Privacy notice
Version 1.0
Who is responsible
The controller of your data is the operator of this app. For anything about your data, email privacy@myappdomain.com. We answer within one month.
What we collect and why
| Information | Why we use it | Our legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Your account (email, sign-in details) | To let you sign in, keep your catches with you and support you | Performing our contract with you |
| Your catch log (species, size, bait, rig, mark, time, notes) | To show you your own history and, if you agree, anonymous area statistics | Contract for your own log; your consent for anonymous sharing |
| Your device position while you use the map | To find your nearest mark and show you on the chart | Your consent — it is never stored on your account |
| Premium status, devices and payment references | To give you what you paid for and stop account sharing | Contract, and our legitimate interest in preventing abuse |
| Security records (failed sign-ins, blocked attempts, a one-way fingerprint of your address) | To keep accounts and money safe | Our legitimate interest in security |
| Link clicks on tackle and shop links | To credit the right shop or creator for a sale | Our legitimate interest in running the service |
| A summary of your own catch log sent for AI analysis | To give you pattern insights | Your consent |
| Payment and earnings records | Tax, accounting and paying creators and shops | Our legal obligation |
Your choices
Change these whenever you like. Turning one off stops it straight away and, where we already used it, removes your part from the shared statistics.
Signed in? Your rights centre lets you download, correct or delete everything: Privacy & my data.
Who else sees it
- Our hosting and database provider, which runs the app and stores your data
- The UK Admiralty, the Met Office and Open-Meteo for tide, weather and sea forecasts
- Google Maps for map tiles, place search and car-park lookups
- Our AI partner, which analyses a summary of your own catch log only when you ask for insights
- Stripe for card payments and creator payouts
- Meta (Facebook and Instagram), which measures whether our adverts lead to sign-ups — only if you allow ad measurement, and never your email address
We never sell your data. Where a provider is outside the UK, the transfer relies on the UK's approved safeguards.
How long we keep things
- Your catches and account: while your account is open, then removed or made anonymous on deletion.
- Link clicks and activity records: 365 days.
- Security records: 365 days.
- Payment and earnings records: 7 years, because tax law requires it.
- Anti-abuse counters: 2 days. Cached tide and weather forecasts: hours to days.
- Location trail (only if you chose to share it, and only while the app is open): 30 days. Turning sharing off in My account deletes it straight away.
- How long you were signed in: 90 days.
How we protect it
Everything travels over an encrypted connection (HTTPS) and is stored encrypted at rest by our hosting provider. Access rules on the database mean one angler can never read another's catches. Your position is used in the moment and never written to your account. Addresses in our security records are stored only as a one-way fingerprint.
If something goes wrong
If a breach happens that risks your rights, we tell the Information Commissioner's Office within 72 hours of becoming aware and contact you directly without undue delay if you are affected, explaining what happened, what we're doing and what you should do.
You can complain to us at privacy@myappdomain.com or to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Your rights
- See and download a copy of everything we hold about you.
- Have anything wrong corrected.
- Have your account and personal data deleted.
- Pause our optional use of your data, or object to it.
- Withdraw any consent at any time.