Summary: information comes from you, from automatic collection and from third parties
The Policy says MyFitnessPal collects information directly from you when you create an account and use the Services, automatically through your use of the Services, and from third parties. The sections that follow set out each source in detail.
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MyFitnessPal collects information from you directly when you create an account, use our Services, and through third parties.
We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Services, and from third-parties.
Qualifications & exceptions
This is the opening summary of the collection section; the specific data types and third-party sources are in later cards.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Account and profile information you provide includes name, email, birth date and sex
When you set up an account, MyFitnessPal collects account and profile information directly from you: your name, email address, general location (country or zip code), username and password, date of birth, and sex. A profile image or photo is collected only if you choose to provide one.
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This includes your name, email address, general location information (country/zip code), profile image or photo (if you choose to provide one), username and password, date of birth, and sex.
Qualifications & exceptions
The profile image or photo is optional ("if you choose to provide one").
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Food and Activity Diary Data covers diet, medications, fitness, sleep, body measurements and photos
Certain features let you voluntarily share information about your dietary habits and activities. The Policy calls this Food and Activity Diary Data and lists: dietary habits; food, drink and medications you consume (including by voice logging) and purchase through grocery integrations; calorie count; dietary restrictions; fitness level, activity and goals; lifestyle information such as sleep data; body measurements such as height, weight and BMI; information related to any physiological conditions; progress photos you may choose to provide; and anything else you choose to put in notes, such as observations about progress and mindset.
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Certain features of our Services allow you to voluntarily share information about your dietary habits and activities you engage in.
Dietary habits;
Food, drink, and medications you consume (including as submitted via voice logging) and purchase (via our grocery integrations);
Calorie count;
Dietary restrictions;
Fitness level, activity, and goals
Lifestyle information (e.g., sleeping data);
Body measurements (e.g., height, weight, and BMI);
Information related to any physiological conditions;
Progress photos you may choose to provide
Other information you might choose to submit in the notes
Qualifications & exceptions
It is collected through "certain features" and described as information you voluntarily share.
Progress photos and notes are described as things you "may choose to provide".
Medications are listed among items consumed, so the category extends beyond food.
Data Access & Collection · Context
Diary data may be treated as sensitive personal information when it reveals a health condition
The Policy says Food and Activity Diary Data may include sensitive personal information when the information indicates or allows someone to infer a health condition. This ties the diary data you log, such as medications and physiological conditions, to the Policy's sensitive-information provisions.
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Food and Activity Diary Data may include sensitive personal information when the information indicates or allows someone to infer a health condition.
Qualifications & exceptions
It is "may include", not always: the sensitive label applies when the data indicates or allows an inference of a health condition.
Not stated here
Which specific diary entries the company treats as sensitive in practice.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Messages you send the company, including to its Support Center chatbot, are collected
MyFitnessPal collects your email address, name and any other content you provide when you communicate with it. This includes exchanges with its personnel and with its Support Center chatbot.
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This includes your: email address, name, and any other content provided when you communicate with us, including exchanges with our personnel and Support Center chatbot.
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers communications you send to MyFitnessPal itself, including the chatbot; messages with other users are a separate card.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Content you post on social media pages and community forums is collected with your contact details
When you interact with MyFitnessPal's social media pages, online discussion groups or public-facing community forums that it sponsors or is affiliated with, the company collects what you post and the related contact information you provide.
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This includes posted content and related contact information you provide when interacting with our social media pages, online discussion groups, or public-facing community forums sponsored by or affiliated with MyFitnessPal.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to pages and forums "sponsored by or affiliated with MyFitnessPal".
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
The company may receive what you exchange with other users through the Friends messaging channel
Through the user messaging channel in the "Friends" tab, MyFitnessPal may receive the personal information you exchange with other MyFitnessPal users. The Policy gives as examples your name, email address, diary entries, photos, fitness goals and achievements.
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We may receive the personal information you exchange with other MyFitnessPal users (like your name, email address, diary entries, photos, fitness goals, and achievements)
through our user messaging channel via the
Qualifications & exceptions
The wording is "may receive", so it does not say every message is stored or reviewed.
