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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 6/14/2025

Introduction

Welcome to ShipWatch ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our platform.

Information We Collect

Account Information

  • Authentication Data: When you sign up using Twitter/X or Google, we collect your public profile information including username, display name, profile picture, and email address.
  • Profile Data: Any additional information you choose to add to your profile such as bio, website links, or project information.

Content and Activity

  • Goals: The goals you create, their descriptions, deadlines, and status updates.
  • Projects: Information about projects you link to your goals, including names, descriptions, URLs, and promotional materials.
  • Social Interactions: Your cheers, reminders, flames, and other interactions with other users' content.
  • Comments and Messages: Any content you post or messages you send through our platform.

Technical Information

  • Usage Data: How you interact with our platform, including pages visited, features used, and time spent.
  • Device Information: Basic information about your device, browser type, and operating system.
  • Log Data: Server logs including IP addresses, access times, and error reports for security and performance purposes.

How We Use Your Information

Core Functionality

  • Provide and maintain our goal-tracking and social features
  • Enable social interactions between users
  • Display your public goals and profile information
  • Send notifications about deadlines and interactions

Platform Improvement

  • Analyze usage patterns to improve our features and algorithms
  • Provide personalized goal recommendations and content discovery
  • Ensure platform security and prevent abuse

Communication

  • Send important updates about your account or our terms
  • Respond to your support requests and feedback
  • Send optional marketing communications (with your consent)

Information Sharing

Public Information

By design, ShipWatch is a social platform where certain information is public:

  • Your profile information (name, avatar, bio, linked social accounts)
  • Your goals marked as public and their associated data
  • Your interactions with others' goals (cheers, reminders, flames)
  • Projects you've shared publicly

Third-Party Services

  • Authentication Providers: We use Twitter/X and Google OAuth for secure login
  • Analytics: We may use privacy-focused analytics services to understand platform usage
  • Infrastructure: Our hosting and database providers who help us operate the platform

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required by law, to protect our rights, or to ensure user safety.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data:

  • Encryption of data in transit and at rest
  • Regular security updates and monitoring
  • Access controls and authentication requirements
  • Regular backups and disaster recovery procedures

Your Rights and Choices

Account Control

  • Access: You can view and edit your profile information at any time
  • Deletion: You can delete your account and associated data from your account settings
  • Data Export: Contact us to request a copy of your data

Privacy Settings

  • Choose which goals to make public or private
  • Control notification preferences
  • Manage connected social accounts

Communication Preferences

  • Opt out of marketing communications
  • Customize notification types and frequency
  • Control reminder and interaction notifications

Data Retention

We retain your information as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services. When you delete your account:

  • Personal data is deleted within 30 days
  • Some anonymized data may be retained for analytics
  • Legal requirements may require longer retention periods

Children's Privacy

ShipWatch is not intended for users under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

International Users

ShipWatch is operated from France. If you're accessing our platform from outside the EU, your information may be transferred to and processed in the EU under GDPR protections.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We'll notify you of material changes via email or platform notification.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this privacy policy or your personal data, please contact us:

TL;DR - The Human Version

We collect what we need to make ShipWatch work: your profile info from Twitter/Google, the goals you create, and how you interact with others. Your goals can be public (that's the point!), we keep your data secure, and you can delete everything anytime. We don't sell your data or do anything sketchy with it. Questions? Just ask.