EU Residents (nDSG/GDPR)
  16. Minors' Privacy
  17. Email Communications (CAN-SPAM)
  18. Automated Decision-Making
  19. Changes to This Policy
  20. Contact Us

1. Who We Are

ZodAI is operated by:

Rico Schurter
Switzerland
Privacy: privacy@zodai.io
Support: support@zodai.io
Website: https://zodai.io

Rico Schurter acts as the data controller for personal data collected through the ZodAI application, as defined under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG/FADP), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and applicable US privacy laws.

Our full postal contact details are published on our App Store and Google Play product pages, as required of traders under EU law, and are available on request at privacy@zodai.io.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

2.3 Derived Information

2.4 Categories Under CCPA (California)

CategoryExamplesCollected?
IdentifiersName, email address, account IDYes
Personal information (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.80(e))NameYes
Characteristics of protected classificationsDate of birth (age)Yes
Commercial informationSubscription history, purchasesYes
Internet or network activityApp usage, feature interactionsYes
Geolocation dataBirth city/country (not real-time location)Yes
InferencesAstrological profile, reading preferencesYes
Sensitive personal informationNone beyond date of birthLimited

We do NOT collect: real-time location, contacts, photos, payment card numbers (handled by Apple/Google), or any biometric data.

3. How We Use Your Information

PurposeData UsedLegal Basis (nDSG/GDPR)
Calculate your personal birth chart (10 planets)Birth date, time, place + coordinatesContract performance
Geocode your birth city to coordinates and timezoneBirth city name → Google Maps Platform (server-side)Contract performance
Generate your AI readings via Lyra (daily, weekly, monthly and special readings), your lessons and your milestone messagesBirth chart data, name → OpenAIContract performance + Consent
Power your chat conversations with LyraMessages, birth chart → OpenAIContract performance + Consent
Personalise Lyra over time (AI memory summary)Derived summary of your conversationsContract performance
Generate Cosmic Compatibility readingsYour chart + the other person's data → OpenAIContract performance + Consent
Manage your account and authenticationEmail, password hashContract performance
Process and manage subscriptionsSubscription status via RevenueCat/Apple/GoogleContract performance
Cache daily readings (one per user per day)Reading text stored in SupabaseLegitimate interest
Store recent chat history (last 60 messages)Chat messages stored in SupabaseContract performance
Keep crisis-safety support active after a difficult conversationIf our safety detection identifies content indicating self-harm or crisis, we store on your profile a short-lived flag (a timestamp up to 24 hours ahead) and, where available, the country used to select the correct helpline. No message content is stored for this purpose, and the flag expires automatically.Vital interests (Art. 6(1)(d) and Art. 9(2)(c) GDPR)
Send notificationsPush token via ExpoConsent
Send transactional and account-related emails (no marketing)Email address, via our backendContract performance
Ask for your opinion if you stop using the App (at most two emails in total, no advertising)Email address, first name, which features you used, via our backend and ResendLegitimate interest (you can opt out with one tap)
Waitlist (if you sign up on our website)Email address, via our own backendConsent
Referral programUser ID, referral codeLegitimate interest
Know which links and shares bring new usersInstall source label (Android), sharing actionsLegitimate interest
Deliver app updates and keep the app workingIP address, random installation identifier, app and update version, start-up error textLegitimate interest
Improve the App and fix bugsAggregated usage dataLegitimate interest
Comply with legal obligationsAs required by applicable lawLegal obligation

4. AI & Third-Party Processing (OpenAI)

⚡ AI DISCLOSURE — Required under Apple App Store Guidelines 5.1.2(i)

Before any of your data is sent to OpenAI, the App asks for your explicit consent to this data sharing. This consent covers all AI features, including the chat with Lyra. The provider and the data it receives are those described in this section. The App's readings are generated with this service: without your consent, the AI features cannot be provided. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting your account (Section 10) or by writing to privacy@zodai.io.

For users in the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland, OpenAI acts through OpenAI Ireland Limited; for the US, OpenAI, LLC. We have a Data Processing Agreement with OpenAI Ireland Ltd., and international transfers rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (see Section 7). OpenAI's Privacy Policy: openai.com/policies.

5. Chat History and AI Memory

When you chat with Lyra, your conversation is stored on our servers so the conversation has continuity. We keep a rolling window of your most recent messages (approximately the last 60); older messages are automatically deleted.

To personalise your experience across sessions, we also generate and store a short, derived "memory" — an AI-written summary of general context from your conversations (for example, that you are focused on your career, or your preferred tone). This memory:

You can delete your conversation history and memory at any time by deleting your account (Section 10). Your memory is also included in the in-app data export, so you can download a copy of it directly from the app. For any other request regarding your stored memory, contact privacy@zodai.io.

6. Third-Party Services

ProviderPurposeData SharedPrivacy Policy
OpenAI (Ireland Ltd for EEA/UK/CH; LLC for US)AI content generation (Lyra responses, readings)Birth chart, name, chat messagesopenai.com/policies
Supabase, Inc.Database, authentication, backend, and account emails (hosted on AWS)All account and app datasupabase.com/privacy
RevenueCat, Inc.Subscription management and analyticsDevice ID, subscription statusrevenuecat.com/privacy
Apple, Inc. / Google LLCApp distribution, in-app purchases, push notificationsAs per store termsapple.com/privacy
Expo (EAS)App build infrastructure, app updates and push notification deliveryPush token, device info, IP address, random installation identifierexpo.dev/privacy
Infomaniak Network SA (Geneva, Switzerland)Hosting of the zodai.io website and static files, and of our support and privacy mailboxes (support@zodai.io, privacy@zodai.io)The content of any email you send us, and its metadata. Data are stored in Switzerland.infomaniak.com
Plus Five Five, Inc. (Resend) (USA, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework)Delivery of the emails the app sends: password reset, email-change confirmation and, if you stop using the App, at most two emails asking for your opinion (Section 17)Your email address and the content of those emails. Data are processed in the European Union.resend.com
Google Maps PlatformGeocoding birth city to coordinates and IANA timezone. Called server-side; only the city name is sent to Google. The result is stored in our database; no further data is shared.Birth city name onlypolicies.google.com/privacy

All providers are contractually bound to process your data only as instructed by ZodAI and in compliance with applicable data protection law. We do not use a third-party marketing-email provider.

7. International Data Transfers

ZodAI is operated from Switzerland; some of our providers are located in the United States. When your personal data is transferred outside the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, we rely on appropriate safeguards recognised under data-protection law:

For EEA/UK/Swiss users, OpenAI acts through OpenAI Ireland Limited and relies on SCCs for onward transfers. You may request a copy of applicable safeguards at privacy@zodai.io.

8. Data Sharing and Selling

We do NOT sell your personal information. We do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising or targeted advertising. We honour Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals.

We share your data only in these limited circumstances:

9. Data About Other People (Compatibility)

ZodAI lets you generate a compatibility reading between you and another person by entering that person's birth details. When you do so:

What we keep. We do not store the other person's date, time or place of birth. With the reading we keep their name, the Sun, Moon and Rising signs calculated for it (the Rising sign only if their birth time was given), whether their birth time was known, the type of relationship you chose, and the text of the reading, until you delete your account.

When a reading is shared.

If someone entered your details. You can ask us to access or delete them at privacy@zodai.io. This section, together with the notice we provide, is intended to satisfy the information obligation under Art. 14 GDPR and Art. 19 of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG) toward such persons.

10. Data Retention

Data CategoryRetention Period
Account data (name, email, birth data)Until account deletion, then immediately purged
Daily readings cacheRetained while account is active (one per day)
Chat messages with LyraLast 60 messages per user; older messages are deleted automatically, with no exception. All chat data is deleted on account deletion.
Crisis-safety flag (timestamp and country on your profile)Expires automatically 24 hours after it is set; deleted on account deletion. No message content is kept.
AI memory summaryRetained while account is active; deleted on account deletion
Compatibility readings (including the other person's name and the signs calculated for the reading; their date, time and place of birth are not stored)Until account deletion
Shared compatibility links (the page opened by the link)Up to 30 days from creation; after that the page no longer shows the reading and the code can no longer be used
Data sent to OpenAIMaximum 30 days at OpenAI for abuse monitoring, then deleted per OpenAI's API policy; not used for training
Data sent to Google (birth city name)Not retained by ZodAI beyond the geocoding response; Google's own retention applies
Subscription data (RevenueCat)Per RevenueCat's data retention policy
Push notification tokensUntil account deletion or permission revoked
Streak data (days in a row, record, streak shields used and the day each one protected)Until account deletion; included in the in-app data export
Install source label (Android)Until account deletion
Random installation identifier for app updatesStored on your phone until the app is uninstalled. Expo states that it uses the update request only to deliver the update and does not store it
App usage logs12 months rolling

When you delete your account (Profile → Delete Account), all your personal data on our servers is permanently and irreversibly deleted within seconds, including your profile, birth data, readings, chat history, and memory. Separately, the in-app data export does not delete anything: it provides you with a downloadable copy of your data.