Not stated here
Whether and how long message content is retained or used for other purposes.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Survey answers, event registrations and your preferences are collected
MyFitnessPal collects information you provide in research and surveys (such as contact information and feedback), information tied to events you register for or attend, and your preferences and requests, including communication preferences and preferences about how you use the Services.
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This may include information you provide if you participate in research and surveys, such as contact information, feedback, and other information you choose to provide.
if you register for or attend an event that we host or sponsor, we will collect information related to your registration for and participation in such event
This may include information about your preferences, including communication preferences, preferences related to your use of the Services, and any other preferences or requests you provide when interacting with us.
Qualifications & exceptions
Survey and event collection applies only if you take part; the Policy says events occur "if any".
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Usage and device data, including IP address and advertising ID, is collected automatically
MyFitnessPal may automatically collect usage and device data: details about your browser, operating system or device (such as cookie identifiers, IP address, mobile advertising identifier and other unique identifiers), internet service provider, mobile carrier, general location (including location inferred from your IP address), your actions in the Services, how you interact with them (including frequency and duration), links you click, and other information about how you use the Services.
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MyFitnessPal may collect Usage and Device Data.
general location information (including inferred location based off of your IP address)
actions that you take while using the Services, information about how you interact with the Services, including the frequency and duration of your activities, information about the links you click
Qualifications & exceptions
Location here is "general" and may be inferred from the IP address.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Cookies and similar technologies are used in three groups: required, functional and targeted advertising
MyFitnessPal may collect usage and device data automatically through cookies and other tracking technologies, which it collectively calls "Cookies". The Policy defines Cookies to include small text files and similar tools such as pixels, web beacons, local storage objects, log files and software development kits, whether set by the company directly (First-Party) or by third parties (Third-Party). It says it uses them to make the site work, ensure security and prevent fraud (Required Cookies); to provide enhanced functionality and analyze usage to improve the website (Functional Cookies); and to provide personalized content and advertisements (Targeted Advertising Cookies).
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MyFitnessPal may collect information, such as usage and device data, from you automatically through cookies and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”)
to make our site work, ensure security, and prevent fraud (Required Cookies); to provide enhanced functionality and analyze usage to improve our website (Functional Cookies); and to provide you with personalized content and advertisements (Targeted Advertising Cookies)
(e.g., pixels, web beacons, local storage objects, log files, software development kits, etc.)
those we set directly (“First-Party Cookies”) and those set by third parties (“Third-Party Cookies”)
Qualifications & exceptions
The company and its third-party service providers and partners all use these technologies.
Functional Cookies and Targeted Advertising Cookies are the groups the Policy later says may count as a "sale" or "sharing".
Not stated here
The list of individual cookies and the third parties that set them is not given in this Policy.
You can manage cookies in your browser, but rejecting all may break features; choices depend on your country
Depending on the country where you live, you have choices about Cookies. By changing your browser preferences you can accept all cookies, be notified when one is set, or reject all. If you reject all cookies, some features of the Services may not work properly. The Policy also says you can adjust your preferences and provide or withdraw consent as described in the section on managing marketing and personalized advertising preferences.
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Depending on the country where you reside, you have choices with respect to Cookies.
If you choose to reject all cookies, some of our Service’s features may not work properly.
You can adjust your preferences and provide or withdraw your consent as described in the
Qualifications & exceptions
Which choices you have "depend[s] on the country where you reside".
Browser settings are one route; the Policy points to the preferences section for consent and opt-out choices.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Information about you may also arrive from health devices, service providers, research partners and advertisers
MyFitnessPal may receive information about you from other sources, including connected health devices, service providers, research partners, marketing and advertising partners, and social media platforms. Service providers may give it information to enrich the Services, for example how you use them, and it uses service providers to help communicate with you. Research partners may supply information for research and surveys it runs, which may include demographic information, health and fitness goals and input on using the Services.
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We may receive information about you from other sources, such as through third party connected health devices, service providers, research partners, marketing and advertising partners, and social media platforms.
Our service providers may provide us with your information to enrich our Services.
We may collect information for research purposes and surveys we conduct. This may include demographic information, health and fitness goals, and input regarding the use of our Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
This card covers the general list and the service-provider and research-partner sources; marketing companies, business partners, other users, social login and device data have their own cards.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Marketing and advertising companies may tell the company about your interests and the ads you saw or clicked
MyFitnessPal may receive information from marketing and advertising companies. This includes third parties who may disclose information about your interests, demographic information, and the marketing and advertisements you have seen or clicked on.
