Privacy policy

MasMaaru · Last updated 31 October 2026

MasMaaru connects fishing boat captains in the Maldives with people who buy fish. We keep only what the app needs to work, we never sell your data, and money never passes through MasMaaru.

What we keep

• Your phone number, to log you in with a one-time code. There are no passwords.
• Your name and language, if you give them.
• If you sell fish: your boat's name, home harbour and fishing licence number, and the bank account number, account name and payment QR code you choose to add so buyers can pay you.
• Catches you post: the fish, counts, sizes and prices, the harbour, the docking time, and any photo or voice note you add.
• Your boat's position while you head in with a posted catch, so the docking time stays right. Only the latest position is kept, on that catch.
• If you buy fish: your reservations, the payment receipts you upload, requests you send to boats, your fish alert choices and the stars you give.
• A notification token for your phone, so we can send you alerts.
• Error reports when something breaks, without phone numbers or personal details.

The app uses your phone's location to suggest the nearest harbours and estimate when a boat docks. Receipts are read on your phone to check the amount and reference number; the reading happens on the phone, not on our servers.

Who can see it

• Bank details and receipts are seen only by the captain, the buyer in that sale, and MasMaaru admins.
• Phone numbers are shared only inside a reservation: the buyer sees the captain's number after reserving, and the captain sees the buyer's number for reservations on their boat.
• A buyer who reserved fish can see where that boat is while it heads in.
• Catches (boat name, fish, prices, harbour, docking time and photo) are shown to buyers near that harbour.
• MasMaaru admins can see account data to run the service, check boat licences and help with problems.

We don't sell or rent personal data and we don't show ads. If we ever share figures outside MasMaaru, for example with fisheries researchers, they are totals that can't be traced to a person or a boat.

Where it is stored

Data is stored on servers in Singapore (DigitalOcean). Receipts, QR codes, photos and voice notes are in private storage and are only opened through short-lived links. Text messages with login codes go through a phone network provider, push notifications through Google Firebase, and maps in the app come from Google Maps.

How long we keep it

We keep your data while you have an account. Database backups are kept for 30 days.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account in the app: Settings, then Delete my account. If money has already moved on a reservation that isn't finished, finish it first. When you delete your account, we remove your phone number, name, bank details, payment QR code and notification tokens, cancel your open reservations, and log you out everywhere. Past sales stay in the other person's history without your details. Backups that still contain your data are removed within 30 days.

Children

MasMaaru is for adults buying and selling fish and is not meant for children under 13.

Contact

Questions about your data, or a request to see or correct it: use Help in the app's Settings.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top. Big changes will also be shown in the app.