Privacy Policy
Effective October 2, 2026 · Applies to the Can I Keep? website and installed app at canikeep.fish
1. Who we are
Can I Keep? (“we”, “us”) is a saltwater fishing-regulations app available at canikeep.fish. It shows regulations published by state and federal agencies, plus tides, marine weather and protected areas from NOAA and the National Weather Service.
2. Using the app without an account
You don’t need an account. Without one, the following is stored only in your browser on your device and is never sent to us as part of your profile:
- Your vessel profile: vessel name, registration, recreational/commercial mode, home port, favorite harbors, species you starred, and whether notifications are on.
- Recent forecast results and downloaded offline packs (so the app works at sea without signal).
- Which notices you’ve already been alerted about, and whether you dismissed the “install app” prompt.
This data stays until you delete it by clearing the site’s data in your browser or removing the installed app.
3. If you create an account (optional)
You can sign in with Google, Apple, or an email address and password to sync your profile across devices. We then store:
- Account details: your email address and the sign-in method you used. If you sign in with Google or Apple, we receive your email address, an account identifier and, if the provider shares them, your name and profile picture. We use these only to sign you in and don’t display them to anyone else. We never see your Google or Apple password. Email passwords are stored only as a secure hash by our authentication provider.
- Your synced profile: vessel name, vessel registration, recreational/commercial mode, home port, favorite harbors, starred species, and your notification setting.
Offline packs, cached forecasts and install-prompt settings are never uploaded — they stay on each device. Access to your synced profile is restricted so that only your signed-in account can read or change it.
4. Your location
To show the rules that apply where you fish, the app uses a location you choose: a harbor you select, a point you tap on the map, or coordinates you type. The app asks for your device’s GPS position only when you tap “Use My GPS”, and your browser asks for your permission first.
The chosen coordinates are sent to our server to look up the rules, tides and weather for that spot. We do not store your location history. Coordinates may appear briefly in our hosting provider’s request logs, which are kept for a limited time for security and troubleshooting.
5. How we use information
Only internally, to provide the app: showing the rules for your location and trip date, keeping your favorites, syncing your profile when you’re signed in, sending the in-app alerts you turned on, keeping the service secure, and fixing problems. We do not build advertising profiles, and we do not use your information to make automated decisions about you.
6. We don’t share your personal information
We do not sell, rent, trade or share your personal information with third parties for their own purposes — including advertisers. Your information is used internally only.
Like any website, we rely on a few service providers that process data on our behalf, under our instructions, only to run the app. They may not use it for anything else:
| Provider | What it does for us | What it handles |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Hosts the website and server | Requests to the site, including IP address and the coordinates you look up |
| Supabase | Accounts and synced profiles (only if you sign in) | Email, sign-in method, synced profile |
| Google / Apple | Sign-in, only if you choose it | Confirms your identity to us; they know you signed in to Can I Keep? |
| Google Analytics | Counts visits and which features are used, so we know what to improve | Pages viewed, device and browser type, approximate region, and a random identifier stored in a cookie. Not your account, email or the coordinates you look up |
We may disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety of people or the service.
7. Public data services and map tiles
To show tides, weather, protected areas and maps, the app uses public services:
- From our server: NOAA (tides and water temperature), the National Weather Service (marine zones, alerts and forecasts), the NOAA Marine Protected Areas inventory, and the Federal Register. They receive only map coordinates or dates from our server — not your name, email or account.
- From your browser: map images are loaded directly from OpenStreetMap, OpenSeaMap and Esri (satellite view). Like any website, those servers see your IP address and which map area is being displayed.
8. Advertising
Can I Keep? is free and is funded by advertising. Ads are chosen based on what’s on the page (for example, fishing and boating) and general region — not on a personal profile. We do not give advertisers your email, account, favorites, vessel details or location history.
Some screens show a local sponsor, such as a tackle shop or fishing guide near the harbor you picked, marked “Sponsored”. We count how many times each sponsor is shown and clicked, so we can report totals to the sponsor. Each count records only the sponsor, the slot, the harbor or page it appeared on, and the time: no cookie, account, device identifier or IP address. When you click a sponsor, its link carries tags saying the visit came from Can I Keep?; what happens on the sponsor’s website is covered by its own privacy policy.
Businesses can show a Can I Keep? widget on their own website. When the widget loads, we count one view for that widget, with the date and the name of the website showing it: no cookie, account, device identifier or IP address. The widget sets no cookies and loads nothing from third parties.
If we ever use an advertising partner that sets its own cookies or device identifiers, we will update this policy before doing so and ask for your consent where the law requires it.
9. Cookies and local storage
We use Google Analytics, which sets first-party cookies (named _ga) holding a random identifier,
to measure how the app is used in aggregate. We turn off Google signals and ad personalization, so this data is
not used for advertising. You can block these cookies in your browser or with Google’s
opt-out add-on, and the app keeps working. We don’t use
any other tracking cookies. The app also uses your browser’s local storage and cache for the items listed in
sections 2 and 3, and, if you sign in, to keep you signed in.
10. How long we keep information
- Device-only data: until you clear it in your browser or remove the app.
- Account and synced profile: until you delete your account.
- Hosting request logs: for a limited period set by our hosting provider, for security and troubleshooting.
11. Your choices and rights
- Use the app without an account, and without GPS.
- Edit your profile and favorites at any time in the app.
- Sign out at any time; a copy stays only on that device.
- Ask us to access, correct, export or delete your account and synced profile by emailing support@canikeep.fish. We’ll respond within 30 days.
Depending on where you live (for example, California or the EU/UK), you may have additional rights, such as knowing what we hold about you and asking us to delete it. We honor those requests. We do not sell or “share” personal information as those laws define it.
12. Security
All traffic is encrypted with HTTPS. Account data is protected by our authentication provider, and database access rules ensure each account can only read and change its own profile. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.
13. Children
Can I Keep? is not directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we’ll delete it.
14. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we’ll update the effective date above. If the change is significant — for example, a new kind of data use or advertising partner — we’ll tell you in the app before it takes effect.
15. Contact
Questions or requests: support@canikeep.fish