Privacy notice

This Privacy Policy explains what information Jathakam Chart collects when you visit jathakam-chart.com, how that information is used, and the choices you have. Everything below applies across the site, from the tool to the help articles.

At a glance

• There is nothing to register for.
• The tool runs locally, so your entries stay with you.
• Analytics (Yandex Metrica and Microsoft Clarity) and third-party ads use cookies.
• Privacy requests are answered by email at [email protected].

About us and this policy

jathakam-chart.com is the home of Jathakam Chart, a free jathakam chart that works in your web browser. The operator of the site is responsible for your information, and the quickest way to reach them is by email at [email protected]. Under European data protection law, the operator is the controller of the limited data described below.

Information we collect

There are no user accounts on jathakam-chart.com, so we never ask for your name, a password or payment details. Whatever you enter into the jathakam chart is handled by your browser itself; it is not transmitted to us or stored on our server. Below we list the technical data that is collected through server logs, analytics and advertising, and why.

What the tool keeps locally

To save you retyping, the jathakam chart keeps some of your entries in your browser's local storage. We have no access to it: it is not included in requests to the server and is not shared with anyone. Removing the site's stored data in your browser settings deletes it for good, and a private window keeps nothing after it is closed.

Cookies, pixels and browser storage

A cookie is a small piece of data that a site, or a service used by the site, stores in your browser, and similar technologies include pixels and local storage. Jathakam Chart does not set cookies of its own for the jathakam chart to work; the cookies you may see come from the analytics and advertising services described below. Most browsers let you refuse or delete cookies, and doing so will not stop the jathakam chart from working.

Logs kept by our server

Our web server automatically records each request in standard log files. An entry contains your IP address, your browser's user agent, the time of the request, the page requested and the referring page. We use them to keep the site secure, diagnose errors and produce basic traffic statistics.

Visitor statistics

To learn how visitors use jathakam-chart.com, we rely on two analytics services: Yandex Metrica and Microsoft Clarity. These services record pages visited, time on page, the site you came from, device and browser type and an approximate location based on your IP address. We also use their session replay and heatmap features, which show clicks, scrolling and pointer movement, to see which parts of the jathakam chart are hard to use.

Yandex and Microsoft process this information under their own privacy policies, published on their websites. Our interest is in patterns across visits, not in identifying any particular person.

Advertising partners

The site is funded by advertising, which keeps the jathakam chart free. These ads come from third-party networks, which may set cookies and read device information such as your IP address and browser type to pick ads and measure results. Some ads may be tailored to interests inferred from your browsing across different sites, where the law and your settings allow it. Your tool inputs are never shared with ad networks, which process their own data under their own privacy terms. You can opt out of personalised ads from many networks at optout.aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu, and you can block third-party cookies in your browser.

Legal bases for processing (EEA and UK)

For visitors in the EEA and the UK, the legal bases are:

• Consent where the law requires it for analytics and advertising technologies.
• Legitimate interests in running a secure, working, ad-funded website, weighed against your rights.
• Providing the service you ask for, which covers the local storage that remembers your entries.
• Replying to you: if you write to us, we process your email to deal with it.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or erase the personal data we hold about you, to restrict or object to its processing, and to data portability. You may withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing that took place before. As there are no accounts, it helps if you tell us your IP address and roughly when you visited, so we can locate any relevant records.

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the supervisory authority in your country. To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected].

Data transfers abroad

Our hosting, analytics and advertising providers may handle data outside the country where you live. The level of legal protection there may differ from that of your home country.

Data retention

Information is kept only while it serves its purpose; server logs are rotated out after a limited period unless they are needed to investigate misuse. Messages you send are kept only as long as the conversation requires. Local storage keeps your entries until you clear the site's data. Analytics and advertising providers keep data according to their own retention schedules.

Notice for California residents

California residents have rights under the CCPA and the CPRA: to know what personal information is collected, to have it deleted or corrected, and to opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information in the everyday meaning of the word; no list of visitors is ever traded.

Advertising cookies, though, can amount to “sharing” for cross-context behavioural advertising as California law defines it. To opt out, enable Global Privacy Control in a browser that supports it, block third-party cookies in your browser settings, or email us. We will not treat you differently for exercising these rights.

Use by children

The site is meant for a general audience and is not aimed at children under 13 (under 16 in the EEA and UK). We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example by email, contact us and we will delete it.

Security measures

Connections to jathakam-chart.com use HTTPS encryption. Access to the server and its logs is limited to the people who run the site. No method is completely secure, but what you enter into the jathakam chart never reaches our server.

Updates to this policy

We update this page when our practices change, for example when we add or remove a service. The version published here is always the current one.

How to reach us

For privacy questions or requests, write to [email protected]. Tell us what you need, and we will respond within the period required by law.