A plain-language look at how DareToFish handles privacy and security. For the underlying legal documents, see Legal & Policies.
This page states only what is factually true and does not claim POPIA certification, government approval, or that DareToFish is "100% compliant" or "fully secure."
DareToFish is operated by DNF Financial Services (Pty) Ltd, a South African private company. DareToFish is DNF Financial Services' consumer-facing fishing competition and community product — a distinct brand from the company's Distinct business-tools platform.
Publicly shown catch locations are randomised within a radius before display — your exact spot is never shown to other users just because you logged a catch there.
You choose who can see a catch's location: exact spot to no one but you, an approximate area to the community, or hidden entirely.
GPS and device metadata embedded in photos is stripped before a photo is shown publicly, so a photo alone can't leak your location.
Full-precision coordinates are not exposed through the public app — only the fuzzed/approximate version other members see.
Club and competition membership, leaderboards and catch feeds are visible to other members of the same club or competition per the visibility level you choose for each catch. Your account profile is not shared with unrelated clubs or competitions.
DareToFish does not require marketing consent to use the app. Where marketing communications are offered, they are opt-in and can be withdrawn at any time.
You can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your account information. Deletion requests are handled subject to any records we're legally required to keep (for example, competition/prize records). Submit a request through DNF Financial Services' data-request form, used across all of its brands including DareToFish: distinct-app.com/legal/data-request.
Where a competition involves entrants who may be under 18, guardian consent and purchaser/attendee roles are handled per that competition's own rules rather than a single blanket platform rule — see the specific competition's terms.
This page is a general reference and does not replace legal advice.
