Privacy policy
HuntTide is a hunting and fishing map app for Texas, run by LineCrew Pro LLC (“we”). This policy explains what the app and this website collect, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have. We don't sell your information, we don't show ads, and we don't track you across other apps or websites.
What we collect and why
Your account
If you sign in, we keep your email address (to send your sign-in code and to identify your account) and an optional display name. You can use the map without signing in; signing in lets your pins, tracks and photos sync between your phones.
Your location
With your permission, the app uses your phone's location to show where you are, center the map, and record tracks you start. Location stays on your phone unless you save it in something that syncs (a pin, a track, an offline area) or ask for nearby conditions: when you open fishing conditions or weather, the app sends that point to our server to look up tides, wind, river gauges and lake levels. We use the point to answer and don't keep it, apart from our hosting provider's short-lived request logs. The app doesn't use your location in the background unless you are recording a track.
Search
When you search the map, what you type goes to our server (to look up owner names and property addresses) and to Mapbox (to find places and addresses). We use it to answer the search and don't store it, apart from our hosting provider's short-lived request logs. Your recent searches are kept only on your phone.
Pins, tracks, photos and offline areas
These are saved on your phone first. If you're signed in, they are copied to our database and photo storage so they sync, and only your account can read them. Photos you add from your camera or gallery are stored the same way; we don't read their contents.
Permission letters
When you ask a landowner for permission, we keep the request: the property, your first name (printed on the letter), the message, the letter's status, and the landowner's answer. You pay the letter fee through Stripe; we never see or store your full card number. The letter is printed and mailed by our mailing provider. These records are kept even if you later delete your account, because they are records of a paid service and of a landowner's answer; they are never shown to anyone but you and that landowner.
Landowners
Property lines, owner names and mailing addresses come only from public county appraisal records published by the Texas Geographic Information Office (TxGIO). We never add phone numbers, emails or other information from other sources. Hunters see the owner name shown in the public record; mailing addresses stay on our server and are used only to mail permission letters. A landowner can answer a letter or opt out of all future letters in one step on the reply page, and we keep a permanent do-not-contact list that is checked before every letter.
Technical information
Like any app or website, our servers receive basic technical details with each request (IP address, device and app type, time). Our hosting providers keep these in short-lived logs for security and troubleshooting. We don't use advertising IDs or analytics trackers.
Who we share it with
We share information only with service providers that run parts of the app for us, and only what each needs:
- Supabase: database, sign-in and photo storage.
- Vercel: hosting for this website and the app's server.
- Cloudflare: storage and delivery of our map layers.
- Mapbox: the base maps and satellite imagery. Mapbox receives map requests from your phone and may collect usage data under its own privacy policy.
- Stripe: letter payments.
- Lob: printing and mailing permission letters (the landowner's name and mailing address, and the letter).
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect someone's safety, or as part of a sale or reorganization of the business (in which case this policy continues to apply).
Your choices
- Location, camera and photos: allow or deny them anytime in your phone's settings.
- Delete things you saved: remove any pin, track, photo or offline area in the app.
- Delete your account: in the app, from the Account screen, or by emailing support@hunttide.com. This deletes your account, pins, tracks, photos and offline areas from our servers; letter and payment records are kept as described above.
- Questions, copies of your information, or corrections: email support@hunttide.com.
Children
HuntTide is for adults 18 and over. It is not directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has given us information, email support@hunttide.com and we'll delete it.
Security
Information is encrypted in transit, each person's records are protected so only they can read them, and mailing addresses are kept on the server only. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect yours.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date above, and tell you in the app if the change is significant.
Contact
LineCrew Pro LLC
3433 County Road 1436, Athens, TX 75751
support@hunttide.com