Privacy

Last updated: 7 November 2026

Beach Score is a free test version of an app that rates beaches using weather and sea forecasts. We collect as little data as possible. This page explains what we collect, why, and your rights under the GDPR.

Who is responsible for your data

The data controller is Fabio Astengo, independent developer, Ireland. To contact us about your data, use the Send feedback form and include your email address so we can reply.

What we collect

Feedback you send us ("Was this score right?" and "Send feedback"): your answer, your message, the beach, activity, date and score you were looking at, and the page address. Your email address only if you choose to give it, and only so we can reply to you. We use this to improve the scores and the app.
Likes (the ♥ that adds a beach to "My beaches"): the beach and a random code created by your browser, so we can count how many people love each beach and the same browser can't count twice. The code isn't linked to your name, email or device.
Visit statistics: we use Vercel Web Analytics, which counts page views without cookies and without identifying you. We see totals such as "how many people opened the Lahinch page", not who they are.
Your country: when you open the app, our host Vercel tells us which country your connection comes from (for example Ireland or the UK), worked out from your IP address. We use it only to show the beaches of your area first. We don't see your IP address and we don't store the country.

What stays on your device

Your location (if you tap "Show distances from me"), your favourite beaches, the area you chose (Ireland or UK), the wind unit you chose and the random code for likes are saved only in your browser. Your location is rounded to about 1 km and is never sent to our servers: distances are calculated on your device. You can delete all of this by clearing your browser data for this site, or with "Forget my location".

Who processes data for us

Vercel hosts the app and provides the visit statistics.
Supabase stores feedback and likes, in a data centre in Ireland (EU).
Resend sends us an email notification when new feedback arrives.

We don't sell your data, we don't show ads, and we don't use advertising or tracking cookies. Forecasts come from Open-Meteo and water quality from the Irish EPA and DAERA (Northern Ireland): we request those data for beaches, never for you.

How long we keep it

Feedback is kept for up to 24 months to improve the scores, then deleted. If you gave us your email, you can ask us to delete it at any time. Likes are kept while the app is online.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your data, or object to how we use it. Contact us through the feedback form. If you think we're not handling your data properly, you can complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie).