Privacy policy
We collect the least we can, use it only to make your report, and never sell it.
Last updated 6 November 2026
Draft template, not legal advice. Fill in the bracketed company details and have it checked before launch.
Who we are
[Company name] (trading as Hour of Birth), [Street, postcode, city], the Netherlands. KvK [KvK number]. Contact: hello@hourofbirth.com. We are the controller for the personal data described here under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
What we collect and why
- Free preview: the birth date, time and place you type are processed only in your browser. They are not sent to us. To find your birthplace, the text you type in the place field is sent to the Photon geocoding service (komoot, Germany), which returns matching towns and their coordinates.
- Orders: your name, email, birth date, birth time and birthplace, to calculate and deliver your report (legal basis: performance of a contract). They are sent to our server when you continue to payment, and kept in your browser’s local storage so the confirmation page can show your order. A compatibility report also needs the other person’s name and birth details: please only order one with their agreement.
- Payment: handled by Gumroad, Inc. (USA), which sells the report on our behalf as reseller and processes your payment under its own privacy policy. We receive confirmation of payment, your email and the amount, never your card details.
- Report text: if the optional AI-written introduction is used, the chart positions and your first name are sent to Anthropic (the Claude API) to draft that text. Anthropic does not use API data to train its models. Planet positions are always calculated by our own software, never by AI.
Birth data can feel personal, so we treat it with care: no profiling, no advertising, no selling or sharing for marketing.
How long we keep it
Birth details and the generated PDF are kept for 30 days after delivery so we can answer questions or resend your report, then deleted. Payment records are kept for seven years because Dutch tax law requires it.
Cookies and tracking
We use no advertising or tracking cookies. The site uses your browser’s storage only to carry your order details to checkout. [If privacy-friendly analytics are added later, list them here.]
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct, export or delete your data, or object to its use, by emailing us. You can also complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).
Processors
- Gumroad (sale and payment)
- Cloudflare (website hosting)
- komoot Photon (place search, OpenStreetMap data)
- Railway (the server that creates your report)
- Resend (sending the email with your download link)
- Anthropic (optional AI-written introduction, see above)