BosunMarine ("BosunMarine," "we," "us," or "our") is a mobile and web app that helps boat owners understand their vessel. Its AI assistant, Bosun, answers questions about your boat, and the app organizes your manuals and documents and builds a searchable record of the boat's systems. This policy explains what information BosunMarine collects, why, and how it is used, stored, and shared.
BosunMarine is operated by Sunny Corner Coffee, trading as BosunMarine, of Bellingen NSW, Australia. If you have questions about this policy or your data, contact us at support@bosunmarine.app.
BosunMarine uses Auth0 to handle sign-in. When you create an account or log in, we receive your email address, display name, and profile picture (if your sign-in method provides one), along with an authentication token that identifies your session. We do not receive or store your password — Auth0 handles that directly.
Using BosunMarine involves giving it information about your boat so it can help you. This includes:
Photos come from your device's camera or photo library, which the app only accesses when you choose to attach a photo. BosunMarine does not access your photo library or camera in the background.
BosunMarine offers a free tier and a paid subscription. Payment is handled by third parties, not by BosunMarine directly:
Like most apps and websites, our servers keep standard request logs (such as IP address, timestamps, and the page or endpoint requested) for operating and securing the service. BosunMarine does not use third-party analytics, advertising, or crash-reporting SDKs — we don't share your usage patterns with an ad or analytics network, because we don't have one integrated.
When you ask Bosun a question or upload a manual, the relevant content (your message, and/or the text and images extracted from your document) is sent to an AI model to generate a response. BosunMarine currently uses:
These providers process the content you send in order to generate a response; they act as our data processors for this purpose under their own respective terms, not as independent owners of your data. We may change which AI providers we use as the product evolves.
BosunMarine's database and file storage run on Microsoft Azure. Uploaded manuals and photos are stored in Azure Blob Storage; your account records, vessel data, chat messages, and notes are stored in an Azure-hosted PostgreSQL database. Data is stored in Microsoft Azure's Australia East region.
We share information with the service providers who help us run BosunMarine, and for no other commercial purpose. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with advertisers.
| Provider | Purpose | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Auth0 (Okta) | Sign-in and authentication | Email, name, profile picture, login activity |
| Microsoft Azure | Hosting, database, and file storage | All account and vessel data, as the infrastructure it's stored on |
| Google (Gemini API) | AI-generated answers and document understanding | Chat messages and uploaded document content you send to Bosun |
| OpenAI / Azure AI Foundry | AI-generated answers and document understanding | Chat messages and uploaded document content you send to Bosun |
| Stripe | Web payment processing | Payment and billing details (web subscriptions only) |
| Apple & RevenueCat | iOS subscription purchase and management | Purchase and subscription status (iOS subscriptions only) |
We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of BosunMarine, our users, or others.
We keep your account and vessel data for as long as your account is active, so BosunMarine can keep working the way you'd expect — remembering your boat and past conversations. If you delete your account, we delete or anonymize your personal data within [RETENTION PERIOD], except where we're required to keep records (for example, billing records) for longer under law.
You can review and correct the vessel information stored in the app at any time. To request a copy of your data, ask us to delete your account and data, or ask a question about how your data is handled, contact support@bosunmarine.app. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under laws such as the GDPR or CCPA; [ADD REGION-SPECIFIC RIGHTS LANGUAGE IF NEEDED].
BosunMarine is not directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children under [13 OR 16 DEPENDING ON JURISDICTION]. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
We use encryption in transit and access controls to protect your information. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, and we can't guarantee absolute security.
BosunMarine is operated from Australia and stores data in Microsoft Azure's Australia East region. If you use BosunMarine from another country, your information will be transferred to and processed there.
We may update this policy as BosunMarine changes. If we make material changes, we'll notify you in the app or by email before they take effect. The "Last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision.
Sunny Corner Coffee, trading as BosunMarine
Bellingen NSW, Australia
support@bosunmarine.app