11. Security

In the event of a personal-data breach affecting your rights, we will notify you and any competent authority as soon as possible, and where required within 72 hours of becoming aware.

12. Your Rights — California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

Submit requests via in-app deletion or email privacy@zodai.io with subject "CCPA Privacy Request." We respond within 45 days.

13. Your Rights — Other US States

Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, Florida, Montana, Oregon, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws have similar rights including access, deletion, correction, portability, and opt-out of targeted advertising. Contact privacy@zodai.io. Texas residents may submit a complaint to the Texas Attorney General under the TDPSA.

14. Your Rights — Washington (Consumer Health Data)

ZodAI is an astrology and entertainment service and is not a health or mental-health service. We do not knowingly collect "consumer health data" as defined by the Washington My Health My Data Act or similar laws, and we do not use your information to infer a health condition for any commercial, advertising, or profiling purpose. Our system is instructed not to record information revealing health from your conversations (Section 5).

One exception exists, and we state it plainly because it is about your safety. If our safety detection identifies content indicating self-harm or crisis, we store a short-lived flag on your profile so that supportive behaviour and the correct helpline remain available for up to 24 hours (Section 3). We do this to protect you, not to profile you. No message content is stored for this purpose, the flag expires automatically, and we never sell, share, or use it for advertising, targeting, or any commercial purpose. If you are a Washington resident and believe we hold consumer health data about you, contact privacy@zodai.io to access or delete it.

15. Your Rights — Swiss & EU Residents (nDSG/GDPR)

Under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG) and the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:

To exercise these rights: privacy@zodai.io.

Contact for individuals in the EEA and the UK. You may contact the controller directly at privacy@zodai.io on all issues related to the processing of your personal data.

Complaints. Swiss residents may lodge a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), edoeb.admin.ch. EU residents may complain to the supervisory authority in their country of residence — in Italy, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (garanteprivacy.it). UK residents may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

16. Minors' Privacy

ZodAI is intended solely for adults and is not directed to anyone under the age of 18.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. The App includes an age check at registration: if a user's date of birth indicates they are under 18, their account will not be created. If you believe someone under 18 has provided personal information to ZodAI, contact us at privacy@zodai.io and we will promptly delete it. As an additional safeguard, and consistent with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 under any circumstances.

17. Email Communications

ZodAI sends transactional and account-related emails — for example password resets, account confirmations, and notices about changes to these documents or to your subscription. We do not send promotional or marketing emails, and we do not use a marketing-email provider.

If you stop using the app, we may write to you at most twice to ask for your opinion. You can tell us not to with one tap. These emails come from Rico at ZodAI, contain no advertising, no offers and no link to buy anything, and are never sent again after the second one. The one-tap link in each email stops them for good.

Because these messages are transactional or relationship messages and not commercial email, they are exempt from most requirements of the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act; their routing and sender information is always accurate and never misleading. If we ever decide to send promotional email, we will ask for your prior consent, as required in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, and we will update this Policy first.

If you receive an email that appears to come from ZodAI and you have questions about it, write to support@zodai.io.

18. Automated Decision-Making

ZodAI uses automated processing (AI) to generate personalised astrological readings. These outputs are for entertainment and personal insight only and do not produce legal effects or similarly significant decisions affecting users. To question any AI-generated output, contact privacy@zodai.io; we will provide human review upon request.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

20. Contact Us

Rico Schurter — ZodAI Data Controller
Switzerland
Privacy: privacy@zodai.io
Support: support@zodai.io
Website: https://zodai.io

We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days.


© 2026 ZodAI — Rico Schurter — All rights reserved.
ZodAI is for entertainment and personal insight purposes only. Not a substitute for professional advice.