People who read about subjects like this one often prefer to do so privately, and they are entitled to. Occidental Magic has been built so that it does not need, ask for or collect personal information about the people who visit it.
In brief
- No cookies, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking scripts.
- No accounts, and nothing on the site that sends information about you to us.
- The tools run in your browser. What you type into them stays on your device.
- One preference, your choice of color theme, is saved on your own device.
What we do not collect
The site does not set cookies. It does not use analytics services, advertising networks, social media widgets, embedded video or any other third party code. Every file a page needs, including its styles and scripts, is served from this site, so visiting a page does not cause your browser to contact anyone else.
There are no user accounts and no comment sections. We therefore hold no names or other personal details of readers.
What is stored on your device
If you switch between the night and parchment color themes, your choice is saved in your browser's local storage under the name om-theme, so that the site looks the same on your next visit. This value never leaves your device. You can remove it at any time by clearing the site data in your browser settings.
Nothing else is stored.
The tools
The planetary hours calculator and the sigil maker are small programs that run entirely within your browser. The dates, times, coordinates, words and statements you enter are processed on your own device and are not transmitted or saved.
The planetary hours calculator offers to use your device's location to estimate sunrise and sunset. This is optional. If you agree, your browser will ask your permission, and the coordinates are used only for the calculation on the page. They are not sent to us or to anyone else, and they are discarded when you leave the page.
Search
The search page looks through a list of page titles and descriptions that is downloaded to your browser, and the matching is done on your device. Because the word you search for appears in the address of the results page, it may be recorded in the routine server logs described below, in the same way as the address of any other page you visit.
Server logs
Like every website, this one is delivered by a web server, and web servers ordinarily keep a technical log of the requests they receive. Such a log typically records the internet address a request came from, the date and time, the page requested and the type of browser. These logs are used to keep the service running and secure. We do not use them to identify individual readers and do not combine them with any other information.
Links
The site does not currently link to other websites. If that changes, please remember that other sites have their own practices, for which we are not responsible.
Younger readers
The site is written for adults. It collects no information from anyone, of any age.
Changes to this page
If the way the site works changes in any respect that bears on privacy, this page will be revised before the change takes effect, and the date of review at the top of the page will be updated.