Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10 October 2026 · Operator: Itamar Cohen (individual operator)
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be handled when you use InfoCarp.
Information you provide
InfoCarp may process information you provide when creating or editing an account or profile, creating fishing sessions or competitions, recording catches, uploading photographs or ranking tables, entering sector measurements, and using other app features. This may include your name, email address or account identifier, profile information, competition and session data, catch data, photographs and notes.
Check List and retail prices
InfoCarp stores checklist names, quantities, statuses and imported list information. Group shopping lists are visible to current group members; equipment can also show assigned participants. Retail comparison processes the requested shopping lines to match available retailer catalogs, including Shufersal and Carrefour. Product names are compared with catalog data; catalog retrieval does not send a personal basket to the retailer. Exact, estimated and unavailable results depend on available data. Do not include unnecessary sensitive information in checklist names or uploaded spreadsheets.
Authentication
InfoCarp supports email-based authentication and optional Google sign-in. When you choose Google sign-in, the authentication provider may process account identifiers and profile information according to its own privacy terms. InfoCarp receives only the information required to authenticate and maintain your account.
Location and environmental data
If you grant location permission, InfoCarp may use device location to provide location-relevant weather information and associate environmental conditions with a catch or competition.
Camera, photos, microphone and speech
If you choose these features, InfoCarp may access the camera or selected photos to attach images to catch reports or ranking tables. Microphone and speech-recognition access may be used when you choose voice entry. Catch-photo presence verification can send a reduced copy of the photo to OpenAI. The verification service does not persist the image in its verification cache and requests processing with store:false; it can retain a temporary verification result. This does not mean that the provider has no retention: the provider’s data-handling terms apply. Photos saved as catch reports are stored separately as part of the selected app feature. Verification is probabilistic and can be uncertain or unavailable.
AI-assisted processing
When an AI-assisted feature is used, such as processing a ranking table or interpreting user input, information required to perform that request may be transmitted to a third-party AI service provider. Do not include unnecessary personal or sensitive information in content submitted for AI processing.
Weather and water-level services
InfoCarp may request weather and Kinneret water-level information from external data providers. Technical information necessary to perform these requests may be processed by those providers.
Optional community fishing intelligence
Community data sharing is off by default. A user may explicitly choose anonymous or credited sharing in Profile & Settings. Saving the current consent form enables automatic inclusion of that user's eligible existing and future personal and group catches in community contributions and the Hall of Fame, subject to session and catch exclusions. Users who saved an older preference are not automatically enrolled in this new behavior until they explicitly save the updated consent form. Users can exclude sessions or individual Hall catches and control whether bait, distance ranges, depth ranges, weather information and a coarse location are included.
Anonymous contributions are designed to omit display names and precise GPS coordinates and to generalize measurements into ranges. InfoCarp may retain an internal account link solely to enforce the user's sharing choice, prevent duplicate contribution records, apply privacy thresholds and support later removal; this internal identifier is not shown as the contributor's identity in anonymous community outputs. Community insights are presented as aggregated statistics and may require data from multiple different anglers before a result is shown. Anonymous Hall entries also omit catch photos and private session names. If a user chooses credited sharing, their display name and/or team name and catch photos may appear with eligible Hall entries as described in the consent form.
Users can change the community-sharing mode back to private from Profile & Settings. Doing so removes their stored community contributions and automatic Hall entries. Explicitly published manual Hall entries are managed separately. Account deletion also removes community contribution records linked to that account.
Competition calendar
Users can choose to open a Google Calendar event template or export an ICS file. The event contains the competition name, dates, place label and an app link, without a join code or precise GPS coordinates. Google receives these event details when the user opens the template. Saving the event is optional. Calendar copies do not automatically track subsequent schedule changes.
Notifications
If you enable notifications, InfoCarp may register a device push token and notification preferences so the service can deliver competition, catch, invitation, reminder and other app notifications. Notification delivery may rely on platform services such as Firebase Cloud Messaging or Apple Push Notification service.
How information is used
Information may be used to provide and maintain InfoCarp, authenticate users, save and display competition and catch information, provide requested location and weather functionality, process user-requested AI features, improve reliability, prevent misuse and provide support.
