SpearfishOS · Information
Privacy policy
Version of 28 October 2026 · App and presentation website
This English translation is provided for convenience. In case of discrepancy, the French version prevails.
Your logbook is stored on your devices. This version has no user account, no public feed and no logbook server run by the developer.
1. Controller and contact
Hanif Laarabi, France. Contact for any question or request about your data: hanif1@hotmail.fr. Publisher details are listed in the legal notice.
2. Data processed in the app
| Data | Use |
|---|---|
| Sessions, notes, species, measurements and gear you enter | Building and browsing your local logbook. |
| Selected photos | Creating copies and thumbnails inside the app, without changing your originals. Imported copies are re-encoded to remove EXIF metadata. |
| Permitted Watch measurements | Recording profiles and durations when the hardware and permissions allow it. Timer mode produces no depth data. |
| Spots and optional coordinates | Managing your private landmarks. Surface GPS is optional and does not represent an underwater position. |
| Apple subscription entitlements | Checking Pro access through signed StoreKit transactions. The app never receives your card number. |
3. Permissions and Apple services
Photo selection only covers the files you choose. Motion and location access use the system permissions. You can refuse or withdraw permissions in iOS/watchOS Settings; some features then become unavailable. Timer mode does not collect surface GPS.
WatchConnectivity transfers recordings between your paired devices. MapKit uses Apple's map services. Purchases, any system backups and the diagnostics you choose to share with Apple are also governed by Apple's services and settings. See the Apple Privacy Policy. We add no advertising SDK and no behavioural tracking.
4. Retention, export and deletion
The logbook stays on the device until you delete entries, delete the app or restore/reset the device. Archiving a session does not delete it. Orphaned photos may be cleaned up after at least 24 hours. The originals in your photo library are never changed.
You can export the logbook from Settings. Precise coordinates are excluded unless you explicitly choose otherwise; depending on the options, the export may contain personal notes and photos. The JSON export is not a database restore mechanism. System backups and copies you have already exported must be managed separately. Cancelling Pro does not delete the logbook, and deleting the app does not cancel the Apple subscription.
5. Website data and emails
This website has no form, no audience analytics and no cookies or local storage added by SpearfishOS. The host necessarily receives technical request data, including IP addresses and connection logs, under its own terms. Its details are listed in the legal notice.
Clicking an email link opens your mail app. If you write to us, your address, message and attachments are used to reply or to handle your request to join the tests. There is no automatic newsletter sign-up. These exchanges are kept for at most 12 months after the last contact, unless needed for a dispute or a legal obligation. Do not send medical data, passwords or spot coordinates the request does not need.
6. Your rights
Support exchanges are processed to answer your request and follow up on the service, on the basis of the legitimate interest in providing that support, subject to applicable legal obligations. For data held by the developer, you can request access, rectification, erasure or restriction, or object to processing under the conditions set by law, by writing to hanif1@hotmail.fr. We cannot remotely erase a logbook we have no access to. You can also lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the CNIL.
7. Changes to this policy
This policy describes the current local version. Any future account, server synchronisation or social feature will be announced with appropriate information and choices before it is switched on.