Who we are
AstroChart is operated by Panicle Tech Private Limited (India), under the ColadAI brand. It includes the AstroChart mobile app, this website (astrochart.coladai.com) with its free online tools, the API that the app and the website talk to, and an admin panel used by our staff.
What we collect and why
Birth details are sensitive personal information. We use them only to provide the features described below.
Your account
If you create an account we collect your email, your name (optional) and a password. The password is stored only as a salted bcrypt hash, never in readable form. After you sign in, a login token is kept in your phone’s secure storage. We use this to sign you in and to save your history.
Birth details you enter
For each kundli or match we store:
- the person’s name or nickname;
- the date, time and place of birth, with the place’s coordinates and time zone;
- an optional relationship label, such as self, spouse or parent;
- the calculated chart, stored together with those details.
We use these to show and save your charts and matches. If you enter another person’s details, you are responsible for having the right to do so.
If you use the app without an account (guests)
On first launch the app creates a random anonymous install ID. Kundlis and matches made without an account are saved on our server under that ID, so you can reopen them on that phone. Each install can keep at most 30 guest kundlis and 30 guest matches.
The website works the same way: on your first visit it creates a random anonymous ID and keeps it in your browser, and kundlis and matches you make without an account are saved under that ID, so you can reopen them in that browser.
Guest data is deleted automatically after 180 days, unless the person signs up or logs in. In that case it is moved into the account.
Usage data
For every request the app makes to our API we record the time, the type of request, the result status, the app version, the platform (iOS, Android or web), and the anonymous install ID or account ID. The type of request is a route pattern such as “view a kundli”, never the values in it.
We do not record request contents, passwords, locations typed into searches, or IP addresses in our application database.
We use this to understand how many people use the app and which features, to keep it reliable and to prevent abuse.
On your device
The app keeps your anonymous install ID, your chosen Panchang location and your login token (in secure storage) on your phone.
The website keeps the same things in your browser’s local storage: the anonymous ID, your chosen city, your preferred language for astro names and, while you are signed in, your login token and name and email. Signing out removes the token. The website uses no cookies, no advertising and no analytics scripts. You can clear this data at any time in your browser’s settings.
Hosting and infrastructure
Our hosting and database providers may keep standard technical logs, such as IP addresses, as part of running their services.
Third parties, and what we do not use
Place search. When you type a city, our server sends that text to the OpenStreetMap Nominatim service, with Photon by Komoot as a fallback, to find the coordinates and time zone. Our server makes the request, so we do not pass your IP address on.
Astrology. Astrological calculations run on our own servers using open-source libraries. No astrology data goes to third parties.
We show no advertising and use no ad SDKs and no analytics SDKs. We do not sell or rent personal data.
Astrologer accounts and their clients
Astrologers can create a separate astrologer account to manage their practice. For it we keep the profile they give us (name, mobile number, city, experience, specialties, languages, how they consult, an optional bio and their UPI ID), and the records they add: their clients’ names, contact details, birth details and kundlis, the requests they log, their notes and their payment requests. Our team uses the profile to review and approve the astrologer.
An astrologer decides what to record about their own clients and is responsible for having the right to do so. These records are visible only to that astrologer (and to us where needed to run and secure the service). Clients do not need an account.
Payment links. A payment link opens a page that shows the astrologer’s name, the amount, the note and the astrologer’s UPI ID and payee name, to anyone who has the link. It shows nothing about the client. Payments are made in the client’s own UPI app straight to the astrologer; we do not receive, process or see them, and we keep no bank or card details.
Deleting an astrologer account deletes its profile and all its client records, kundlis, requests and payment links, and turns those payment links off.
How long we keep data
- Account data: until you delete your account. You can delete any kundli or match at any time in the app. Deleting your account permanently deletes it, with all its kundlis and matches.
- Guest data: 180 days, as described above.
- Detailed usage log: deleted after 90 days. Deleting an account removes its account ID from the log.
- Per-day visitor markers (an anonymous ID plus a date): kept for up to 400 days.
- Aggregated daily counts: these contain no personal data and are kept.
Your rights and choices
Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and other applicable law, you can ask to access your data, correct it, erase it, withdraw your consent, have a grievance addressed, and nominate someone to exercise these rights for you.
In the app you can delete a chart, delete a match, and delete your account (in Profile in the app, or Your account on the website). For anything else, write to us using the details in the Contact section below. We will respond within a reasonable period, as required by law.
Security
Data travels over HTTPS. Passwords are hashed. Login tokens sit in your phone’s secure storage. Access to the admin panel is restricted to authorised staff.
No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot promise absolute security.
Children
AstroChart is intended for people aged 18 and over.
Changes to this policy
We will post the new version on this page and update the date at the top. For material changes we will also tell users in the app.
Contact
You can reach us through the contact details published at https://coladai.com.
See also our Terms of Use.