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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20 October 2026

1. Overview

This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you use the Vanga web app, the Vanga iPhone app, and the vanga.chat website (together, the “Service”). The Service is operated by Anatoliy Sveshnikov, an individual based in Israel, who is the data controller (“we”, “us”). Contact: info@vanga.chat.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

  • Account Data: Our authentication provider, Clerk, handles sign-in. When you create an account on the web, we receive your email address and the identifier of the sign-in method you choose. When you Sign in with Apple, we receive your Apple user identifier and, depending on your choice at sign-in, either your real email or an Apple private email relay address (ending in @privaterelay.appleid.com). Apple forwards messages sent to a relay address to your real inbox; we never see the underlying address. You can revoke Apple access at any time in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Sign in with Apple.
  • Birth Data: Date, time, and place of birth that you provide for natal chart computation. We treat birth data as sensitive personal information and store it encrypted at rest.
  • Conversation Data: Messages you send to Vanga and the AI-generated replies.
  • Connection Data: Birth data of other people you add for compatibility readings.
  • Subscription Data: For purchases in the iPhone app, we receive transaction metadata from RevenueCat: product identifier, purchase date, renewal date, and entitlement status. Full card numbers are handled only by Apple; we never see or store them.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

  • Usage Data: When and how you use the Service — for example, how many messages you send each day, which counts toward your plan’s limit — used to run and improve the Service.
  • Device Information: Device type, OS version, and app version for debugging and compatibility.
  • Push Notification Tokens: If you enable notifications, we store your device token to deliver the notifications you turned on.
  • Website Analytics: The vanga.chat website uses Plausible Analytics and Vercel Web Analytics, which count page views without cookies and without identifying you.

3. How We Use Your Information

  • Compute your natal chart and planetary transits using astronomical ephemeris data.
  • Generate AI readings and replies in the chat.
  • Remember your history and preferences so readings build on context (the “Memories” feature).
  • Deliver the notifications you have turned on.
  • Manage your subscription and handle cancellation and refund requests.
  • Improve the Service through aggregated, anonymized usage analytics.

4. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored on encrypted servers hosted by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in Israel. Conversation data and birth data are encrypted at rest using AES-256 encryption. We use TLS 1.3 for all data in transit.

5. AI and Language Models

Vanga uses DeepSeek as its language model provider to generate readings and replies. For each reply we send DeepSeek your message, the recent turns of the conversation, a summary of your natal chart placements (not your birth date, time or place), the current planetary positions, and up to seven relevant notes from Memories. We never send your email address or account identifier. Per DeepSeek’s API terms, conversations sent through their API are not used to train their models.

6. Data Sharing and Subprocessors

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with the following subprocessors, each of which is bound by a data processing agreement and uses your data solely to provide its service to Vanga:

  • DeepSeek — AI language model for generating replies (the context described in section 5).
  • Clerk — user authentication and session management (email address and sign-in identifiers).
  • RevenueCat — subscription state for purchases made in the iPhone app (purchase metadata only).
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure — encrypted hosting, database, and storage of user data.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) — our previous host; data stored there before our move to Oracle Cloud is kept only until that environment is shut down.
  • Vercel — hosting of the vanga.chat website and the web app, and cookieless page analytics.
  • Plausible Analytics — cookieless website analytics.
  • Formspree — email addresses submitted to our former app-update form (no longer collected).
  • Apple — Sign in with Apple, Apple Push Notification service, and In-App Purchase processing.
  • Sentry — crash and error reporting (technical diagnostics; no conversation content).
  • Law enforcement only when legally compelled by a valid request.

7. Your Rights

Regardless of where you live, you have the following rights over your data. Users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland also have rights under the GDPR; users in California have rights under the CCPA (see Section 9 below).

  • Access and export: Export your memories and natal chart data as JSON at any time from Settings → Data & Privacy → Export All Data (iPhone app: Settings → Privacy Controls → Export My Data). For a copy of your conversation history, email info@vanga.chat.
  • Rectification: Correct inaccurate birth data or other profile fields from Settings.
  • Erasure: Delete your account from Settings → Account → Delete account (iPhone app: Settings → Privacy Controls → Delete All Data). This removes your natal chart, memories and journal entries and, on the web, your sign-in account. We delete your conversation history on request within 30 days.
  • Portability: Your data export is provided in a structured, machine-readable JSON format.
  • Withdraw consent / lodge a complaint: You may withdraw consent for processing at any time by deleting your account, and you may lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

8. Children’s Privacy

Vanga is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with information, please contact us at info@vanga.chat and we will delete it.

9. California Residents (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act gives you additional rights:

  • Right to Know what personal information we collect — documented above in Section 2.
  • Right to Delete — exercisable through the in-app deletion flow described in Section 7.
  • Right to Correct inaccurate personal information.
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We have not done so in the prior 12 months and have no plans to. No opt-out is required because no sale or behavioral-advertising sharing occurs.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination for exercising these rights.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes through the app or by email.

11. Contact

For privacy questions or data requests, contact us at info@vanga.chat. We reply within 2 business days.