Privacy Policy

Paddle Journal

Last updated: 7 November 2026

Paddle Journal is a GPS logbook for kayaking, SUP, canoeing and rowing, for iPhone. It's made by SGWNI, a one-person app studio (“I”, “me”). This policy explains what information the app handles and where it goes.

In short

• Your paddles, routes, photos and notes stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. I never receive them.
• There's no account to make.
• Your location is used to record your route while you track a paddle, and to fetch the wind from Apple Weather.
• The app counts how it's used, anonymously, with TelemetryDeck.
• There's no advertising, no tracking across other apps or websites, and nothing is sold or shared.

Your location

Paddle Journal uses your location only to record your route, distance and speed while you track a paddle, including in the background so the route is complete when your screen is off. The route is saved with the paddle in your journal. It is never sent to me.

Wind and weather

To show the wind at the start and finish of a paddle, the app asks Apple Weather for the conditions at your location at that moment. Apple's handling of these requests is covered by Apple's privacy policy.

Your journal

Your paddles, routes, photos, notes, ratings, goals and settings are stored in the app. If iCloud is on, they sync between your devices through your own private iCloud account, which I can't access. Photos you add are the ones you pick. When you share a paddle, it goes only where you choose to send it.

Anonymous usage statistics

Paddle Journal uses TelemetryDeck to count how often the app and its features are used. Each signal also carries general details such as the app version, iOS version, type of device and language. The signals never include your routes, locations, photos or notes. TelemetryDeck doesn't collect names, email addresses or locations, and the identifier it uses is anonymised before it leaves your device.

Keeping and deleting your information

Your journal stays until you delete it. To remove everything, delete the app and its iCloud data in Settings › your name › iCloud › Manage Storage. You can turn off location access at any time in Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, including under the UK and EU General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to ask what information is held about you, to have it corrected or deleted, and to object to how it's used. Your journal and routes stay on your devices and in your own iCloud, so I hold none of them. I use the anonymous statistics because it's in my legitimate interest to understand how the app is used and improve it; TelemetryDeck processes them on my behalf. Requests about App Store purchases go to Apple, which holds them.

Children

Paddle Journal isn't directed at children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.

This website

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Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new “last updated” date.

Contact

Questions or requests about privacy: hello@veglog.app