Can I have a reading without sending a photograph?

You can. Face and palm are additional; a reading works from a date of birth and a name alone. Whether to use photographs is your choice.

Can you delete a photograph I sent afterwards?

This service never stores them in the first place. They are discarded when the analysis finishes, so there is no deletion process to go through.

Is it a problem if my fingerprints show?

On the premise that nothing is stored, nothing remains. If it still concerns you, standing back a little makes fine detail less visible.

Before you send a photograph — four things worth checking

2026.09.08 updated · 5 min read

AoiBalancedAnswering questions from Yuki

YukiAoi, I would like to have my palm read in an app, and I am a little uneasy about sending a photograph. What should I check?

AoiThat caution is right. Photographs of a face or a palm carry more information than people assume. There are four points to check, and I can take them in order.

A photograph of a palm can include your fingerprints. A photograph of a face is itself information that identifies a person. Both are worth checking the handling of before you send them.

Look less at the photograph than at whether the handling is written down. A properly run service states whether it stores anything and who it passes it to. If you look for that and cannot find it, declining to send is a perfectly reasonable decision.

1. Whether it is stored

The most important point. Used for the analysis and discarded, or kept on a server? If kept, for how long. A service that does not say leaves you without the material to judge.

YukiAnd how is it here?

AoiThis service does not store them. They are discarded as soon as the analysis is done. The screen before you send says so, and the privacy policy states it as well.

2. Which country it goes to

Where AI is used to analyse a photograph, the data goes to wherever that provider is based. When it leaves the country, Japan's personal data law requires that this be explained to the user.

This service uses a provider based in the United States. There is a screen asking you to confirm that before anything is sent. Sending abroad is not itself the problem; sending without saying so is.

3. Whether it is used for training

Whether an image you send is used to train an AI depends on the provider's settings. Where that is not written down, it is better to check before using the service.

On the provider this service uses, the setting is that data sent is not used for training. Since a provider's policy can change, we check this periodically at our end as well.

What to check	What you want to see
Retention	Stated as discarded immediately after analysis
Recipient	Which provider, in which country, is written down
Training use	Stated as not used
How consent is taken	Confirmed on screen before sending

4. Do not send a photograph of anyone else

This one gets overlooked, and it rests with the user. Do not send a photograph of anyone's face but your own to a divination service without their consent. This service prohibits it in its terms of use.

Check whether anyone else appears in the background as well. When photographing a palm, somewhere without people around is the safer choice.

AoiIf you are uneasy, start with a reading from your date of birth alone. The methods that need no photograph read perfectly well, and you can add the rest later if you feel it is worth it.

Note: the person asking questions in this article is fictional. This is not a record of a real consultation.

Common questions

Can I have a reading without sending a photograph?: You can. Face and palm are additional; a reading works from a date of birth and a name alone. Whether to use photographs is your choice.
Can you delete a photograph I sent afterwards?: This service never stores them in the first place. They are discarded when the analysis finishes, so there is no deletion process to go through.
Is it a problem if my fingerprints show?: On the premise that nothing is stored, nothing remains. If it still concerns you, standing back a little makes fine detail less visible.