Sharing within a group
Current members of a group can view one another’s personal sessions, catches, associated photos and maps. Current group members can finish and delete a personal session; deleting a session retains historical catches. Public community and Hall of Fame publication is controlled separately from group access.
Sharing
We do not sell personal information. Information may be processed by service providers necessary for app functions, such as hosting/database, authentication, weather/data, push notifications and AI services. Providers include Supabase (authentication and database), Cloudflare (hosting, D1 and R2), Google (optional sign-in and maps), Firebase and Apple (push), Resend (email) and OpenAI (requested speech/table processing and catch-photo presence verification), plus weather and environmental data providers. Processing may take place outside Israel; the primary database is in Frankfurt. Provider processing is subject to their terms and privacy practices.
Competition judge contact numbers
Appointed competition judges are asked to enter a contact phone number before reviewing catches. The form explains that the number is displayed to the competition manager, appointed judges and accepted participating teams so they can contact a judge during the competition. The app does not automatically publish a judge's profile phone number. A contact number is removed when the related judge appointment is revoked.
Retention and deletion
- Account profiles, personal fishing logs, preferences, mappings and community contributions remain while the account is active. Account deletion removes associated active records and shared personal copies. Deleting a session alone retains historical catches.
- Published competition results and Hall archives currently have no automatic expiry. They can retain angler and team names, weights, dates and permitted photos; they are not necessarily anonymous. Contact the operator to request review of personal information retained in these archives.
- Private photos that are no longer needed for permitted historical publication are deleted after approved account or group deletion. Temporary cleanup failures may delay completion and are retried, subject to service availability.
- Deletion from active storage does not immediately remove information from limited-retention recovery copies or operational logs. Their retention depends on provider policies and the service configuration. This page does not guarantee a particular recovery window or claim that an additional backup exists.
- Offline copies are stored on the device. In-app account deletion clears the app's local cache on that device. Previously downloaded/exported files, external calendar copies and copies made by other group members cannot be remotely deleted.
Delete your account in Profile and Settings or follow the public account deletion instructions. Contact the operator for access, correction or deletion requests. Optional data is needed only for the corresponding feature. Do not send passwords or verification codes.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information. No online service can guarantee absolute security.
Children
InfoCarp is not specifically directed to children. Applicable age and consent requirements should be followed.
Changes
We may update this policy as InfoCarp changes. The current version will be published on this page.
Contact
Itamar Cohen (individual operator)
Email: thecarpgalilee@gmail.com
Optional Sign in with Apple
When Sign in with Apple is enabled and you choose it, InfoCarp uses the Apple account identifier and the name/email Apple supplies according to your choices, including a private relay address when selected. Authorization information needed to revoke the connection is stored encrypted on the server for authentication and account deletion, not advertising or tracking. Deleting the InfoCarp account revokes the Apple authorization and removes the stored authorization information. A service failure is reported rather than treated as successful deletion.
כאשר כניסה באמצעות Apple זמינה ואתם בוחרים בה, נעשה שימוש במזהה החשבון ובפרטי השם והדוא״ל ש־Apple מספקת לפי בחירתכם, לרבות כתובת מוסתרת אם בחרתם בכך. מידע ההרשאה הנדרש לביטול החיבור נשמר מוצפן בצד השרת לצורך אימות ומחיקת חשבון, ולא לפרסום או למעקב. מחיקת החשבון מבטלת את ההרשאה מול Apple ומסירה את מידע ההרשאה השמור; תקלה בשירות מדווחת ואינה מוצגת כמחיקה מוצלחת.
Когда вход с Apple доступен и вы его выбираете, InfoCarp использует идентификатор учётной записи и имя/адрес электронной почты, предоставленные Apple в соответствии с вашим выбором, включая скрытый адрес. Данные авторизации для отзыва доступа хранятся на сервере в зашифрованном виде для входа и удаления аккаунта, а не для рекламы или отслеживания. При удалении аккаунта InfoCarp авторизация Apple отзывается, а сохранённые данные авторизации удаляются; сбой сервиса сообщается и не считается успешным удалением.