Cookie Preferences Policy

Last updated: August 19, 2025

At Miss Josephine, I keep things clear and straightforward—no mumbo jumbo. This Cookie Preferences Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on misssjosephine.com (the “Website”) to enhance your experience with our tarot reading services. It covers what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your preferences. Our services are for entertainment and personal insight only and do not provide legal, medical, or health advice.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (e.g., computer, phone) when you visit our Website. They help us make the site work smoothly, understand how you use it, and personalize your experience. We may also use similar technologies like pixels or web beacons (collectively, “Cookies”).

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of Cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the Website to function, such as enabling navigation, checkout for tarot readings (e.g., 1-Question Tarot Pull, Personal Blueprint Analysis), and secure access to your account. These cannot be disabled.

  • Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how you interact with the Website (e.g., pages visited, time spent) using tools like Squarespace Analytics or Google Analytics. These improve our services and are optional.

  • Marketing Cookies: Used to personalize promotions (e.g., email offers for new readings) or show relevant ads on other platforms. These are optional and only placed with your consent.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use Cookies to:

  • Ensure the Website works properly (e.g., processing your order for a prerecorded video or scheduling a live video call).

  • Analyze site performance and user behavior to improve your experience, based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for EEA users).

  • Send you tailored promotions (e.g., discounts on Relationship Analysis), with your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR for EEA users).

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control Cookies through our cookie consent banner, which appears when you visit the Website:

  • Accept All: Allows all Cookies (essential, analytics, marketing).

  • Customize: Choose which non-essential Cookies (analytics, marketing) to allow.

  • Reject Non-Essential: Limits Cookies to essential ones only.

You can also:

  • Adjust your browser settings to block or delete Cookies (e.g., via Chrome, Firefox, or Safari settings). Note that blocking essential Cookies may affect site functionality, such as checkout or scheduling.

  • Enable Global Privacy Control (GPC) on your browser to opt out of targeted advertising. We recognize GPC signals as a valid opt-out request for your browser or device, per our Privacy Policy.

  • Clear Cookies from your device at any time, though this may reset your preferences.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some Cookies are set by third-party services we use:

  • Squarespace: Powers our Website and may set Cookies for functionality and analytics.

  • Acuity Scheduling: Used for booking live video calls (e.g., 60-Minute Video Call) and may set Cookies for scheduling.

  • Payment Processors: (e.g., PayPal, Stripe) set Cookies to process payments securely.

  • YouTube: Used to deliver prerecorded video readings (e.g., Personal Blueprint Analysis) and may set Cookies when you access unlisted links.

These third parties have their own privacy policies, which you should review. We are not responsible for their practices but ensure they align with our data protection standards.

6. Data Protection

Cookies may collect personal data (e.g., IP address, browsing behavior). This is handled per our Privacy Policy, in compliance with GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG). You have rights to access, correct, or delete your data—see our Privacy Policy for details.