Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Readme is a unique platform where likeminded individuals connect, mingle, and date. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to learn how Co-Star Astrology Society and our affiliates, including our parent company (collectively, “Co-Star”), may collect, use, share, and otherwise process your information (“Personal Information”), and to learn about your rights and choices regarding your Personal Information.
This Privacy Policy applies to the Readme application (“App”); our website, located at https://readme.world/ (“Sites”); and our other services, such as hosting in-person events (collectively, with App and Sites, our “Services”).
A reference to “Co-Star,” “we,” us,” or “our” is a reference to Co-Star Astrology Society and our relevant affiliates involved in the collection, use, sharing, or other processing of Personal Information.
Please click the following links to learn more about our Privacy Policy:
- Information We Collect
- How We Use Your Information
- How We Share Your Information
- How We Respond to ‘Do Not Track’ Signals
- Cookies
- Privacy Rights & Additional Disclosures for Certain U.S. Residents
- Children’s Privacy
- Change of Control
- Data Security
- Data Retention
- Policy Updates
- Contact Information
Information We Collect
Information You Give Us. You may give us Personal Information by signing up for an online account, entering information through our online forms or surveys, inputting information while using our Services, or contacting us for information or customer service.
The categories of information include:
- Identifiers, such as real name, alias, address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, or other similar identifiers.
- Categories of Personal Information described in Section 1798.80(e) of the California Civil Code, such as name, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, education, and employment.
- Characteristics of protected classifications under federal law – such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender, disability,– or under California law – such additional categories as marital status, age, or sexual orientation.
- Internet or other electronic network activity information.
- Geolocation data.
- Professional or employment-related information.
- Education information.
- Inferences drawn from the above categories of information.
The categories of sensitive information include:
- Account log-in, in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to the account.
- Contents of mail, email, and text messages, unless we are the intended recipient of the communication.
- Racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership.
- Information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer’s health, sex life, or sexual orientation.
Information We Automatically Collect. Like many website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Sites. This includes log data, such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Sites that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics, and whether you reached our page via a social media or email campaign. This information may be collected via several technologies, including cookies, web beacons, clear GIFs, canvas fingerprinting and other means, such as Google Remarketing and Facebook Pixel. You can control cookies in your browser to enable or disable them.
Information We Collect From Third Parties. If you access our Sites through third parties (e.g., Facebook or Google), or if you share content from our Sites to a third-party social media service, the third-party service will send us certain information about you if the third-party service and your account settings allow such sharing. The information we receive will depend on the policies and your account settings with the third-party service.
Third Party Links and Websites. Our Sites may contain links to and from the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any data to these websites.
How We Use Your Information
We use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
- To provide you with the Services, which includes:
- maintaining and servicing accounts,
- providing customer service,
- verifying customer information, and
- providing advertising or marketing services to you.
- To provide analytic services, such as analyzing customer usage and improving services offered.
- To conduct market research and project planning.
- To detect security incidents, protect against fraudulent or other criminal activity, debug and repair errors, and maintain the overall quality and safety of our Sites.
- To fulfill our legal and financial obligations.
- To provide you with employment opportunities.
Marketing.We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in any email we send, or you can contact us using the contact details provided in the “Contact Information” section below. You will still continue to receive service-related messages concerning products and services you have purchased (unless we have indicated otherwise).
How We Share Your Information
To Other Users. To provide our dating and connection services, we will share your Personal Information with other users to see. This means your Personal Information may be visible to other users, and may be shared when relevant and appropriate.
If a user submits a report involving you (such as a claim that you violated our terms of use), we may let the reporter know what actions we took, if any, as a result of their report. The same applies if you submit a report involving another user.
If another user requests a copy of their Personal Information, they may receive messages you sent them, though we will take reasonable steps to redact or otherwise remove your identifying information, such as your name.
Affiliates, Subcontractors, and Service Providers. We share your Personal Information with our affiliates, third-party service providers, and any subcontractors. These entities help us to:
- Run, operate, and maintain our Services through third-party platforms and software tools;
- Perform content moderation and crash analytics;
- Run email and other marketing campaigns;
- Perform analytics;
- Administer live events, including registering attendees and managing check-in and attendance; and,
- Provide technical and customer support.
Aggregated and/or De-identified Data. We may also aggregate, de-identify, or otherwise strip your Personal Information of all personally identifying characteristics and may share that aggregated and/or de-identified data with third parties, our affiliates, or publish it.
Disclosures Required by Law. We may be required to disclose your Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet law enforcement requirements. We may be under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information to comply with any legal obligation, to enforce or apply our terms and conditions and other agreements, to protect our rights, property, or safety, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection.
How We Respond to ‘Do Not Track’ Signals
Some browsers provide you with a way to signal that you do not want your browsing activity to be tracked. The Services may not currently respond to all Do Not Track (“DNT”) or similar signals, as we are awaiting consensus from the Internet policy and legal community on the meaning of DNT and the best way to respond to these signals.
