Delete Your Freedive Finder Account
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Freedive Finder is a mobile app operated by Christopher Linnett. You can delete your account from inside the app in under a minute. If you cannot access the in-app flow, email christopher@freedivefinder.com from the address on record and we will complete the deletion within 30 days. This page describes both paths, lists what gets deleted and what is retained (and for how long), and is published to satisfy Google Play's Data Safety requirements.
1. Deleting Your Account In-App (Recommended)
The fastest way to delete your account is from inside the Freedive Finder app. The in-app flow verifies your identity, deletes your data immediately on confirmation, and emails you a deletion receipt.
- Open the Freedive Finder app on your phone.
- Sign in with the account you want to delete.
- Go to Settings.
- Scroll to the Danger Zone section at the bottom of Settings.
- Tap Delete Account.
- Review the warning screen, which explains what will be deleted and what will be retained.
- Confirm by entering your account password (if you have one) and the confirmation phrase shown on the screen.
- Tap Submit.
On submission, your account is deleted immediately. Your session is revoked server-side, so the app will return to the signed-out landing screen. A confirmation email is sent to the address on record, if any.
2. Deleting Your Account by Email (Fallback)
If you cannot access the in-app flow — for example, because you have lost access to your sign-in method, or the app will not start on your device — you can request deletion by email:
- To: christopher@freedivefinder.com
- Subject:
Delete my account - Include: the email address or sign-in identifier associated with the account, and a short statement confirming you want the account deleted.
We verify identity before acting on an emailed deletion request (for example, by asking you to reply from the email address on record, or by asking for information only the account holder could know). Once verified, we complete the deletion within 30 days, consistent with the commitment made in Privacy Policy §10.
3. What Gets Deleted
The following categories are deleted when your account is deleted:
| Category | What is deleted |
|---|---|
| Profile | Display name, bio, certifications, preferences, visibility settings. |
| Dive session records | Every dive session you logged. |
| Chat messages | Every message you sent and every conversation thread you participated in. |
| Dive buddy requests | Every outgoing and incoming buddy request linked to your profile. |
| Dive photos you uploaded | Every photo you uploaded to a dive site or a dive log. |
| Avatar and profile photos | Every avatar or profile image you uploaded to our storage. |
| Device tokens | The push-notification device tokens registered for your account. |
| Consent records | Your acceptance of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. |
| Sessions | Every active sign-in session and refresh token. |
After the deletion transaction commits, your account is unreachable. The data in the categories above is not recoverable.
4. What Is Retained
A small amount of information is retained after the deletion. Retention is operational or legal; it is not used for any other purpose, and no retained record contains your contact details.
| Category | What is retained | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Dive sites you created | The site listing itself (name, location, description) stays in the app so that other users' dives, photos, and ratings against it are not broken. Your authorship is cleared; the site shows as having no listed author. | Indefinite |
| Deletion audit | Your former profile ID and the deletion timestamp. Defends against fraudulent re-creation claims and satisfies admin-action forensics. | Indefinite |
| Firebase Crashlytics diagnostics | Crash reports that may reference your account while your app instance was still crashing. | Up to 90 days (vendor-controlled) |
| Server access logs | Immutable logs of HTTP requests made from your device. | Up to 30 days |
See Privacy Policy §10 (Data Retention) and §11 (Third-Party Service Providers) for authoritative retention windows and vendor roles.
5. Partial Data Deletion
Freedive Finder does not currently support deletion of individual data categories (for example, "delete my dive log only"). The deletion flow is all-or-nothing: your full account and every category listed in Section 3 are deleted together.
If you need a specific item removed (for example, a photo posted by mistake), contact christopher@freedivefinder.com and we will handle it on a case-by-case basis.
6. Contact
- Email: christopher@freedivefinder.com
- Developer name (as shown on the Play Console listing): Christopher Linnett
- Website: https://freedivefinder.com
7. Last Updated
This page was last updated on 24 April 2026. We will update the Last Updated date whenever the deletion flow, retention windows, or contact details change. Any changes to retention windows will also be reflected in the Privacy Policy.
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