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This includes third parties who may disclose information about your interests, demographic information, and information about the marketing and advertisements you have seen or clicked on.
Qualifications & exceptions
This is information received about you from advertising companies, separate from what MyFitnessPal shares with them.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Business partners may send the company personal information about you
MyFitnessPal may partner with other businesses to offer the Services, and it may receive your personal information from those business partners as necessary or appropriate for the purposes listed in the Policy.
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We may partner with other businesses to offer the Services. We may receive your personal information from those business partners as necessary or appropriate for the purposes listed in this Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to what is "necessary or appropriate" for the purposes listed in the Policy.
Not stated here
Who the business partners are and what categories they supply.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Other users may give the company information about you through the Friends messaging channel
MyFitnessPal may receive personal information about you that other users provide, such as shared content, photos or achievements, through the messaging channel in the "Friends" tab.
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We may receive personal information about you provided by other MyFitnessPal users (like shared content, photos, or achievements) through the messaging channel
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to information other users share about you via the Friends tab messaging channel.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Logging in through a social media account lets the company collect profile details from that platform
If you choose to log in to the Services through a social media platform, MyFitnessPal may collect or receive the personal information you gave that platform, such as your name, email address, profile picture, friends list and other similar profile information.
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You may choose to log in to the Services through certain social media platforms.
we may collect or receive personal information about you that you have provided to that social media platform, such as your name, email address, profile picture, friends list, and other similar information available on your profile
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies only if you choose social login.
What is shared depends on the social platform; the list is given as examples ("such as").
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Connected health devices may send diary data with your permission
Connected devices that integrate with the Services, such as heart rate monitors, continuous glucose monitoring devices, activity trackers, exercise equipment, scales and wearables, may allow MyFitnessPal to collect Food and Activity Diary Data with your permission.
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Certain connected devices, such as heart rate monitors, Continuous Glucose Monitoring devices, activity trackers, exercise equipment, scales, and/or wearables, that integrate with the Services, may allow us to collect Food and Activity Diary Data with your permission.
Qualifications & exceptions
Requires your permission.
Diary data can include sensitive health information, so device data such as glucose readings may fall in that category.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
With permission, the company may read data from Apple HealthKit or Google Health Connect
With your permission, MyFitnessPal may also collect relevant data from your device's health and fitness repository, such as Apple HealthKit or Android Google Health Connect.
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With your permission, we may also collect relevant data from your device’s health and fitness repository, such as Apple’s HealthKit or Android’s Google Health Connect.
Qualifications & exceptions
Requires your permission.
"Such as" means the named repositories are examples.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Cookie choices are set through the footer link and apply only to the browser and device you use
Depending on your country, you have choices about cookies. You can change browser preferences to accept all, be notified, or reject all cookies; rejecting all may stop some features working. You can manage your cookie preferences through the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer. The Policy says these preferences are reflected at a browser level, so if you use more than one browser you must set them again in each, and the same browser on multiple devices needs setting on each device.
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Cookie Preferences
Depending on the country where you reside, you have choices with respect to cookies.
If you choose to reject all cookies, some of the Services' features may not work properly.
You can manage your cookie preferences as follows by visiting “Cookie Preferences” in our footer below. These preferences are reflected at a browser level - if you use more than one browser you will need to choose your preferences (e.g., opt out) in each browser. If you use the same browser on multiple devices, you will also need to choose your preferences on each device.
Qualifications & exceptions
Choices depend on the country where you live.
Preferences do not carry across browsers or devices.
Data Access & Collection · Context
California notice at collection: categories collected, sources, purposes and recipients are listed in a table
California residents have the right to receive notice of the categories of Personal Information the company collects and the purposes for which each category will be used. The Policy gives this in a two-column table whose left column names a category and whose right column states, for that category, the sources, the purpose of collection and use, the categories of parties it may be shared with for business purposes, whether it was shared in the last 12 months, and the categories of parties to whom it may be sold. The following cards read the table row by row.
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Right to notice at collection regarding the categories of Personal Information collected
You have the right to receive notice of the categories of Personal Information we collect, and the purposes for which those categories of Personal Information will be used.
