Last updated: 31 July 2026
FishThisPic is a browser game that turns photos of water into fishing spots. It is playable without an account. This page explains exactly what leaves your browser, and when.
| Data | When | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Your Google account email and display name | Only if you choose to sign in | To keep your profile, gear and catches across devices, and to show your name next to your catches on the daily leaderboard. |
| The URL of an image you fish on | When you start fishing on an image while signed in | Each image is a "lake". The URL identifies it, so that everyone fishing the same photo shares the same water shape and the same records. |
| A 32×32 outline of the water area, and a small thumbnail of the image | The first time anyone fishes a given image | So the next player does not have to re-detect the water, and so the image can be shown in the list of places to fish. |
| Game results: species, length, timestamps, coins, level | On each catch, while signed in | Progression and leaderboards. |
If you do not sign in, nothing is sent to our servers. Your profile, gear and
catches are stored locally in your browser via chrome.storage, and
water detection runs on your own machine.
Data is stored in Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore and Cloud Functions), in
the europe-west1 / eur3 region. It is accessible only
to the extension's server code — the database rejects all direct client access.
We do not sell your data, do not transfer it for advertising or credit purposes, and do not use it for anything other than running the game.
Your display name, the species and size of your catches, and the name of the water are visible to other players on the daily leaderboard. Your email address is never shown to anyone.
Leaderboard entries expire automatically after 3 days. Your profile is kept for as long as your account exists. To delete your account and everything attached to it, write to the address below and it will be removed within 30 days.
FishThisPic is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.
If this policy changes in a way that affects what we collect, the date at the top changes and the new version is published here before the change takes effect.
Questions or deletion requests: alex@rsjoomla.com