Policy covers MyFitnessPal Services and forms part of the Terms of Service
This Privacy Policy is issued by MyFitnessPal, Inc. and describes how it collects, uses, discloses and otherwise processes personal information when you use its Services, meaning the Site, the Mobile App and other interactions you have with the company. It also covers your choices and rights. The Policy "forms a part of" the Terms of Service, and any term used but not defined here takes its meaning from the Terms of Service.
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This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how MyFitnessPal, Inc., (“MyFitnessPal,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes your personal information when you use our Services (use of our Site, Mobile App, and other interactions you may have with us).
terms used but not defined in this policy are defined in the Terms of Service
we collect personal information from you along the way
Qualifications & exceptions
The Terms of Service are a separate linked document that is not part of this agreement, so terms defined only there are not explained here.
Not stated here
The text of the linked Terms of Service is not supplied here, so this card cannot say which terms it defines or what else it provides.
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Effective March 18, 2025, replacing the December 13, 2024 version
This version of the Policy is effective March 18, 2025. The company says it replaces the previous version dated 12/13/24, with a more user-friendly format, a streamlined way for users to exercise privacy rights, and updates to the information it collects and uses.
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Effective Date: March 18, 2025
This Policy updates our previous version (dated 12/13/24) with a user friendly format, streamlining how our users can exercise their privacy rights, and updates to the information we collect and use.
Qualifications & exceptions
The summary of what changed is the company's own description; it does not list the specific changes in collection or use.
Not stated here
Exactly which collection and use practices changed from the December 2024 version.
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Information is used and disclosed to comply with law and respond to law enforcement requests
MyFitnessPal uses personal information to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations and to respond to legally valid requests and communications from law enforcement authorities, to the extent required by applicable law. In the disclosure section it says the same about disclosing personal information to law enforcement and regulatory authorities.
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We use your personal information to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations and respond to legally valid requests and communications from law enforcement authorities to the extent required by applicable law.
We may disclose your personal information to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations and respond to legally valid requests and communications from law enforcement authorities to the extent required by applicable law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to what is "required by applicable law" and to "legally valid requests".
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Information is used to defend the company's rights in actual or expected litigation
MyFitnessPal uses personal information to defend its rights and interests in the event of pre-litigation or litigation.
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We use your personal information to defend our rights and interests in the event of pre-litigation or litigation.
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Privacy questions can go to a privacy email address or a mailing address in Austin, Texas
For questions or concerns about the Policy or its privacy practices, you can email privacy@myfitnesspal.com or write to MyFitnessPal, Inc., ATTN: Privacy/Legal, 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78701.
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Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us at
MyFitnessPal, Inc. ATTN: Privacy/Legal 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 400 Austin, TX 78701
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A Data Protection Officer can be contacted by email about inquiries or complaints
You can also contact MyFitnessPal's Data Protection Officer, using the privacy@myfitnesspal.com address, with inquiries or complaints about how your personal information is processed.
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You can also contact our Data Protection Officer (
) if you have any inquiries or complaints regarding our processing of your personal information.
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Residents of certain US states and other countries have additional rights under local law
The Policy says residents of certain jurisdictions have additional rights under applicable laws. It names certain US states (for example California and Washington), the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil and South Korea. Each has its own subsection.
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Additional Information for Certain Jurisdictions
Residents of certain jurisdictions have additional rights under applicable laws, including residents of certain states within the United States (e.g., California and Washington), the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and United Kingdom (UK); Canada, Brazil, and South Korea).
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced with "including", so other jurisdictions may also apply.
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California law gives residents disclosure, access, deletion and sharing-limit rights, with some information exempt
For California residents, the Policy describes the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act) as giving the right to receive certain disclosures about the collection, use and sharing of "Personal Information", and the rights to know or access, delete, and limit sharing of Personal Information. It quotes the Act's definition of Personal Information as information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. It adds that some information the company collects may be exempt from the CCPA because it is public information (for example made available by a government entity) or is covered by a specific federal privacy law.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA“) (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act) provides California residents with the right to receive certain disclosures regarding the collection, use, and sharing of “Personal Information,“ as well as the right to know/access, delete, and limit sharing of Personal Information.
Certain information we collect may be exempt from the CCPA because it is considered public information (e.g., it is made available by a government entity) or covered by a specific federal privacy law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to California residents.
The exemption is stated as something that "may" apply to "certain information"; the Policy does not say which information is exempt.
Not stated here
Which of the company's data is treated as exempt under the CCPA, such as data covered by a federal privacy law.
