Privacy at 8Word
Last updated: 11 November 2026
The short version
Your birth details are used to calculate your chart and for nothing else. We don't store them, and we don't use them for advertising or anything else.
What we ask for, and why
We ask for your birth date, your birth time (or "I don't know"), your birthplace, and whether to read your chart as female or male. We use these only to calculate your chart and show your result.
What happens to it
When you press the button, your details are sent to our server, which calculates the chart and sends the result back. They are not stored and not written to any log. Your result stays in your browser for this visit only and disappears when you close the tab. The female or male choice goes to our server only to calculate the chart. The version of the text you see is chosen in your own browser.
Place search
As you type your birthplace, the letters are sent through our server to the GeoNames database to find the place. This is not linked to you or to your other details. Our server keeps recent place-search results in its memory for up to 24 hours and keeps a short-lived counter to prevent abuse. It does not write addresses down.
If you join the waitlist
We store your email address, the language of the page, your consent and its date, any short code from the link you came through, and the topic you tapped, if any. We use them only to email you about the next release of 8Word. The list is kept in a Notion database. To be removed, email us and we'll delete your entry.
Anonymous statistics
We count how people move through the site, for example whether they reach the result, answer a question, switch between illustration styles or join the waitlist. We use PostHog, on its European servers (Frankfurt), without cookies. Each visit gets a random ID that is not linked to your name or email. We record one thing about gender: the female or male reading you chose, on a few events (the result, the style switch and choice, two of the questions and sharing), to see whether people read the styles differently. PostHog also receives standard technical details with each event: browser, device type and model, screen size, language and time zone. We have switched off location lookup, and we ask PostHog not to store IP addresses. If your browser sends "Do Not Track", we send nothing. We also count how many visits come through a shared link or a QR code, using the short code in the link.
Cookies and storage
One cookie remembers your language for a year. For the length of your visit, your browser also keeps your result, your answers, the style you chose, the random ID, and — if you arrived through a tagged link — a short code from that link. We use no tracking cookies.
Sharing
If you share your result, the image contains the illustration, the title, the 8Word name and a small QR code that leads to the site, not your birth details. The text that goes with the image has the title and a link to the site; the link carries a short code that shows it was shared and which style was shown. When you choose to share, the text you see in the sharing window is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it into your post.
Hosting
The site runs on Netlify, which handles every request and may keep standard technical logs, such as IP addresses, for security and operation under its own policy.
What 8Word is, and isn't
8Word is for reflection and entertainment. It describes patterns, it doesn't predict your future, and it isn't advice about health, money, relationships, work or any other decision. Please don't rely on it for decisions that matter.
Age
8Word isn't aimed at children. If you are under 16, please look at it together with a parent or guardian. We can't check anyone's age, so we ask parents to be involved. The waitlist is for people aged 16 or older, and paid offers, when they come, will be for people aged 18 or older.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct or delete what we hold about you, withdraw your consent at any time, or object to its use. Email [email protected]. You can also complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).
Who we are
8Word is a beta project in the Netherlands, run by Jing Zhang (张婧). Contact: [email protected].
Changes
If we add accounts that save your details, we'll ask for your consent first and update this page.