Category of Personal Information
Required Information
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
The table columns are "Category of Personal Information" and "Required Information".
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
California table: personal identifiers come from users and third parties and are shared with five recipient groups
Personal Identifiers: the company may collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, account names, online identifiers, IP addresses and other similar identifiers. Sources: users, directly and automatically, and third parties, namely business partners, service providers, other MyFitnessPal users, analytics providers and research partners. Purpose of collection and use: "Business purpose" (no further detail in the table). Shared for business purposes with business partners, service providers, other users, analytics providers and research partners, and the table answers "Yes" to whether it was shared with them in the last 12 months. Under "sold", the table gives the Policy's hedge: the company does not expressly "sell", but certain uses of Functional and Targeted Advertising Cookies may be "sales" or "sharing" or targeted advertising under privacy laws.
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We may collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, account names, online identifiers, IP addresses, and other similar identifiers.
Our users (directly and automatically)
Third parties
Business partners;
Service providers;
Other MyFitnessPal users;
Analytics providers; and
Research partners.
Business purpose
Business partners
Service providers
Other MyFitnessPal users
Analytics providers
Research partners
Has this information been shared with these parties within the last 12 months? Yes.
While MyFitnessPal does not expressly “sell” information to others, certain uses of Functional Cookies and/or Targeted Advertising Cookies on our website to collect, use, and disclose information may constitute “sales” or “sharing” of personal information or the use of personal information for “targeted advertising” purposes under applicable privacy laws.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
The recipient list for this row does not include marketing and advertising partners, although the Policy elsewhere says personal information including device and online identifiers can be disclosed to them and this row includes IP addresses and online identifiers.
This row lists phone numbers and postal addresses, which the earlier collection section does not list.
Not stated here
The specific business purposes behind the table's "Business purpose" entry.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Device, browser and activity data may be disclosed to advertising partners and networks — contrast: The California identifier row lists five recipient groups without marketing and advertising partners, while the disclosure section lets personal information including device and browser information go to marketing and advertising partners. The Policy does not reconcile the two lists.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
California table: age and sex/gender expression come from users and are shared with service providers and other users
Protected classification characteristics: the company may collect characteristics protected under California or federal law, including age (over 40) and sex/gender expression. Source: users, directly. Purpose: "Business purpose". Shared for business purposes with service providers and other MyFitnessPal users, with "Yes" to sharing in the last 12 months. Categories of parties to whom it may be sold: "N/A".
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Protected classification characteristics
We may collect protected classification characteristics under California law or federal law, including age (over 40) and sex/gender expression.
Our users (directly)
Business purpose
Service providers
Other MyFitnessPal users
Has this information been shared with these parties within the last 12 months? Yes.
N/A
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
The row says "N/A" for sale, while the Policy elsewhere says the company does not expressly sell any information; the table gives no further detail.
Not stated here
Which characteristics beyond age (over 40) and sex/gender expression are collected.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
California table: purchase records are shared with providers, analytics, research and advertising partners
Commercial information: the company may collect records of products or services purchased, obtained or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. Sources: users, directly and automatically, and third parties. Purpose: "Business purpose". Shared for business purposes with service providers, analytics providers, research partners, and marketing and advertising partners (including social media platforms and third-party advertising networks), with "Yes" to sharing in the last 12 months. Under "sold", the table gives the Policy's hedge about cookies and possible "sales" or "sharing".
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Commercial Information
We may collect records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
Our users (directly and automatically)
Third parties
Business purpose
Service providers
Analytics providers
Research partners
Marketing and advertising partners (including social media platforms and third-party advertising networks)
Has this information been shared with these parties within the last 12 months? Yes.
While MyFitnessPal does not expressly “sell” information to others, certain uses of Functional Cookies and/or Targeted Advertising Cookies on our website to collect, use, and disclose information may constitute “sales” or “sharing” of personal information or the use of personal information for “targeted advertising” purposes under applicable privacy laws.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
Unlike the identifier row, this row names marketing and advertising partners as recipients.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
California table: browsing and ad-interaction data is shared with providers, analytics, research and advertisers
Internet or other electronic network activity information: this may include browsing history, search history, and information about interactions with the Services and advertisements. Sources: users, directly and automatically, and third parties. Purpose: "Business purpose". Shared for business purposes with service providers, analytics providers, research partners, and marketing and advertising partners (including social media platforms and third-party advertising networks), with "Yes" to sharing in the last 12 months. The row's "sold" entry follows in the next part of the table.