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Washington consumer health data disclosures and rights are in a separate Washington policy
The Policy says the Washington My Health My Data Act requires certain disclosures to Washington residents about the use of "consumer health data", and that those disclosures and related privacy rights are in MyFitnessPal's separate Washington Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy. This Policy does not itself list those disclosures or rights.
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United States - Washington
The Washington My Health My Data Act requires certain disclosures to Washington residents regarding the use of “consumer health data.” Those disclosures and related privacy rights can be found in our
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to Washington residents.
Not stated here
The text of the Washington Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what disclosures or rights it provides.
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For the EEA, Switzerland and UK, MyFitnessPal, Inc. is the controller and can be reached by mail or email
For residents of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, the Policy says that for the purposes of applicable data protection laws MyFitnessPal, Inc. is the controller of the personal information you provide. It can be contacted by postal mail at 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78701, or by email at privacy@myfitnesspal.com.
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European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and United Kingdom (UK) Residents
For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, MyFitnessPal, Inc. is the controller of the personal information you provide us.
Postal mail: 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 400 – Austin, TX 78701.
Email at
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
Controller status is stated for "the personal information you provide us".
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A representative, DataRep, can receive EEA and Swiss requests by email, post or webform
MyFitnessPal, Inc. has appointed DataRep as its Data Protection Representative in the European Union and Switzerland so that customers can contact them in their home country. To raise a question or exercise rights, you can email DataRep, send postal mail to a physical address in the EEA (contact the company at privacy@myfitnesspal.com for mailing details), or use DataRep's online webform.
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MyFitnessPal, Inc. has appointed DataRep as their Data Protection Representative in the European Union and Switzerland
If you wish to raise a question to MyFitnessPal, Inc., or otherwise exercise your rights in respect of your personal information, you may do so by:
Via email to DataRep at
Postal mail at a convenient physical address in the EEA.
Through DataRep’s online webform at
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK as the Policy frames the section; the representative description names the EU and Switzerland.
Not stated here
DataRep's own practices; its webform is a separate linked page that is not supplied here.
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EEA, Swiss and UK residents can contact a Data Protection Officer by email or post
If you have other questions about MyFitnessPal's privacy practices, you can contact its Data Protection Officer by email at privacy@myfitnesspal.com or by postal mail at the address above.
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If you have otherwise questions regarding MyFitnessPal’s privacy practices, you may contact our Data Protection Officer by e-mail at
or by postal mailing address above.
Qualifications & exceptions
Appears in the EEA, Switzerland and UK section.
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You may complain to a data protection regulator where you live, work or where the alleged infringement occurred
If you consider that the company's processing violates applicable data protection laws, you also have the right to complain about its processing or its handling of your rights request to the appropriate data protection regulator: the one where you reside, at your place of work, or at the place of the alleged infringement. The Policy lists links for EU data protection authorities, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, and the UK Information Commissioner's Office.
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How to lodge a complaint
you also have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of your personal information or our handling of your rights request with the appropriate data protection regulator, i.e. the data protection regulator located where you reside, at your place of work or at the place of the alleged infringement
Applies to residents of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
The "EU Data Protection Authorities" link in the source points back to an anchor in this Policy rather than to a list of regulators.
Not stated here
The regulator websites are not supplied here.
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EEA, Swiss and UK section lists the legal basis relied on for each processing activity
Applicable data protection laws require the company to set out the lawful basis it relies on to collect and process personal information. The Policy says its table lists the lawful basis for each processing activity and supplements the descriptions in the section on how personal information is used. The table has two columns, "Processing Activity" and "Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information".
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Applicable data protection laws require us to set out the lawful basis that we rely on to collect and process personal information.
Here is a list of the lawful basis that we rely on for each of our processing activities
Processing Activity
Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information
Qualifications & exceptions
Appears in the EEA, Switzerland and UK section.
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Consent is the stated basis for sensitive health data, interest-based ads, personalization and some marketing
In the lawful-basis table, Consent is given for: Provide and Manage the Services, where the consent is for processing of sensitive data such as health data; Send You Promotional and Marketing Materials, where consent is required by law; Enhance and Personalize the Services; and Engage in Interest-Based Advertising. The cell for Provide and Manage the Services also contains the word "Amplitude" before the consent entry, with no explanation in the Policy.
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Provide and Manage the Services
Amplitude
Consent (for processing of sensitive data, such as health data)
Send You Promotional and Marketing Materials
Consent (where required by law)
Enhance and Personalize the Services
Consent
Engage in Interest-Based Advertising
Consent
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
For marketing, consent is the basis only "where required by law"; the table gives legitimate interests when it is not.
Not stated here
Why the word "Amplitude" appears in the lawful-basis cell for Provide and Manage the Services; the Policy does not explain it.
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Legitimate interests are the stated basis for research, events, security, litigation, operations and business sales
In the lawful-basis table, Legitimate Interests is the basis for: Conduct Research and Analytics (improving the Services to expand the business and increase revenue); marketing when consent is not required by law (marketing features and products, expanding the business, increasing revenue); Plan and Manage Events (managing the relationship with you, expanding the business and increasing revenue); Maintain Security and Protect Rights (conducting business lawfully and protecting rights and interests); Manage pre-litigation or litigation matters; Carry Out Internal Operations (improving performance metrics and maintaining profitability); and Carry Out Sales and Business Transactions (organizing the business efficiently).
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Conduct Research and Analytics
Legitimate Interests (specifically our interests in improving the Services to expand our business and increase our revenue)
Legitimate Interests when consent is not required by law (specifically our interests in marketing features and products that may interest you, expanding our business, and increasing our revenue)
Plan and Manage Events
Legitimate Interests (specifically our interests in managing our relationship with you, expanding our business, and increasing our revenue)
Maintain Security and Protect Rights
Legitimate Interests (specifically our interests in conducting our business in a lawful manner and protecting our rights and interests as well as those of our stakeholders and society at large)
Manage pre-litigation or litigation matters
Legitimate Interests (specifically our interests in conducting our business in a lawful manner and protecting our rights and interests as well as those of our stakeholders and society at large)
Carry Out Internal Operations
Legitimate Interests (specifically our interests in conducting and managing our business to improve our performance metrics and maintain profitability)
Carry Out Sales and Business Transactions
Legitimate Interests (specifically our interests in organizing our business efficiently)
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
The table states the company's own interests, including commercial ones such as increasing revenue and profitability.
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Contract is the stated basis for communicating with you; legal obligation for law enforcement and rights requests
In the lawful-basis table, Communicate With You rests on performance of the contract with you and otherwise providing the Services. Responding to requests and communications from law enforcement authorities or other government officials, and responding to your requests to exercise your rights, each rest on compliance with a legal obligation.
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Communicate with You
Performance of our contract with you and otherwise provide you with our Services.
Respond to requests and communications from law enforcement authorities or other government officials.
Compliance with a Legal Obligation
Respond to your requests to exercise your rights
Compliance with a Legal Obligation
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
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Brazil: multiple legal bases are stated, and LGPD rights are exercised through the Privacy Request Center
For Brazilian residents, the company says it may rely on consent and/or another valid legal basis to process personal information, which may include the legitimate interest of the controller or third parties, compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation, contract execution, and regular exercise of rights in court, administrative or arbitration proceedings. It says it takes steps to keep information accurate and up to date, that residents have certain rights under the General Personal Data Protection Law (as the Policy names it), and that they can exercise them through the Privacy Request Center.
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Brazil
We may rely on consent and/or another valid legal basis to process your personal information. Such legal bases may include: the legitimate interest of the controller or third parties; for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation by the data controller; for the execution of a contract; for regular exercise of rights in court, administrative or arbitration proceedings.
How to exercise your rights
If you reside in Brazil, according to the General personal information Protection Law, you have certain rights to the personal information that we have collected about you. To exercise your rights, please visit the
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to Brazilian residents.
The legal bases are listed as examples ("may include").
Not stated here
Which specific rights Brazilian residents have; the Policy refers to the law without listing them.
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The Policy may change; the previous version is available by request
The company says it might be necessary to change the Policy from time to time and that prior versions are accessible "below". The text then says it can provide the previous version (December 13, 2024) if you contact privacy@myfitnesspal.com.
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Changes to this Privacy Policy
As provided in this Privacy Policy, it might be necessary to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Prior versions of this Privacy Policy are accessible below.
We can provide you with the previous version of our Privacy Policy (December 13, 2024) if you reach out to us at
Qualifications & exceptions
No notice period or method of notifying users about changes is stated in this part of the Policy.
Not stated here
How users are told about changes, and whether changes need their agreement.
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Privacy questions can be sent to the privacy email or by mail to the Austin, Texas address
For any questions about how the company handles your personal information, you can contact it at privacy@myfitnesspal.com or write to MyFitnessPal, Inc., ATTN: Privacy/Legal, 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78701. This repeats the contact details given in the earlier Contact Us section.
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If you have any questions about how we handle your personal information, please contact us through
MyFitnessPal, Inc. ATTN: Privacy/Legal 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 400 Austin, TX 78701