Delete Your Account

Last updated: September 12, 2026 · Privacy Policy · Terms of Service

This page explains how to request deletion of your CruiseWatch account and the data associated with it. CruiseWatch is developed and operated by an independent individual developer and is not affiliated with any cruise line.

How to request deletion

Open a new email addressed to me@charleshartmann.com.
Send it from the same email address you used to sign in to CruiseWatch (or, if you signed in with Google, from that same Google account's email address).
Use the subject line "Delete my CruiseWatch account" — you don't need to include anything else in the body, but you're welcome to tell us why if you'd like.
We'll confirm your request by replying to that email, then process the deletion within 30 days as described below.

✉ Email me@charleshartmann.com to request deletion

You can also delete individual tracked cruises or alerts yourself, any time, directly inside the app — no email needed for that. This page is specifically for deleting your entire account and all data tied to it.

What gets deleted

Once your deletion request is processed, the following is permanently removed from CruiseWatch's systems:

Your account itself (email address, account identifier, sign-in method) in Firebase Authentication.
Every cruise you tracked: ship, sail date, cabin category, fare paid, currency, and final payment date.
Your full price-check history and every price-drop alert generated for you, including claimed/unclaimed status.
Your device's push-notification registration token, so CruiseWatch can no longer send you notifications.

What's retained, and for how long

Data	Retained?	Why / for how long
Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics) and performance data (Firebase Performance Monitoring)	Yes	Retained by Google under its own standard retention schedule. This data is tied to a random, per-install identifier, never your email address or account — it is not linked to your account and deleting your account does not delete it separately.
AdMob advertising identifiers and ad-interaction data	Not linked to your account	AdMob operates independently of your CruiseWatch account using your device's resettable advertising ID — see Google's own privacy policy for how to manage or reset it in Android Settings.
Backup copies in routine database backups	Briefly	Deleted data may persist in short-lived, encrypted backup snapshots for up to 30 days after your request is processed, purely as part of our standard backup rotation — it is not accessible or restorable to your account and is not used for any purpose during that window.

Everything else — your account, cruises, price history, and alerts — is deleted outright, with no extended retention period beyond the backup rotation above.

Questions

If you have questions about this process, email me@charleshartmann.com. See the full Privacy Policy for everything CruiseWatch collects and why.