Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Astera Tarot & Astrology ("Astera", "we", "our") handles information when you use the Astera plugin/MCP service through ChatGPT or another compatible AI client. Astera is operated under the MAKS ASTERA brand by an individual developer.
1. Information we process
Depending on the feature you use, Astera may process:
- Astrology inputs: birth date, birth time, city/locality, country or region, timezone, and equivalent data for another person when you request synastry or compatibility calculations.
- Tarot inputs: the question, reading type, selected spread, language and other parameters needed to generate the requested reading.
- Account information: when you choose to connect an Astera account, a verified Firebase user identifier, email address, email verification status and access/entitlement status.
- Technical and security information: limited server logs, request outcome data, authentication events, tool name, error category and service diagnostics needed to operate and secure the service.
Astera does not request your street address or raw GPS coordinates as plugin inputs.
2. How we use information
- to calculate Tarot and astrology results requested by you;
- to render charts and structured plugin experiences;
- to authenticate an existing Astera account and determine its current access level;
- to prevent abuse, diagnose errors, maintain reliability and protect the service;
- to comply with legal obligations where applicable.
3. Authentication
Astera uses Firebase Authentication for account sign-in. Your password is handled by Firebase Authentication and is not sent to the Astera MCP server. After Firebase verifies your identity, Astera issues its own short-lived, resource-bound access credential for the plugin connection.
Connecting an account is optional for ordinary free features. It may be required when you explicitly request functionality available only to an already eligible Astera account.
4. Location resolution
Astrological calculations require geographic context. When a city or locality is not already resolved by Astera, the locality text may be sent to a third-party geocoding service to convert it into approximate geographic coordinates for calculation purposes. Astera does not ask you to provide a precise street address for this purpose.
5. Service providers
Astera relies on infrastructure and service providers that may process limited data on our behalf, including cloud hosting, Firebase Authentication/Firestore and geocoding services. When you use Astera through ChatGPT, OpenAI also processes information under its own terms and privacy policies. Astera does not control OpenAI's independent processing of your ChatGPT account or conversation data.
6. What Astera receives from ChatGPT
Astera receives the data that the AI client sends to a specific Astera tool in order to perform your request. Astera does not receive access to your unrelated ChatGPT conversations, your ChatGPT password, or your full OpenAI account merely because you use the plugin.
7. Data retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, secure it, troubleshoot failures, meet legal obligations, and maintain legitimate operational records. OAuth authorization codes are designed for short-lived, one-time use. Access credentials expire. Operational logs may be retained according to the cloud infrastructure configuration in effect at the time.
We do not intentionally build a separate archive of your full ChatGPT conversation history.
8. Data sharing
We do not sell personal information. We may share limited information with service providers only as needed to operate Astera, or when required by law. Results are returned to the AI client that made the request.
9. International processing
Cloud, authentication and AI services may process data in more than one country. Where applicable, we use the safeguards provided by the relevant service providers and applicable law.
10. Your choices and rights
You may use free features without connecting an Astera account where supported. You may disconnect the Astera account from ChatGPT at any time through ChatGPT's plugin/account connection settings.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction or other action concerning personal data associated with Astera. Use the Support page to make a privacy request.
11. Children
Astera is not directed to children who are below the minimum age required to use the relevant AI service in their jurisdiction. Adults should not submit a child's personal data unless they are legally authorized to do so.
12. Sensitive decisions
Tarot and astrology outputs are interpretive. Do not use Astera as the sole basis for medical, legal, financial, emergency, safety-critical or similarly high-impact decisions.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the service, providers, legal requirements or data practices change. The current version will be published at this URL with the updated date.
14. Contact
For privacy questions, data-access requests, correction requests or deletion requests, contact Astera Support at asteraspprt@gmail.com or visit the Astera Support page.