SeaSmart Privacy Policy

1. Who we are and what this policy covers

SeaSmart is an iOS application provided by Pavlo Bizhok in Spain. In this policy, “SeaSmart,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the developer of the SeaSmart app.

This policy covers the SeaSmart iOS app and the SeaSmart website. It does not replace the privacy policies of Apple, Supabase, or websites you choose to open from SeaSmart.

How we use information

We use information only to provide app functionality, maintain account and cloud features, respond to support requests, protect the service, and comply with legal obligations. We do not sell personal information, serve third-party advertising, or use SeaSmart data for cross-app tracking.

If you contact support by email or Instagram, we receive the contact details and message content you choose to provide and use them to respond to your request.

2. Information stored locally on your device

SeaSmart can store the following records on your iPhone or iPad:

• SeaTime entries, including vessel names, joining and leaving dates, and calculated totals.
• Calendar markings, including days at sea, at anchor, on watch, and outside the country.
• Document and certificate details, optional attached files, expiry dates, and reminder settings.
• Saved places, including coordinates, categories, names, and notes.
• Profile details you enter in the app, such as name, rank, nationality, and current vessel.

These local records do not require a SeaSmart account. Calendar records, document records and attachments, reminders, and saved places are not uploaded to the SeaSmart Supabase cloud service in the current version.

Local data remains on the device until you edit or delete it, remove the app, or erase the device. Device backups managed by Apple may include app data according to your iCloud or computer-backup settings.

3. Optional account and cloud features

You can use the core local tools without creating an account. If you choose Sign in with Apple, SeaSmart sends the Apple identity token to Supabase to authenticate your SeaSmart cloud account.

Depending on what you provide and what Apple shares, the cloud account may store:

• Your SeaSmart user identifier, email address, and name.
• Profile information such as rank, nationality, and vessel name.
• SeaTime backup records, including vessel name, dates, total days, and the saved entry text.
• Account and premium-access status needed to provide app functionality.

Apple lets you choose whether to share your email address or use Hide My Email. SeaSmart uses the information received from Apple for authentication and account functionality, not for advertising.

4. Location and Apple Maps

With your permission, SeaSmart requests precise location while the app is in use so the Places screen can show your position and centre the map. You can change location permission at any time in iOS Settings.

When you save a place, its map coordinates, category, title, and notes are stored locally on your device. Saved-place coordinates are not uploaded to the SeaSmart Supabase cloud service in the current version.

Map content is provided through Apple MapKit. Apple may process map and location requests under its own privacy terms.

5. Notifications and document files

If you grant notification permission, SeaSmart schedules local notifications for the expiry and reminder dates you choose. You can disable notifications in iOS Settings. Notification content is generated from the records stored on your device.

Optional document attachments are selected and stored for your use in the app. They are not part of the current Supabase cloud backup. You are responsible for avoiding unnecessary sensitive information in titles, notes, and uploaded files.

6. SeaSmart Pro purchases

SeaSmart Pro subscriptions are offered through Apple's App Store using StoreKit. Apple processes your payment and billing information. SeaSmart does not receive or store your payment-card details.

The app receives product, purchase, and entitlement information needed to show pricing, unlock Pro access, and restore purchases. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account subscription settings.

7. Service providers and technical data

Apple

Apple provides the App Store, StoreKit, Sign in with Apple, MapKit, local notifications, and optional device backups. Apple's processing is governed by the Apple Privacy Policy.

Supabase

Supabase provides authentication, profile storage, and supported SeaTime backup and restore. Supabase processes SeaSmart customer data on our behalf and may also process routine service data such as IP address, request time, device or connection information, and service interactions needed to operate and protect its infrastructure. See the Supabase Privacy Policy.

This website

The SeaSmart website does not set SeaSmart advertising or analytics cookies. The website host may process routine server logs, such as IP address, requested page, browser type, and time of access, to deliver and secure the site. Links to the App Store, Instagram, Apple, and Supabase take you to services governed by their own policies.

8. Retention, security, and deletion

Cloud profile and SeaTime backup data is kept while your SeaSmart cloud account remains active or as reasonably necessary to operate the service, comply with law, resolve disputes, and protect security. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure, but reasonable technical and organisational safeguards are used.

Delete your SeaSmart cloud account

In the app, open Account and choose Delete Account. This deletes the SeaSmart cloud account, cloud profile, and cloud-backed SeaTime data. Local records on the device stay in place so account deletion does not unexpectedly remove your working records.

Deleting the SeaSmart account does not cancel an active App Store subscription. Subscriptions must be cancelled separately in your Apple Account settings. You can also delete individual local records in the app or remove the app from the device.

9. Your choices and privacy rights

You can:

• Use local features without signing in.
• Decline or change location and notification permissions in iOS Settings.
• Edit or delete local records from the app.
• Delete your SeaSmart cloud account from the Account screen.
• Manage or cancel SeaSmart Pro through Apple.
• Contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of personal data we control.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights, including rights to access, correct, erase, restrict, object to, or receive a copy of your personal data, and to complain to your local data-protection authority. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

International processing

Service providers may process data outside your country. Where required, appropriate legal safeguards are used for international transfers.

10. Children's privacy

SeaSmart is designed as a professional record-keeping tool for seafarers and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal data, contact us so it can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when SeaSmart's features, service providers, or legal obligations change. The latest version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Material changes may also be highlighted in the app or on the website.

12. Contact

For privacy questions or requests, email pavlo.bizhok@gmail.com or contact SeaSmart through Instagram.

Developer: Pavlo Bizhok
Country: Spain