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Internet or other electronic network activity information
This may include browsing history, search history, and information regarding interactions with the Services and advertisements.
Our users (directly and automatically)
Third parties
Business purpose
Service providers
Analytics providers
Research partners
Marketing and advertising partners (including social media platforms and third-party advertising networks)
Has this information been shared with these parties within the last 12 months? Yes.
Categories of Parties to whom the Information may be Sold:
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
California table: geolocation means IP address, country and zip code, not precise location, and goes to advertisers
Geolocation data: described as such as IP address, country in which you reside, and zip code. The table states that MyFitnessPal does not collect specific geolocation information. Sources: users, directly and automatically. Purpose: "Business purpose". Shared for business purposes with service providers, analytics providers, research partners, and marketing and advertising partners (including social media platforms and third-party advertising networks), with "Yes" to sharing in the last 12 months. Under "sold", the table gives the Policy's cookie hedge.
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Geolocation data
Such as IP address, country in which you reside, and zip code. MyFitnessPal does not collect specific geolocation information.
Our users (directly and automatically)
Business purpose
Service providers
Analytics providers
Research partners
Marketing and advertising partners (including social media platforms and third-party advertising networks)
Has this information been shared with these parties within the last 12 months? Yes.
While MyFitnessPal does not expressly “sell” information to others, certain uses of Functional Cookies and/or Targeted Advertising Cookies on our website to collect, use, and disclose information may constitute “sales” or “sharing” of personal information or the use of personal information for “targeted advertising” purposes under applicable privacy laws.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
The statement that specific geolocation is not collected sits beside the cross-device description, which says a device's location may be combined across devices; the Policy does not explain how those fit together.
Not stated here
What location precision "device's location" refers to in the cross-device description.
California table: audio logging and photos come from users and are shared only with service providers
Audio, electronic, visual or similar information: this may include audio input logging, profile images or photos, and progress photos. Sources: users, directly and automatically, and third parties, namely service providers. Purpose: "Business purpose". Shared for business purposes only with service providers, with "Yes" to sharing in the last 12 months. Categories of parties to whom it may be sold: "N/A".
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Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information
This may include audio input logging, profile images/photos, and progress photos.
Our users (directly and automatically)
Third parties
Service providers
Business purpose
Service providers
Has this information been shared with these parties within the last 12 months? Yes.
N/A
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
Audio input logging appears here as a collected category; the earlier collection section mentions voice logging only as a way to submit food, drink and medication entries.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Canada: you are generally not obliged to provide information, and collection is with your consent
For Canadian residents, the Policy says you are generally not obliged to provide your personal information, but the company may be unable to provide certain services if you refuse. Unless the laws of your province or territory allow otherwise, it will only collect, use or communicate your personal information with your consent, which may be express or implied.
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Canada
You are generally not obliged to provide your personal information, but we may be unable to provide certain services to you if you refuse to disclose certain personal information.
Privacy Rights and Requests.
Unless otherwise allowed by the laws applicable in your province or territory of residence, we will only collect, use, or communicate your personal information with your consent (which may be express or implied).
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to Canadian residents.
Consent may be "express or implied", and provincial law may allow collection without consent.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
South Korea: required and optional personal information items are listed
For South Korean residents, the Policy lists the personal information whose collection is mandatory: full name, email address, username and password, gender, date of birth, general location information, device IDs, and certain cookie and network identifiers. Collection of a photo, postal code and Food and Activity Diary Data is optional and happens only if you choose to provide it. If you register through a social login platform such as Facebook or Apple, the information may include the username and email address you use for that account and a token.
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South Korea
MyFitnessPal Personal Information Items Collected
Collection of the following personal information is mandatory: full name, email address, username and password, gender, date of birth, general location information, device IDs, certain cookie and network identifiers.
Collection of the following personal information is optional, and such personal information will only be collected if you choose to provide it: photo, postal code, and Food and Activity Diary Data.
personal information may include the username and email address you use for such account, and a token