Privacy Policy
Last updated: 24 September 2026 Effective date: 31 March 2026
1. Introduction
Skybond ("we", "us", "our", "the Service") is a personal guidance service on the web, operated by Akshay Dhiman, an individual operating under the laws of India.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how it is used and stored, the safeguards we apply, and the rights you have over your data.
We process personal data as a Data Fiduciary under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and, where applicable, in a manner consistent with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for users in the European Economic Area.
The sign-in screen links to this policy and to our Terms of Service. By creating an account you acknowledge this policy.
2. Data Fiduciary / Controller
| Name | Akshay Dhiman |
| Role | Data Fiduciary (DPDP Act) / Data Controller (GDPR) |
| legal@getskybond.com | |
| Address | 288, Bank Enclave, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi, India 110031 |
For privacy questions or data-rights requests, contact legal@getskybond.com. For product support, contact support@getskybond.com.
3. Data We Collect
3.1 Account Data (Google or email OTP)
You create an account with Google or an email one-time passcode. We do not ask you for a password, and we do not receive your Google account password.
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Email address | Account identification and communication |
| Display name | Personalisation |
| Profile picture URL | Personalisation |
| Email verification status | Account security |
Email one-time passcode
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Email address | Account identification, sending the sign-in code, and communication |
| Six-digit sign-in code | Verifying that you control the inbox. Codes expire after 10 minutes |
We store the authentication records needed to keep you signed in (including provider account identifiers and session tokens). Those records are encrypted at rest by our infrastructure.
3.2 Birth and Place Data (onboarding)
This is sensitive personal data. We use it only to compute your birth chart and personalised guidance.
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | Birth-chart calculation |
| Time of birth | Birth-chart calculation |
| Birth-place name | Display and chart context |
| Geographic coordinates of the place you select | Precise chart computation |
| Timezone offset | Chart accuracy |
| Birth-time accuracy indicator (exact or approximate) | Qualifying interpretation fidelity |
We do not collect your device's live or current location. You search for a birth place and select it. Only the place you choose is stored. Place search uses OpenStreetMap Nominatim.
Birth details are collected during onboarding and shown in Profile. The website does not currently let you edit them after onboarding. To correct them, contact legal@getskybond.com or delete your account and create a new one.
3.3 Derived Chart Data
Computed from your birth data and stored with your profile:
- Full natal chart (planetary positions, houses, aspects)
- Life-period timeline (major and minor chapters)
- Calendar metadata for your birth place
- Chart strength scores
- Supplemental divisional charts used for deeper readings
- Profile summary (Moon sign, Ascendant, birth star, current life chapter)
Some chart rendering also happens on your device. Natal calculation for stored profiles is performed by our chart-computation service (see Section 7).
3.4 AI Interaction Data
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Questions you submit in Ask, including questions asked in a Bond | Generating AI-powered personalised answers |
| AI-generated answers and articles | History, caching, and display on your account |
| Feedback (helpful / not helpful) | Improving answer quality |
3.5 Relationship Data (Bonds)
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Another person's birth details, if you add a custom profile | Compatibility analysis |
| Email address of someone you invite | Managing bond invitations and sending the invite email |
| Invitation status | Showing whether an invite is pending, accepted, or declined |
| Relationship type(s) you select | Tailoring compatibility content |
If you connect with another Skybond user through an invitation, their chart comes from their own profile. You are solely responsible for obtaining consent when you enter someone else's details or invite them. See Section 11.
3.6 Reading Progress
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Articles you have opened | Picking up where you left off |
| How far you have read in an article | Showing your reading progress |
3.7 Email and account notifications
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Notification records (type, title, body, link, read, and email timestamps) | Showing notices on your account and sending related alerts |
| Email article preference | Whether we send Today, timing, and transit emails. On until you turn it off |
We email Today, timing, and transit articles, and bond invites, using Cloudflare Email Sending. Article emails are on by default. You can turn them off in Profile or by opening the unsubscribe link in an email — that link unsubscribes you immediately. Sign-in codes and bond invites still send.
3.8 Subscriptions (Skybond+)
If you subscribe to Skybond+ through Razorpay or PayPal:
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Razorpay subscription and payment identifiers | Matching a purchase to your Skybond account |
| PayPal subscription identifiers | Matching a PayPal purchase to your Skybond account |
| Product identifier, status, and environment (sandbox or production / test or live) | Providing Skybond+ access |
| Purchase, expiry, and trial dates; auto-renew status | Showing subscription state in Billing |
A plan purchased earlier through Apple may still be matched to your account with the transaction identifiers Apple already gave us. Cancel that plan with Apple. We do not collect payment card numbers, UPI PINs, or full billing addresses. Razorpay or PayPal processes payment. See Razorpay's Privacy Policy and PayPal's Privacy Statement.
