Ghillie: Carp Fishing Logbook

Privacy Policy

Effective 25 September 2026

Ghillie: Carp Fishing Logbook
Privacy Policy

Effective 25 September 2026

Your logbook stays on your phone. Ghillie has no account, no sign-in, no cloud sync and no servers of our own. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. We never sell or share your personal data.

Who we are

Ghillie is published by Octopi Software Ltd, Southampton, Hampshire, UK, which is the data controller. Contact: info@octopi-software.com. This policy covers Ghillie: Carp Fishing Logbook (com.octopi.ghillie), version 3.0.0 onwards, and follows UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (and EU GDPR for users in the EU).

What is stored on your phone

Everything you record is kept in the app's private storage on your device, and nowhere else:

  • Waters, swims and spots, including coordinates, names, notes, gate codes and any bailiff name, phone or email you type in.
  • Catches: species, weight, date and time, photos, notes, tackle and bait, and the weather at the time of capture.
  • Sessions, licences and tickets, and your settings.
  • Photos you take with the camera or pick from your gallery (copied into the app's storage).

We never receive this data and cannot see it. Uninstalling the app removes all of it. You can also delete individual records inside the app.

What leaves your phone

Ghillie only contacts other services for the things below. We do not operate any of them.

  • Weather: the latitude and longitude of the water you chose, or your current location, are sent to WeatherAPI.com for forecasts, conditions and warnings, and to Open-Meteo if WeatherAPI is unavailable. This happens when weather is shown or stamped on a catch. Weather responses are cached on your phone so the app works offline.
  • Address and postcode lookup: the address or coordinates you enter are converted by your phone's built-in geocoder (Google on Android, Apple on iOS), only when you use the lookup.
  • Maps: the Map tab uses Google Maps on Android and Apple Maps on iOS. Requests for map tiles of the visible area are sent to them, and Google may collect usage and device data under its own privacy policy.
  • Premium purchase: handled entirely by Google Play Billing. The app only sees the product and whether the purchase is active, never your payment details.
  • Contact support: only if you tap it. It opens your email app with a pre-filled message that includes the app version, device make and model, OS version, device type and language. You can edit or delete these before sending.
  • Links: Google Maps, what3words, a fishery's own web links and the phone dialler open only when you tap them.

We do not sell your data, share it for advertising or use it for profiling. All connections use HTTPS.

Device permissions

  • Location (precise and approximate): to get weather for where you are and to mark a water or swim. Used only while the app is open. There is no background location.
  • Camera: to photograph catches and waters.
  • Photos: Ghillie does not ask for access to your photo library. When you add a picture, your phone's own photo picker opens and only the photos you choose are shared with the app.
  • Storage (Android 12 and below only): to save a backup file and open the photos you pick.
  • Internet and network state: for weather, maps and purchases.

On iOS the equivalents are camera, photo library and location when in use.

Backups and moving from Ghillie 2

Settings, then Backup, creates a zip file of your data and photos. You choose where it is saved using the system save dialog. If you save it to Google Drive or a similar service, that provider's terms apply. We never receive it. When you first open Ghillie 3 after updating from Ghillie 2, the app copies your Ghillie 2 data into Ghillie 3 on your device. Nothing leaves your phone.

Old Ghillie accounts

Earlier versions of Ghillie (1 and 2) offered user accounts held on our server. That service has been shut down and all account data has been deleted. We hold no account data about you. If you would like confirmation, email info@octopi-software.com.

Children

Ghillie is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them. Ghillie has no backend, so we hold no data about anyone.

Your rights

Under UK and EU GDPR you have the right to access, correct and delete your personal data, and to object to or restrict its use. We hold none of your data, so there is nothing for us to provide or delete; you control everything on your phone. WeatherAPI.com, Open-Meteo, Google and Apple are independent controllers of the data they receive, so please see their policies. You can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk, 0303 123 1113) or your local EU supervisory authority.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we will update this page and the date at the top, and tell you in the app where the change matters.

Contact

Octopi Software Ltd, Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Email: info@octopi-software.com