Newsletter privacy
Updated September 18, 2026
A separate, optional choice
Ishtar Insights collects your email only when you check the newsletter permission box and choose “Join the newsletter.” You do not need to join to get a reading. Cookie and browser-storage choices do not sign you up for emails.
What we collect and why
We store your email address, the time of signup, the wording and version of your permission, an optional sun sign you choose, and an unsubscribe identifier on our Bluehost-hosted VPS. This list is for the Ishtar Insights newsletter and occasional updates about new readings and features. Birth dates, birth times, birthplaces, names entered for numerology, and reading results are not submitted with your signup.
We use your permission as the basis for newsletter signup. Newsletter emails are delivered by Mailchimp, a service of Intuit Inc. We send Mailchimp three things: your email address, the sign you chose if you chose one, and your personal unsubscribe link. Birth details are never sent to Mailchimp. Please use your own email address.
After you sign up, Mailchimp sends one confirmation email. You are not on the list until you click the link in it.
You can leave at any time from the link in any newsletter issue or from our unsubscribe page. Either one removes you from both our database and Mailchimp within ten minutes.
Mailchimp's privacy policy is at https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/.
Storage and access
The subscriber database is stored outside the public website directory and is accessible only to the signup service and authorized server administrators. Mailchimp receives only those three details from us, acting on our behalf for delivery. Mailchimp also records its own delivery data, such as whether an email was opened, under its privacy policy. We do not sell this list.
We retain your signup until you unsubscribe or the newsletter list is discontinued. Ordinary server request logs may include connection details such as IP addresses; signup emails are sent in the request body, not in page URLs, and the signup service does not log them.
Unsubscribe or remove your signup
You can withdraw permission and remove your signup at any time using our unsubscribe page, including before any newsletter is sent. Future newsletters will also include an unsubscribe link. Withdrawing does not affect your access to readings.
To change your address, unsubscribe the old address and join again with the new one. For details about information kept on your own device, see Cookies & browser storage.