Deleting your Skybond account removes our record of the subscription. It does not cancel auto-renewal. Cancel from Billing on getskybond.com. A plan purchased earlier through Apple is cancelled with Apple.
3.9 Usage Analytics
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Page names | Understanding which parts of the site are used |
| Interaction types (views, clicks, reads) | Improving product quality and reliability |
| Session identifier generated in your browser | Grouping activity within one visit |
| Site version | Diagnosing version-specific issues |
| Your Skybond account identifier (added on our server when you are signed in) | Connecting usage to an account without putting birth data or questions in analytics |
Analytics are first-party (Cloudflare Analytics Engine). We do not use analytics for advertising, and we do not track you across other companies' websites. Client analytics payloads are not allowed to include question text, birth data, email addresses, or other sensitive personal content.
3.10 Session and Technical Data
| Data | Purpose |
|---|---|
| IP address | Security and session validity |
| User agent (device / browser string) | Security and session validity |
| Session token | Authentication |
3.11 Data stored in your browser
The website stores some data in the browser, including:
- Session token
- Appearance (theme) preference
Signing out removes the session.
4. How We Use Your Data
We use your data to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain the Skybond service
- Create and authenticate your account via Google or an email one-time passcode
- Generate personalised life-guidance content via AI
- Submit your birth data to our chart-computation service to generate and store your natal chart
- Answer your questions by passing your chart summary and current timing context to an AI model
- Maintain your account and enforce session security
- Apply rate limits and prevent abuse
- Measure product usage through privacy-conscious analytics
- Deliver account and email notifications
- Provide and manage Skybond+ subscriptions
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal data. We do not share it for cross-app or cross-website advertising. We do not use your data for advertising.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
Under India's DPDP Act, 2023:
- Processing is based on your free, informed, specific, and unambiguous consent given when you create an account and complete onboarding.
- You may withdraw consent at any time by deleting your account (see Section 10).
Under GDPR (for EEA users):
| Processing | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Providing the service, including your account and Skybond+ | Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| AI personalisation using birth/chart data | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
| Security, fraud prevention, and first-party analytics | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Email article notices | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)), with an unsubscribe link and a Profile control |
6. AI Processing Disclosure
Skybond uses AI language models to generate personalised guidance — including Today, Self, Bonds, transits, and Ask answers.
- Your birth-chart summary (not raw birth coordinates) and question text are sent to an AI model to generate personalised responses.
- We use Cloudflare AI Gateway to route requests to AI models. Your summary data may be processed by the underlying AI model provider selected by Cloudflare AI Gateway.
- We do not use your data to train AI models.
- AI-generated content is not a substitute for professional advice — whether medical, psychological, financial, legal, or otherwise. See the AI Disclaimer.
7. Third-Party Data Processors
| Service | Purpose | Data shared |
|---|---|---|
| Google (OAuth 2.0) | Authentication | Name, email, profile picture |
| Cloudflare Email Sending | Sign-in codes, bond invites, and article emails | Recipient email address, message content, and delivery metadata |
| OpenStreetMap Nominatim | Birth-place search | The search query and the place you select; not your live device location |
| Cloudflare D1 (SQLite) | Relational database | All stored account and application data |
| Cloudflare KV | Content caching | AI-generated content fragments |
| Cloudflare Workers | Application hosting | All API request data |
| Cloudflare Analytics Engine | First-party product analytics | Event metadata described in Section 3.9 |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway | AI model routing | Birth-chart summaries, question text |
| Jyotish Ganit API | Birth-chart calculation | Birth date, time, and geographic coordinates of the selected place |
| Razorpay | Subscription billing in India | Name, email, subscription and payment identifiers, and payment status. Card, UPI, and net-banking details stay with Razorpay. |
| PayPal | Subscription billing outside India | Name, email, subscription identifiers, and payment status. Payment details stay with PayPal. |
All data stored in Cloudflare infrastructure is encrypted at rest by Cloudflare. Cloudflare's privacy practices are governed by the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.
