Privacy policy

Version 2026-11-10, effective 10 November 2026

Draft, not yet in force

This document is incomplete and has not been reviewed by an attorney. It is published so it can be reviewed, and it does not bind anyone yet.

Still needed:

the supplier's full name (ECTA s 43(1)(a))
the supplier's legal status (ECTA s 43(1)(b))
the registration number (ECTA s 43(1)(i))
a physical address (ECTA s 43(1)(c))
a telephone number (ECTA s 43(1)(c))
an email address (ECTA s 43(1)(d))
the Information Officer (POPIA s 55)
contact details for the Information Officer
confirmation that the Information Officer is registered with the Information Regulator (POPIA s 56)

In short: Hunt Buddy keeps everything on your phone. There is no account, the app makes no internet connections, and nothing is sent to us or to anyone else. We never receive it. This website does not set cookies and runs no analytics.

Who is responsible

The responsible party under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is:

The provider's details will be published here before this document comes into force.

No account

There is no account and no sign-in. You do not give the app your name or email address, and you can use everything in it straight away.

What the app keeps on your phone

The app keeps the following in its own storage on your phone:

your settings: theme, heading font, language, hunting region and units, and that you have read the disclaimer;
your Hunt Album, if you use it (see below).

The app makes no internet connections, and the Android app does not even ask for permission to use the internet. We never receive it, so we cannot see, share or sell it.

Hunt Album

The Hunt Album keeps a record of your hunts: for each hunt, the details you type (such as the dates, the place, the outfitter, the professional hunter and your notes), the animals taken (with the caliber, the distance and where the shot went), and your photos.

The app uses the camera, or your photo library, only when you add photos to an album, and uses only the photos you choose.
Copies of those photos, and everything you type, are kept in the app's own storage on your phone. They are never uploaded.
If you share an album, the app hands its text and photos to the app you choose on your phone, such as WhatsApp or email. From there it goes only where you send it, and that app's own terms apply.
If you write down other people's names, such as your professional hunter's, please only record what they are happy for you to keep.

Your phone's backups

If your phone backs up app data, which Android does to your Google account and iPhones do to iCloud or your computer when backups are turned on, the app's settings and Hunt Album are included in that backup, like the data of your other apps. The backup is yours and is kept by Google or Apple under their own terms; we have no access to it.

What the app does not do

It has no analytics, no crash reporting and no advertising.
It does not track you, and it does not use your location, microphone or contacts.
It does not share anything with third parties. The only thing that ever leaves the app is an album you choose to share.

Deleting your information

You can delete an album, or a photo in it, in the app at any time. Uninstalling the app, or clearing its data in your phone's settings, deletes everything it stored on the phone, including your Hunt Album, so share an album first if you want to keep a copy. To remove the app's data from your backups as well, delete it from your Google account or iCloud backup, or turn off backups for the app.

This website

hunt-buddy.site does not set cookies, runs no analytics and loads nothing from other websites. Like every web server, ours keeps standard access logs: your IP address, your browser, the page you asked for and the time. We use them only to keep the site secure and working, keep them only as long as that needs, and do not share them.

Your rights

Under POPIA you may ask what personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how it is used. Because the app's information stays on your phone, the only information we could hold about you is the website's access logs.

If you are unhappy with how we handle your information, you may complain to the Information Regulator (South Africa): PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za, inforegulator.org.za.

Children

The app collects no information from anyone, including children: nothing is ever sent to us.

Changes to this policy

If the app ever starts sending information off your phone, for example to offer online accounts or to back up albums, we will update this policy before that happens. The version and date at the top of this page show which version applies.