Privacy Policy
Spot the Reef is a hobby / educational project. This page explains, in plain language, what data the app handles.
What we store
If you sign in, we store your email address, quiz scores, saved trip plans, and bookmarked species against your account. Sign-in uses a passwordless magic link handled by Supabase Auth, which sets a session cookie in your browser.
Third-party services
The app calls several third-party APIs to function: Supabase (database and authentication), iNaturalist and GBIF (marine species observations), Wikipedia (species summaries), OpenAI (AI-generated trip intelligence), and OpenStreetMap Nominatim (location search). Requests to these services are made to look up public reference data — destination and species searches may be sent to these providers as part of normal operation.
What we don't do
We don't sell your data, run advertising, or share your account information with third parties beyond the service providers above that are necessary to run the app.
Questions
This is a personal project without a dedicated support team — reach out to the site owner directly with any questions about your data.