8. Data Retention
| Data category | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Account and authentication data | Retained while the account is active |
| Birth profile and chart data | Retained while the account is active |
| AI-generated articles and content | Retained while the account is active; cached fragments expire per their TTL |
| Questions and AI answers | Retained while the account is active |
| Bond relationship and counterpart birth data | Retained while the account is active; deleted when the account is deleted |
| Bond invitation data (invitee email, status) | Retained while the account is active or until the invite is resolved |
| Reading progress | Retained while the account is active |
| Account notifications | Retained while the account is active |
| Email article preference | Retained while the account is active, or until you unsubscribe |
| Skybond+ subscription records | Retained while the account is active |
| Session data (IP, user agent, token) | 30 days from session creation |
| Data following account deletion | All personal data we hold is purged within 30 days |
We retain data only as long as necessary to provide the Service or as required by law. Razorpay and PayPal may retain payment records under their policies. We do not control those. A plan purchased earlier through Apple may remain on Apple's records under Apple's policies.
9. Data Security
We implement the following technical and organisational safeguards:
- Encryption at rest — data in Cloudflare D1 and KV is encrypted at rest by Cloudflare's infrastructure.
- Encryption in transit — communication with our API uses HTTPS/TLS.
- Authentication — sign-in is via Google or an email one-time passcode; session tokens are signed with a server-side secret and stored in the browser.
- Origin restriction (CORS) — API access is restricted to authorised origins.
- Rate limiting — Ask requests are rate-limited per user per day.
- Access control — API endpoints (except public health and legal endpoints) require a valid authenticated session.
- Analytics hygiene — client analytics properties that look like personal content are rejected.
No system is entirely secure. If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it to legal@getskybond.com.
10. Your Rights
Under the DPDP Act, 2023 (and where applicable, the GDPR):
| Right | How to exercise |
|---|---|
| Access — obtain a copy of your personal data | Export My Data in Profile shares a PDF of the records listed below |
| Correction — correct inaccurate data | Contact legal@getskybond.com. Birth details are not currently editable on the website after onboarding |
| Erasure — delete your account and all associated data | Delete Account in Profile |
| Data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable form | The same export is available as JSON. Contact legal@getskybond.com and we will provide it |
| Withdraw consent | Delete your account |
| Grievance redressal (DPDP Act) | Contact the Grievance Officer (Section 15) |
Export My Data includes your account profile, birth and custom profiles (including stored charts), bonds and invitations, questions and answers, personalised articles, reading progress, account notifications, and email notification settings.
It does not include Razorpay or PayPal subscription transaction records, session logs, or analytics events. Subscription status is visible in Billing and in Razorpay or PayPal receipts. You may request the omitted records from legal@getskybond.com.
We will action your request within 72 hours of receipt.
Deleting your Skybond account permanently erases the personal data we hold. It does not cancel Skybond+. Cancel from Billing. A plan purchased earlier through Apple is cancelled with Apple.
11. Bonds Feature — Third-Party Personal Data
Bonds let you explore compatibility with another person. You may invite someone who uses Skybond, or enter their birth details yourself. In either case, you represent and warrant that:
- You have obtained the explicit, informed consent of that person to process their personal data on Skybond — including when you invite them by email or enter their birth details on their behalf.
- That person is 13 years of age or older.
- You will delete the Bond or cancel the invitation — thereby removing their data from our system — if they withdraw consent.
We cannot independently verify this consent. If you receive a complaint from someone whose data you have entered or whose email you have used without consent, you are solely responsible. You may contact legal@getskybond.com and we will remove the data upon verification.
12. Children's Privacy
Skybond is not directed at children under 13 years of age. You must be at least 13 to create an account. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe we hold data from a child under 13, contact legal@getskybond.com and we will delete it promptly.
13. Cross-Border Data Transfers
Your data is stored and processed on Cloudflare's global infrastructure, which may involve transfer to servers outside India. Google sign-in, OpenStreetMap place search, Razorpay billing, and PayPal billing may also process data on those providers' infrastructure in other countries. Such transfers are subject to the safeguards those providers apply, including standard contractual measures where used.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes on the website or by email to your registered address. Continued use after the updated effective date constitutes acceptance.
15. Grievance Officer
As required by the DPDP Act, 2023, our designated Grievance Officer is:
| Name | Akshay Dhiman |
| legal@getskybond.com | |
| Address | 288, Bank Enclave, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi, India 110031 |
| Response time | Within 72 hours of receipt of complaint |
If your grievance is not resolved satisfactorily, you may lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Board of India under the DPDP Act.
16. Contact
Privacy: legal@getskybond.com Support: support@getskybond.com Address: 288, Bank Enclave, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi, India 110031 Website: https://getskybond.com