Privacy Policy

The short version

PickADive is free and built for divers. You can browse dive sites, conditions, and forecasts, and keep a dive log entirely on your device without an account. If you create an account, we store only what’s needed to sync your saved sites and dive log across devices and to send the alerts you turn on. We never sell your data, and we never use your health data for advertising.

What we collect and why

• Account email— when you sign in with Apple, Google, or email, to identify your account and sync your data. Sign in with Apple’s “Hide My Email” is fully supported.
• Dive log— the dives you record or import (date, site, depth, duration, notes, buddies, and the conditions snapshot at the time). Stored on your device first; mirrored to your account only when you’re signed in.
• Apple Health dive workouts — if you choose to import from Apple Watch, we read your dive workouts (depth and water temperature) to add them to your log. We only ever read this data; we never write to Apple Health. Imported values become part of your dive log and sync to your account like any other logged dive. Health data is never used for advertising and never shared with third parties.
• Location— only when you tap to use it, to show nearby dive sites and sort this weekend’s condition windows by distance. Coordinates are sent to our server to look up nearby sites; we do not store a history of your location. If you haven’t granted location, the app may use your network connection’s approximate region (the same coarse signal any website sees) to suggest popular dive sites — never stored, never precise.
• Waitlist and alert emails — if you join the app waitlist or a conditions-alert waitlist, we store your email (and the dive site you asked about) solely to send early-access invites and launch news. Waitlist entries are deleted on request via privacy@pickadive.com and purged once the waitlist has served its purpose.
• Content you contribute — reviews, site submissions, photos, and condition reports you choose to post, which are associated with your account.
• Diagnostics — basic, aggregated crash and usage data to keep the app working. The iOS app includes no third-party advertising or tracking SDKs.
• Website analytics — our website uses privacy-respecting, cookie-free analytics to measure aggregate usage, and our map provider receives your IP address and standard map-usage telemetry when map tiles load. We do not use advertising or cross-site trackers anywhere.

Notifications

If you turn on an alert bell for a saved site, we send a push notification when its conditions look favorable. You control this per site and can turn it off anytime; push permission is only requested when you first enable an alert. To deliver these pushes we store your device’s notification token with your account; it is deleted with your account.

Where your data lives

Account data is stored with our cloud database provider and protected by row-level security so you can only access your own records. Forecast and tide data come from public weather models and government marine data sources. We do not sell personal data to anyone.

Deleting your account and data

You can delete your account at any time from the app: Profile → Delete account. This permanently removes your account, saved sites, alerts, reviews, and the dive logs backed up to your account. Dives logged only on your device stay on your device until you delete the app. To request deletion another way, email privacy@pickadive.com.

Your privacy rights

Wherever you live, you can ask us what we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, and we will never treat you differently for exercising those rights. We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined in US state privacy laws. For EU/UK visitors: we process the data above to provide the service you asked for (contract) and to keep it running securely (legitimate interest). Contact: privacy@pickadive.com.

Children

PickADive is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes and contact

We’ll update this page if our practices change. Questions about privacy? Email privacy@pickadive.com. See also our Terms of Use.