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PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 14, 2026

Tarot Studies respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit TarotStudies.blog, use Tarot Studies services, subscribe to updates, schedule an appointment, make a purchase, or otherwise interact with Tarot Studies.

Tarot Studies is primarily an educational website devoted to Tarot study, symbolism, interpretation, reflection, and related resources. The site may also offer personalized Tarot services, educational mentorship, digital resources, and other learning opportunities.

I believe privacy information should be understandable without requiring a guidebook of its own. This policy is intended to explain as clearly as possible what information may be collected, why it may be needed, and which outside services help Tarot Studies operate.

1. Information You Choose to Provide

Most Tarot Studies content can be viewed without creating an account or directly providing personal information.

You may choose to provide information when you:

  • subscribe to Tarot Studies or request updates;
  • contact Tarot Studies;
  • submit a form;
  • schedule a Tarot reading, mentorship session, or other appointment;
  • participate in Monthly Study Mentorship, Between the Cards, or another Tarot Studies service;
  • purchase or request a product, resource, or service;
  • leave a comment where commenting has been enabled;
  • provide materials or questions for a requested educational or Tarot service; or
  • otherwise communicate directly with Tarot Studies.

Depending on the feature or service, information you provide may include your name, email address, phone number if requested, scheduling information, Tarot question or area of focus, learning goals, communications, materials you voluntarily share, and information necessary to provide or administer the requested service.

Please provide only the information reasonably necessary for your request.

Do not submit passwords, complete financial account information, government identification numbers, medical records, or other unnecessary highly sensitive information through general forms, booking questions, comments, email, or Tarot service requests.

2. WordPress.com, Automattic & Jetpack

TarotStudies.blog is operated using WordPress and uses services provided by WordPress.com, Automattic, and Jetpack.

These services help provide functionality that may include:

  • website hosting and administration;
  • site security;
  • spam prevention;
  • content delivery;
  • website performance;
  • site statistics;
  • subscriptions and post notifications;
  • cookies and related technologies;
  • technical diagnostics; and
  • other features necessary to operate and maintain Tarot Studies.

Depending on the services enabled and how you interact with the website, WordPress.com, Automattic, or Jetpack may process technical information such as your IP address, browser and device information, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location derived from technical information, interactions with the site, and WordPress.com account information when you are logged into WordPress.com.

These providers process information according to their own applicable privacy policies and terms.

3. Email Subscriptions & Site Updates

Tarot Studies currently uses WordPress.com and/or Jetpack subscription features to allow readers to follow the site and receive new-post notifications or other updates.

When you subscribe, information such as your email address and subscription status may be processed by WordPress.com, Jetpack, or Automattic to provide the requested subscription service.

You may unsubscribe using the unsubscribe option included in subscription emails or through applicable WordPress.com subscription controls.

Tarot Studies does not sell its mailing-list or direct contact information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

4. Website Analytics

Tarot Studies may use statistics and analytics features provided through WordPress.com and Jetpack to understand how visitors use the website.

These services may provide information such as:

  • page and post views;
  • referring websites or search engines;
  • general geographic information;
  • browser or device type;
  • content or links visitors interact with; and
  • other aggregated or technical website-usage information.

This information helps me understand which Tarot Studies resources readers find useful, identify technical issues, and improve the website.

Tarot Studies does not currently use the MonsterInsights WordPress plugin or its associated add-ons for visitor analytics.

If the analytics services used by Tarot Studies materially change, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.

5. Cookies & Similar Technologies

Tarot Studies and the services that support it may use cookies, local storage, pixels, or similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

  • maintain website functionality;
  • remember preferences;
  • support WordPress.com features;
  • manage subscriptions;
  • provide security;
  • measure site traffic and performance; and
  • support embedded or third-party content.

The cookies you encounter may vary depending on the pages you visit, whether you are logged into WordPress.com, the features you interact with, and the services currently enabled on the website.

You can generally control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of Tarot Studies function.

WP Consent API

Tarot Studies uses WP Consent API as part of its WordPress technical infrastructure.

WP Consent API allows compatible WordPress plugins and services to communicate a visitor’s consent status. It does not, by itself, display a cookie banner, collect consent, or prevent cookies from being placed.

Where consent is legally required, applicable consent mechanisms, service settings, and browser or platform controls may be used in connection with the services operating on Tarot Studies.

6. Comments & Akismet Spam Protection

Comments are generally disabled by default on Tarot Studies. They may occasionally be enabled for a particular post, page, or interactive feature.

If you leave a comment where commenting is available, WordPress and related services may collect information associated with the comment, such as information entered into the comment form, your IP address, browser information, and the content of your comment.

Tarot Studies uses Akismet Anti-spam to help detect and prevent spam.

When applicable, information associated with a comment or submission may be processed by Akismet for spam-detection purposes. Akismet is operated by Automattic and processes information according to its applicable privacy practices.

7. Images & Website Performance

Tarot Studies uses website-performance and image-optimization services, including Imagify, Jetpack, and Jetpack Boost.

These services may process website files, images, and technical information as necessary to optimize media, improve loading speed, deliver content, or improve site performance.

These tools are used primarily to maintain and improve Tarot Studies and its content delivery rather than to create individual visitor profiles for Tarot Studies.

8. AI-Assisted & Editorial Tools

Artificial intelligence is one of the tools used in the development and administration of Tarot Studies.

AI-assisted tools may be used for research organization, brainstorming, writing and editing, illustration development, SEO, content planning, website organization, workflow management, and other editorial or administrative tasks.

Current site-management integrations may include WordPress Agent and the YLabs Connector for WPWriter, along with other AI tools used during the editorial and creative process.

Depending on the task, these systems may process website content, images, prompts, metadata, SEO information, or administrative information necessary to perform the requested function.

AI output is subject to human review, revision, research, correction, and editorial judgment before it is treated as completed Tarot Studies work.

Visitors and clients should avoid providing unnecessary confidential or highly sensitive personal information through features that may involve AI-assisted processing.

For a fuller explanation of how and why Tarot Studies uses artificial intelligence, please see How Tarot Studies Uses AI.

9. Tarot Studies Readings & Personalized Services

Tarot Studies may offer personalized Tarot readings and related services through TarotStudies.blog.

When you request a personalized service, information necessary to provide and administer that service may be collected. Depending on the service, this may include:

  • your name and email address;
  • scheduling information;
  • your Tarot question or requested area of focus;
  • information you voluntarily provide to give context to the reading;
  • communications relating to the service; and
  • transaction or booking information.

Tarot readings can involve personal subjects. Please provide only the information reasonably necessary to give context to your question.

You do not need to provide extensive private details simply to receive a Tarot reading.

Tarot Studies does not ask clients to submit passwords, complete financial account information, government identification numbers, medical records, or other unnecessary highly sensitive information as part of a Tarot reading.

Information provided for a reading is used to prepare, provide, communicate about, and administer the requested service and to maintain appropriate business records when necessary.

10. Monthly Study Mentorship

Tarot Studies may offer Monthly Study Mentorship as a personalized Tarot education service.

Mentorship may include one-on-one sessions, individualized study direction, discussion of Tarot spreads and interpretations, practice assignments, feedback, and guidance based on a student’s Tarot-study goals.

Providing an ongoing mentorship may require Tarot Studies to maintain information such as:

  • your name and contact information;
  • scheduling information;
  • Tarot-study goals;
  • topics or cards being studied;
  • assignments or materials you voluntarily share;
  • notes relevant to your learning progress;
  • questions and feedback; and
  • communications associated with the mentorship.

This information is used to provide continuity between sessions and personalize the educational service.

Mentorship records are not intended to function as medical, psychological, therapeutic, educational-institution, or other professional records.

Please avoid submitting unrelated sensitive personal information when it is not necessary for your Tarot studies.

11. Between the Cards

Tarot Studies may offer Between the Cards as part of its Tarot education and personalized-service offerings.

The information collected will depend on how you choose to participate and the specific features of the service.

Information may include contact and scheduling information, Tarot questions or areas of study, materials voluntarily submitted for discussion or interpretation, communications related to the service, and other information reasonably necessary to provide the requested experience.

Information submitted through Between the Cards is used to provide, administer, communicate about, and maintain continuity within the requested service.

As Between the Cards develops, this Privacy Policy will be updated if its features introduce materially different information-collection or processing practices.

12. Scheduling Through TidyCal

Tarot Studies plans to use TidyCal for online scheduling and appointment booking.

When you schedule a Tarot reading, mentorship session, Between the Cards appointment, or another bookable service through TidyCal, information necessary to arrange and manage the booking may be collected or processed.

Depending on the booking type, this may include:

  • your name;
  • email address;
  • phone number, if requested;
  • selected service;
  • appointment date and time;
  • time zone;
  • responses to booking or intake questions; and
  • information relating to the status or management of the appointment.

TidyCal may also interact with connected calendar, communication, or meeting services when those integrations are enabled.

Please provide only the information necessary to schedule and prepare for your service. Do not use booking questions to submit unnecessary sensitive personal information.

Information processed directly by TidyCal is also subject to TidyCal’s own privacy policy and terms.

13. Payments Through PayPal

Tarot Studies plans to use PayPal to process payments for paid appointments, readings, mentorships, products, resources, or other services.

When PayPal is used, payment information is entered and processed through PayPal rather than collected directly by Tarot Studies.

PayPal may provide Tarot Studies with transaction information necessary to confirm and administer your purchase, such as your name, email address, amount paid, payment status, transaction information, and other information associated with the transaction.

Tarot Studies does not receive or intentionally store your complete credit-card number, bank-account number, or PayPal login credentials through this process.

PayPal independently processes financial and transaction information according to its own privacy policies and terms.

Paid Appointments

When a paid appointment is scheduled using TidyCal and PayPal, both services may participate in completing the booking.

TidyCal may maintain information associated with the appointment and its payment status, while PayPal processes the financial transaction.

Tarot Studies may retain appropriate booking and transaction records for scheduling, customer service, accounting, refunds, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, and applicable legal or tax obligations.

Cancellation, rescheduling, and refund terms applicable to a service may be provided with the booking information, service description, Terms of Use, or other applicable policy.

14. Embedded Content & External Websites

Tarot Studies articles and pages may contain links to or embedded content from other websites.

Embedded content may include videos, images, social-media posts, forms, scheduling tools, payment services, or other external resources.

When you interact with third-party or embedded content, the provider may collect information about your interaction in much the same way it would if you visited that provider’s website directly.

Tarot Studies does not control the privacy practices of external websites or services.

Please review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information to them.

15. Public User Accounts

Tarot Studies does not currently offer general public account registration through the website.

Some features may nevertheless interact with an existing WordPress.com account, such as following the site or using WordPress.com-supported features. Information associated with those accounts is governed by WordPress.com and Automattic’s applicable privacy practices.

If Tarot Studies introduces customer accounts, community accounts, memberships requiring site accounts, or another registration system in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated to explain the additional information collected and how it is used.

16. How Information Is Used

Information collected through Tarot Studies may be used to:

  • provide requested website features or services;
  • deliver subscriptions and updates;
  • respond to messages or requests;
  • schedule and administer appointments;
  • prepare and provide Tarot readings;
  • provide mentorship or other educational services;
  • maintain continuity within ongoing services;
  • process and confirm purchases;
  • provide products and resources;
  • operate, maintain, and secure the website;
  • prevent spam, abuse, or fraudulent activity;
  • understand website performance and readership;
  • improve Tarot Studies content and services;
  • maintain appropriate administrative, accounting, booking, or transaction records; and
  • comply with applicable legal obligations.

Tarot Studies does not sell mailing-list or direct contact information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

17. When Information May Be Shared

Information may be processed or shared with service providers when reasonably necessary to operate Tarot Studies or provide a service you request.

These providers may include:

  • WordPress.com, Automattic, and Jetpack;
  • subscription and email services;
  • security and spam-prevention services;
  • website analytics and performance services;
  • TidyCal and connected scheduling services;
  • PayPal and other payment services if introduced;
  • AI-assisted editorial or administrative tools; and
  • other technology providers reasonably necessary to provide a requested feature or service.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

  • comply with applicable law or a valid legal request;
  • protect the security or integrity of Tarot Studies;
  • investigate fraud, abuse, or security threats; or
  • protect the rights, property, or safety of Tarot Studies, its visitors, clients, students, or others.

Third-party providers process information according to their own terms and privacy policies.

18. Data Retention

Personal information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to provide an ongoing service, maintain appropriate business records, or satisfy applicable legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the provider involved.

For example:

  • subscription information may remain with the subscription provider until you unsubscribe;
  • booking information may be retained as necessary to manage appointments and business records;
  • mentorship information may be retained while necessary to provide continuity in the mentorship;
  • transaction records may be retained when required for accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, or legal purposes; and
  • technical, security, analytics, or spam information may be retained according to the applicable service provider’s practices.

Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted, anonymized, or allowed to expire according to the systems in which it is maintained.

19. Your Privacy Choices & Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy law may provide rights concerning your personal information.

These may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or information about how your personal data is processed.

You may also:

  • unsubscribe from Tarot Studies emails or post notifications;
  • manage cookies through your browser;
  • manage applicable WordPress.com privacy or subscription settings;
  • cancel or update a booking through the available scheduling process; and
  • contact Tarot Studies with a privacy-related request.

Some information may need to be retained when required for legal, accounting, security, fraud-prevention, transaction, or legitimate recordkeeping purposes.

20. Children’s Privacy

Tarot Studies is intended for a general adult audience interested in Tarot education and related subjects.

The website and personalized Tarot services are not directed toward children under 13, and Tarot Studies does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to Tarot Studies, please contact me so the situation can be reviewed and appropriate action taken.

Individual paid or personalized services may establish additional age requirements in their service descriptions or Terms of Use.

21. Security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect Tarot Studies and information associated with it.

Tarot Studies also relies on security and infrastructure provided by WordPress.com, Automattic, Jetpack, PayPal, TidyCal, and other service providers.

No website, online service, payment system, or method of electronic transmission can guarantee absolute security.

Please use appropriate care when submitting information online and avoid providing information that is unnecessary for the service you are requesting.

22. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Tarot Studies continues to grow, and the tools and services used to operate it may change along with it.

This Privacy Policy may be updated when website features, Tarot Studies services, third-party providers, legal requirements, or data practices materially change.

When the policy is revised, the Last Updated date at the top of this page will be changed.

Material changes may also be communicated elsewhere on Tarot Studies when appropriate.

23. Related Policies & Disclosures

This Privacy Policy should be read alongside other Tarot Studies policies and disclosures, including:

  • Disclaimer
  • Terms of Use
  • Accessibility Statement
  • How Tarot Studies Uses AI

Individual paid products, appointments, mentorships, memberships, or other services may also include additional terms relevant to that particular offering.

Together, these policies explain how Tarot Studies operates, how information and educational materials are handled, how site content may be used, and how AI participates in the creative and editorial process.

24. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy, personal information you have provided, or a privacy-related request may be submitted through the contact method provided on TarotStudies.blog.

Please include enough information for me to understand and respond to your request, but do not send unnecessary sensitive personal information.

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Important Notice

This Privacy Policy is intended to provide transparent information about the practices of Tarot Studies and the third-party services used to operate the website and provide Tarot Studies services.

It is not legal advice. Privacy requirements vary by jurisdiction, and this policy may be reviewed or updated as Tarot Studies, its services, applicable technology, and legal requirements change.