DivefolioDivefolio privacy policy
Divefolio is a dive logbook for iPhone. This page says which data the app uses, where it stays and what can leave the phone.
In short
- Your data stays on your iPhone.
- No account to create. No ads. No usage analytics. No tracking.
- There is no Divefolio server: the publisher receives none of your data.
- A few online services are called by the app (full list below). Only one is active without a setting: the map background. Weather and species search are off by default; offline maps download nothing until you ask.
What is stored on your iPhone
Your logbook (dives, sites, people, equipment, certifications, photos, notes) is stored in the app’s private space on the iPhone. The app sends it nowhere.
You stay in control of copies: the backup, the export (UDDF, CSV, PDF) and the sharing of a dive with a friend happen only when you start them, to the place you choose (Files, AirDrop, e-mail, an iCloud Drive folder if you turn that copy on…). Those destinations are governed by their own terms.
As with any app, the logbook is part of the iPhone backup made by iOS (iCloud or computer) if you turned it on in iOS settings. That backup is handled by Apple, not by Divefolio.
Permissions the app asks for
| Permission | Why | Where the information goes |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | Download the dives from your Shearwater dive computer. | Stays on the iPhone. |
| Location (while the app is open) | Record where you dive and suggest nearby sites. | Stays on the iPhone, unless you turn on weather (see below). |
| Photos | Attach your photos to your dives and to the species you saw. | Stays on the iPhone. |
| Camera | Photograph a dive, a logbook page, a certification card or a species. | Stays on the iPhone. |
| Notifications | Your reminders (equipment servicing, medical certificate…) and the end of a Bluetooth download. | Local notifications, scheduled on the iPhone. |
You can withdraw each permission in Settings › Divefolio. Wi-Fi sync with the computer is not available in version 1.0: the app does not use the local network.
Online services the app calls
The app calls only the services below. None of them receives a name, an e-mail address, a device identifier, a photo or any content of your logbook.
| Service | What is sent | When | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|
OpenFreeMaptiles.openfreemap.orgmap background |
The tiles of the displayed map area (so, roughly, that area). | Each time the map shows with an online background. | No setting: the map needs it. The “offline” background contacts nothing. Without a connection the app uses its built-in data. |
OpenFreeMaptiles.openfreemap.orgoffline maps |
The tiles of the region you choose to keep on the iPhone (area and zoom levels). | Only when you start downloading a region. | Your decision: nothing is downloaded without your action. |
Open-Meteoapi.open-meteo.commarine-api.open-meteo.comweather and sea |
A position rounded to 0.01° (about 1 km), the date and the names of the measurements requested. | When the Dive day tab shows the day’s conditions for the chosen place (the iPhone’s position, the last check-in, the site of the last dive, or a place you pick). | “Today’s conditions (Open-Meteo)”, off by default (Settings › Online data). |
WoRMSmarinespecies.orgthen GBIF api.gbif.orgspecies names |
The name you typed in the species search. GBIF is queried only if WoRMS finds nothing. | When you tap “Search”. | “Species (WoRMS, GBIF, Wikimedia)”, off by default. |
Wikimedia Commonscommons.wikimedia.organd Wikimedia’s image servers illustrations |
The scientific name of the species (otherwise its common name). The app then downloads the thumbnails offered. | When you start “Search for illustrations”. | Same setting as above, off by default. |
About these exchanges:
- Each service sees the IP address of your connection, like any website you visit. Divefolio adds no account, identifier or cookie: for weather, species names and illustrations the app uses ephemeral sessions, which keep no cookie and no cache. The mapping library keeps the tiles already seen on the iPhone, to show the map faster and offline.
- To each of these services, the map background included, the app identifies itself only as
Divefolio/<version> (https://divefolio.pages.dev): its name, its version and the address of this site, no personal data. - The terms and privacy policies of these services apply to what they receive. Their sources and licences are on the Licences page and in the app (Me › Settings › About › Licences and attributions).
- Some links (DORIS, WoRMS, iNaturalist, INPN pages, sources, bibliography, or a link you typed yourself, such as an equipment manual) open in Safari when you tap them. The app sends them nothing.
What the publisher does not do
- No account, no advertising profile, no tracking across apps or websites, no data broker.
- No analytics tool and no crash report sent automatically.
- No personal data in request headers.
“Copy diagnostics”, on the dive computer page, creates a file (Bluetooth trace, masked serial number) that you can send to support yourself. The app never sends it.
This website
This site is made of static pages. It uses no cookie, no analytics tool, no font or image hosted elsewhere and no third-party service. Its host may keep the usual technical logs of a web server (IP address, date, page requested); the publisher does not use them.
Retention and deletion
Everything is kept on your iPhone as long as you keep the app. To erase everything: Me › Settings › Data › “Erase everything” (a backup is made first, then you type the word asked), or delete the app. Backups or exports you placed elsewhere (Files, iCloud Drive, e-mail) stay with you: delete them yourself.
Children
Divefolio collects no data about its users, children included.
Your rights
The publisher holds no data about you: there is nothing to access, correct or erase on the publisher’s side. Your data is on your iPhone, under your control.
Changes
If the app changes what it sends or to whom, this page will be updated before the release concerned, with a new date.
Contact
Publisher: Divefolio
Questions about this policy: divefolio@protonmail.com