Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 2026
Fish Tally is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
1. Information We Collect
When you create an account, we collect your display name, username, and email address. When you log a catch, we collect the species name, date, location (city, state, country), and any photo you choose to upload. We also collect usage data such as which screens you visit, to help us improve the app.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to operate the Fish Tally app, including displaying your catch history, calculating your ranking, and enabling the social features (feed, friends, messaging). Your email address is used only for account management and important service communications. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
3. Public vs Private Profile
Your profile is public: your name, profile photo, rank, titles, trophy wall, and statistics are visible to other Fish Tally users, and your profile can be found through search. Your fish catches are also always public — they appear in the feed, on the map, and in rankings, because they contribute to world rankings and angler titles. You can make your account private using the Private Account toggle in Settings. When your account is private, your social posts — text updates and personal (non-catch) photos — are visible only to people you have accepted as friends; they are hidden from everyone else. Your profile, fish catches, and rank remain public whether or not your account is private. See the Location Information section below for how precisely other users can see where a catch was caught.
4. Location Information
Catch location (city, state, country) is collected when you log a catch. If you drop a map pin, we also store its exact coordinates — but no other user ever sees that exact pin. Everyone except you sees only an approximate area (about 5 km), regardless of whether the catch itself is public. You can choose specific friends, catch by catch, to share the exact spot with; no one else, including other friends, ever sees it. If you do not drop a pin, we store only the city, state and country you entered, with no GPS coordinates at all. If you allow location access, Fish Tally uses your device location only on the map (to show your position as a blue dot and centre the map on you when you tap), when you use your current location for a catch pin, and when you save a fishing spot. Tides and weather use the town you choose or your home town, not your device location. You can decline and type a town instead, and change this in your device settings.
5. Photos
Photos you upload are stored securely and associated with your catch records or posts. Photos of your fish catches are always visible to other Fish Tally users — they appear in the public feed, on the map, in rankings, and on your trophy wall. Personal photos you attach to social posts follow your account privacy setting: if your account is private, those photos are visible only to your accepted friends. You can delete any photo by deleting the associated catch or post. Fish Tally may occasionally select one of your catch photos to feature in the Species Guide, shown with credit to your username, if no other photo is available for that species; a photo from an account under 16, a private account, or a hidden/reported/moderated catch is never selected, and you can opt out of this at any time from Settings → Privacy, which also removes any photo of yours already featured.
6. Data Storage and Security
Your data is stored on secure cloud servers provided by Supabase (supabase.com), which handles our database, user authentication, and photo and video storage. We use industry-standard encryption for data in transit and at rest. While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
7. Data Sharing
We do not sell or rent your personal data. We work with the following third-party service providers to operate Fish Tally: Supabase (database, authentication, and file storage), Expo and Firebase Cloud Messaging (push notification delivery — Firebase is used specifically to deliver push notifications to Android devices), Google Maps (to display maps and your approximate location on Android; Apple Maps is used on iOS), and iNaturalist (optional fish species identification from photos — only used when you tap “Identify by Photo” and your photo is sent solely to return species suggestions). When you create or edit a Tackle Shop listing, its text and photos are automatically reviewed by Anthropic’s AI to check for prohibited or inappropriate content before the listing is published; this applies only to Tackle Shop listings, not to your fish catches, profile, or other posts. We also use Cloudflare Turnstile to help verify that sign-up, sign-in, and password actions are being performed by a real person and not an automated bot; this processes limited device and network information (such as your IP address and device signals) for that fraud-prevention purpose only, and is not used for advertising or tracking. These providers access your data only as necessary to deliver their services and are bound by confidentiality obligations. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights and safety of users.
7a. Advertising
Fish Tally occasionally shows “Sponsored” cards from businesses we work with directly — these are not served by any ad network or ad exchange, and are not personalised or targeted using your data. We do not track whether you view or tap a sponsor card. Tapping one simply opens the sponsor’s website in your browser, the same as tapping any other external link in the app; no data about you is sent to the sponsor.
8. Cookies and Tracking
The Fish Tally mobile app does not use browser cookies. On the web version of the app, we may use session tokens to keep you logged in. We use anonymised analytics to understand how the app is used and to improve the experience.
9. Children’s Privacy
Fish Tally is not directed at anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe someone under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it. Users aged 13-15 have additional protections in place — see our Terms of Service.
10. Your Rights
You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data at any time. You can update your profile information in Settings. To request full deletion of your account and all associated data, use the Delete Account option in Settings → Danger Zone, or see our Delete Your Account page.
11. Retention
We retain your data for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, your personal information and catch records are permanently deleted within 30 days. Some anonymised, non-identifiable usage data may be retained for analytical purposes.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes within the app. Continued use of Fish Tally after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us through the support channel available within the Fish Tally app, or email support@fishtally.com.