Cookies
To make our Sites work properly, we may place small data files called cookies on your device. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, shopping cart, or other preferences) over a period of time, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
You may wish to restrict the use of cookies. Please be aware that some of the features of our Sites may not function correctly if you disable cookies. Most modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the options or preferences menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links for commonly used browsers may be helpful:
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
- Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS
Privacy Rights & Additional Disclosures for Certain U.S. Residents
Several jurisdictions grant state residents certain rights and disclosures. We provide the following information to further help you understand your potential privacy rights. If you would like to exercise any rights or inquire as to whether such rights are available to you, please email us at help@readme.world.
Request for Informationor Deletion. Residents of certain U.S. states have the right to know whether we are processing your Personal Information, and in some instances, you have the right to request that we disclose to you the categories listed below for the preceding 12 months. We have the right to request verification of your identity for all requests for information. In responding to this right, we shall provide to you:
- The categories of Personal Information we collect about you.
- The categories of sources from which your Personal Information is collected.
- The business or commercial purpose(s) for collecting, selling, sharing, or disclosing your Personal Information, and the categories of Personal Information disclosed for such purpose(s).
- The categories of third parties with whom we share your Personal Information.
- The categories of Personal Information we have sold, if any, about you and the categories of third parties to whom your Personal Information was sold, by category or categories of Personal Information for each third party to whom the Personal Information was sold.
- The specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.
In addition, you may have the right to request we delete your Personal Information.
Request for Correction. Residents of certain U.S. states have the right to request the correction or rectification of inaccurate information in the resident’s Personal Information.
Request for Portable Data. Residents of certain U.S. states have the right to receive, in certain circumstances, a portable format of their Personal Information that allows the data to be transmitted to another entity.
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Residents of certain U.S. states have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of the consumer’s Personal Information.
Limiting the Use of Sensitive Personal Information.Residents of California have the right to direct us to use or disclose sensitive Personal Information only for providing goods or services, or as otherwise minimally permitted under applicable law.
Third Party Marketing. If you are one of our customers, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
Automated Processing & Profiling.Residents of certain U.S. states have the right to opt out of the processing of Personal Information for purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.
However, we do not use your Personal Information for such regulated purposes, nor do we use your Personal Information to train artificial intelligence or large language models.
Right to Equal Service & Price. You have the right to receive equal service and price, even if you exercise a privacy right.
Verification Process for Exercising Rights. To protect our consumers’ privacy, we verify privacy rights requests to ensure that only you (or your authorized agent) can exercise rights pertaining to your Personal Information. As part of our verification process, we may request you to submit additional information.
If you are an authorized agent wishing to exercise rights on behalf of a state resident, please contact us using the information at the bottom of this Privacy Policy and provide us with a copy of the consumer’s written authorization designating you as their agent. We may need to verify your identity and place of residence before completing your rights request.
Appeal Process. In certain cases, we may decline to take action on your request, as permitted by law. Should we decline your request, we may provide you with a written explanation of the reasons for our decision and, where required by applicable law, an opportunity to appeal the decision.
If we deny your appeal, we may provide a written explanation of our decision and, where required by applicable law, instructions on how to contact your local Attorney General or Department of Justice for further review.
International Transfers of Data
Any information and data that you provide to us may be accessed, shared, or processed by our offices, located in the United States, and affiliates and service providers located in the United States. This may entail a transfer of your Personal Information across international borders. The data protection standards may differ and be lower than the standards enforced in your jurisdiction.
Children’s Privacy
The Services are not directed at or intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 18. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us using the contact details provided at the end of this Privacy Policy. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with Personal Information, we will take steps to delete such information.
Change of Control
Personal Information may be transferred to a third party because of a sale, acquisition, merger, reorganization, or other change in control. If we sell, merge, or transfer any part of the business, part of the sale may include your Personal Information.
Data Security and Retention
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your Personal Information. However, no website, application, or transmission can guarantee security. Thus, while we have established and maintain what we believe to be appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of Personal Information obtained through the Services, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
We retain Personal Information from or about you for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. When the Personal Information is no longer necessary for these purposes, we delete it or keep it in a form that does not identify you, unless we are required by law to keep this information for a longer period. When determining the retention period, we take into account various criteria, such as the type of Services requested by or provided to you, the nature and length of our relationship with you, possible re-enrollment with our Services, the impact on the Services we provide to you if we delete some information from or about you, mandatory retention periods provided by law, and the statute of limitations.
Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy may be periodically updated. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to ensure you are familiar with the most current version. Please review carefully before submitting Personal Information to our Services. The date the Privacy Policy was last updated is indicated at the top of this page.
Contact Information
If you wish to contact us or have any questions about or complaints in relation to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following contact details: