Cookie Policy
Last updated 2026-07-02
The short version
Pythia uses only strictly-necessary and functional cookies and similar browser storage — the minimum needed to make the service work and remember your preferences. We set no advertising, profiling or cross-site tracking cookies. Because everything here is strictly necessary or functional, under § 25 Abs. 2 TTDSG we do not show a cookie-consent banner. Our product analytics is configured cookieless — it keeps nothing in your browser between page loads and sets no cookies (see the Privacy Policy).
What we store
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
pythia_uid | An anonymous identifier that keeps your chart, threads and memory continuous on this device — the service does not work without it. Not used for advertising. | Strictly necessary (httpOnly cookie) | ~1 year |
pythia_taste | Briefly holds the birth date you type when you try a free sample, so the sample and the following steps line up. Carries no identifier. | Functional (cookie) | ~30 minutes |
pythia.emailCapture.dismissed | Remembers, for the current session, that you dismissed a prompt so we don’t show it again. Stored in your browser’s sessionStorage, not a cookie. | Functional (session storage) | Until you close the tab |
Analytics — no cookies
We use an EU-region product-analytics provider for privacy-first product analytics. It is configured with in-memory persistence only, so it stores nothing in your browser and sets no cookies, and it builds no cross-site advertising profile. See the Privacy Policy for how the analytics data itself is handled.
Payments
When you buy a reading or membership, checkout happens on our payment provider’s own hosted pages. It sets its own cookies there (for example to prevent fraud) on its domain, not ours; those are governed by that provider’s cookie policy.
Managing storage
You can clear cookies and site storage at any time in your browser settings. Note that clearing pythia_uid detaches this device from your profile, so your chart and history won’t load until a new one is created.
See also our Privacy Policy, Terms and Impressum.