Privacy Policy — Merchant Seafarer Made Easy

1. Summary

Everything in the App works offline, except Ship Check, which sends your search to our website (see section 4). The App has no account, no ads and no analytics SDK, and we never see your documents. To manage the Pro unlock, RevenueCat processes on our behalf an anonymous app ID, basic device information and your purchase record — see Purchases below.

2. Purchases

The one-time Pro unlock is processed by Google Play. To deliver and restore it, the App uses:

• Google Play Billing (Google LLC) — processes your payment. We never see or store your payment details.
• RevenueCat (RevenueCat, Inc.) — each time the App starts, RevenueCat receives on our behalf an anonymous app ID with basic device information (phone model, Android version, language, store country, app version) and your IP address, from which it estimates your country, to check whether Pro is unlocked; when you buy or restore, it also processes your purchase record. It uses this data to activate and restore the unlock and to give us aggregate purchase statistics, and it is not shared with anyone else. After a purchase, the anonymous ID is also kept in your Google account's backup (Block Store), so Restore works after a reinstall.

No name, email or payment details reach us.

Data retention and deletion: we keep purchase data only to provide your Pro unlock. To have it deleted, email contact@crewlink.me with your Google Play order number (GPA.…), from Google's purchase receipt; we delete the record within 30 days. If you never bought Pro, the anonymous ID is not linked to you and we cannot single it out; clearing the App's data stops its use and a new ID is created at the next start (after an uninstall, Android may restore it from your own Google backup).

3. My Documents

My Documents stores the certificate and document details you enter (type, dates, optional numbers) and the photos you take or choose only on your device, in the app's private storage. This data is never transmitted to us or to any third party. If Google backup is on, Android may include it in your own Google backup (only while the App's data is under 25 MB) and restores it when you reinstall the App; otherwise it is deleted when you uninstall the App. Files you Send or Export are under your control.

4. Ship Check

Ship Check looks up a ship's port state control record — Paris MoU inspections, deficiencies, detentions and the ISM company — by ship name or IMO number. The lookup is sent over HTTPS to our website, crewlink.me, which is hosted by Vercel Inc. It needs an internet connection. The request contains only what you typed and, as with any web request, your IP address, which Vercel processes to deliver the response and keeps in its standard server logs for a limited time. The App sends no identifier, and we do not build a list of the ships you looked up. The ships you opened recently are kept only on your phone, inside the App's data, so you can reopen them; they are deleted with the App's data.

5. Notifications

Expiry reminders are local notifications scheduled on your device only. They are not sent from a server, and nothing about them is sent to us.

6. Permissions

• Camera / gallery — only when you add a photo to a document. The App does not access your camera or photos at any other time.

Notifications: used only for the local document reminders you set. The app does not use your location.

The App does not ask for access to your contacts or microphone.

7. Children

The App is intended for maritime professionals and students. It is not directed at children under 13.

8. Changes and contact

We may update this policy. Material changes will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.